President Duties

Elected by the SSB membership
Serves 3 years: one as President-Elect, one as President, one as Past-President.
See detailed description of duties

List of Presidents

year	SSB president
2025	Jessica Ware
2024	Corrie Moreau
2023	David Baum
2022	Brian O'Meara
2021	Laura Kubatko
2020	Erika Edwards
2019	Cécile Ané
2018	Susana Magallón
2017	Luke Harmon
2016	Anne Yoder
2015	Paul Lewis
2014	Jack Sites
2013	Lacey Knowles
2012	Jack Sullivan
2011	David Mindell
2010	Keith Crandall
2009	John Huelsenbeck
2008	David Penny
2007	Chris Simon
2006	Scott Edwards
2005	Pamela Soltis
2004	David Cannatella
2003	Mike Sanderson
2002	Elizabeth Kellogg
2001	Kevin de Queiroz
2000	David Maddison
1999	Vicki Funk
1998	Michael Miyamoto
1997	Paula M. Mabee
1996	Jay Savage
1995	Michael Donoghue
1994	David Hillis
1993	Joel Cracraft
1992	Michael Novacek
1991	William Fink
1990	J. A. Powell
1989	Robert Hoffman
1988	Robert Hoffman
1987	E. O. Wiley, III
1986	Gareth Nelson
1985	D. L. Hull
1984	D. L. Hull
1983	J. A. Slater
1982	J. A. Slater
1981	E. C. Olson
1980	E. C. Olson
1979	R. F. Johnston
1978	R. F. Johnston
1977	D. E. Rosen
1976	D. E. Rosen
1975	Therodore Downs
1974	Theodore Downs
1973	H. H. Ross
1972	N. D. Newell
1971	R. F. Inger
1970	J. O. Corliss
1969	C. D. Michener
1968	P. L. Illg
1967	R. L. Usinger
1966	Ernst Mayr
1965	H. M. Smitch
1964	R. W. Pennak
1963	G. G. Simpson
1962	C. W. Sabrosky
1961	R. E. Blackwelder
1960	W. I. Follett
1959	L. H. Hyman
1958	A. E. Emerson
1957	R. C. Moore
1956	G. W. Wharton
1955	L. M. Klauber
1954	H. W. Stunkard
1953	H. B. Hungerford
1952	A. S. Romer
1951	C. L. Hubbs
1950	A. Petrunkevitch
1949	W. L. Schmidt
1948	W. L. Schmidt