Committees

At AERE, we understand the importance of volunteers.Volunteers are AERE's most precious resource, lending their time and expertise to help the association, and the profession, advance. AERE has volunteer opportunities to suit every interest and availability level, including service on the Board of Directors. As we look forward to future initiatives, we hope you will consider being part of our volunteer community. You can complete a volunteer application at any time; however, most volunteer positions are filled in the spring (April, May, and June) each year. 

Nominating Committee

Responsible for assembling a slate of candidates to stand for election as Officers and Board Members and for filling open committee slots

• Chair: AERE Vice President Sarah A. Jacobson, Williams College
• Garth Heutel, Georgia State University
• Paulina Oliva, University of Southern California
• Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future

Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Responsible for fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion in AERE-organized professional activities and duties

• Chair: Teevrat Garg, University of California, San Diego
  
• Jimena Gonzalez, Manhattan College, expires 6/30/2025
• Noelwah R. Netusil, Reed College, expires 6/30/2025
• Christina McGranaghan, University of Delaware, expires 6/30/2026
• Casey Wichman, Georgia Institute of Technology, expires 12/31/2027

Graduate Student Engagement Committee

• Co-Chair: Lea-Rachel Kosnik, University of Missouri - St Louis, expires 6/30/2026
• Co-Chair: Julia Berazneva, Middlebury College, expires 6/30/2027
• Alivia Cochran, University of Wyoming, expires 6/30/2025
• Sampriti Sarkar, Michigan State University, expires 6/30/2025
• Srishti Goyal, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, expires 6/30/2025
• Praharsh Patel, Pennsylvania State University, expires 6/30/2025

Membership Committee

• Co-Chair: Sarah A. Jacobson, Williams College
• Co-Chair: Valerie Mueller, Arizona State University
• Kathy Baylis, UC Santa Barbara, expires 6/30/2025
• Alex Hollingsworth, The Ohio State University, , expires 6/30/2025
• Ann Wolverton, U.S. EPA / NCEE, expires 6/30/2026
• Alaz Munzur, University of Calgary, expires 6/30/2027

AERE Scholars Program Committee

• Chair: Jill Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University, expires 6/30/2025
• Incoming Chair: Ludovica Gazze, University of Warwick
• Benjamin A. Jones, University of New Mexico, expires 6/30/2025
• Jacqueline Doremus, Cal Poly, expires 6/30/2025
• Hannah Hennighausen, University of Alaska Anchorage, expires 6/30/2026
• Loujaina Abdelwahed, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, expires 6/30/2026
• Katrina K. Jessoe, University of California, Davis, expires 12/31/2027

Oates Dissertation Award Committee

Responsible for selecting the winner of the Oates Dissertation Award annually

• Chair: David Keiser, University of Massachusetts Amherst, expires 6/30/2025
  
• Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Arizona State University, expires 6/30/2025
• Akhil Rao, Middlebury College, expires 6/30/2026
• Laura Grant, Claremont McKenna College, expires 6/30/2026
• Daniel Brent, Pennsylvania State University, expires 6/30/2027
• Louis Preonas, University of Maryland, expires 6/30/2027

Publication of Enduring Quality (PEQ) Award Committee

Responsible for selecting the winner of the PEQ Award annually

• Chair: Klaus Moeltner, Virginia Tech, expires 6/30/2025
• Ashley Langer, University of Arizona, expires 6/30/2026
• Frank Lupi, Michigan State University, expires 6/30/2027

Best JAERE Paper Award Committee

Responsible for selecting the winner of the Best JAERE Award annually

• JAERE Co-Editors: Nick Kuminoff, Arizona State University, and Mary Evans, University of Texas at Austin, expire 6/30/2025
• AERE member: Laura Bakkensen, University of Arizona, expires 6/30/2027
  

AERE@AAEA Program Committee

• Chair: Katherine Zipp, Penn State University, expires 6/30/2025
• Yukiko Hashida, University of Georgia, expires 6/30/2026

AERE@ASSA Program Committee

• Chair: Todd Gerarden, Cornell University, expires 12/31/2025
• Tihitina Andarge, University of Massachusetts Amherst, expires 12/31/2026
• Ishan Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, expires 12/31/2027

AERE Sessions at Regional Meetings

• AERE@EEA: Jimena Gonzalez, Manhattan College, and Loujaina Abdelwahed, The Cooper Union
• AERE@MEA: Lea-Rachel Kosnik, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• AERE@SEA: Brian Vander Naald, Drake University; Lynne Lewis, Colorado State University; and John Whitehead, Appalachian State University

• AERE@WEAI: Noelwah R. Netusil, Reed College

AERE@OSWEET

• Ed Rubin, University of Oregon
• Katherine Wagner, University of British Columbia
• Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Cornell University
• Xinming Du, National University of Singapore

Advisory Committee for 2025 AERE Summer Conference

Responsible for advising the AERE Summer Conference Organizing Committee

• President: Sheila Olmstead, Cornell University 
• Vice President: Sarah A. Jacobson, Williams College
• Secretary: Christian Vossler, University of Tennessee 
• Treasurer: David S. Rapson, UC Davis/Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 
• Immediate Past President: Karen Fisher-Vanden, Pennsylvania State University
• AERE Board Member: William Wheeler, Federal Government Economist

Organizing Committee for 2025 AERE Summer Conference

Responsible for organizing the AERE Summer Conference

• Robert Berrens, University of New Mexico
• Janie Chermak, University of New Mexico
• Benjamin Jones, University of New Mexico
• Jingjing Wang, University of New Mexico
• Xiaoyang Wang, University of New Mexico
• Yuting Yang, University of New Mexico
• AERE Board Member William Wheeler, Federal Government Economist

World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations (WCEREA) Representatives

• AERE President Sheila Olmstead, Cornell University
  
• Randall Walsh, University of Pittsburgh