Contacts
Under its Bylaws, the Society is governed and administered by its Board of Directors, comprising the six officers who are elected annually and nine directors, who serve for three-year terms.
2024-2025 Officers
| President | Vacant | president@linnaeannewyork.org |
| Vice-President for Programs Vice-President for Administration |
Karen Becker Amanda Bielskas |
vicepresident@linnaeannewyork.org |
| Secretary | Meredith Barchat, for membership inquiries | secretary@linnaeannewyork.org |
| Recording Secretary | Lisa Kroop | recordingsecretary@linnaeannewyork.org |
| Treasurer | Debbie Mullins | treasurer@linnaeannewyork.org |
| Editor | Debbie Becker | editor@linnaeannewyork.org |
Directors, terms expiring in…
| March 2026 | March 2027 | March 2028 |
| Alan Drogin | Kristin Ellington | Peter Davenport |
| Charles “Chuck” McAlexander | Miriam Rakowski | Richard Davis |
| Erika Piik |
Nithya Sowrirajan | Gillian Henry |
Current Chairs of the Society’s Committees
| Archives | Douglas Futuyma | vicepresident@linnaeannewyork.org |
| Awards | Barbara Saunders | |
| Conservation | Eric Ozawa and Ken Chaya | conservation@linneannewyork.org |
| Bylaws | Chuck McAlexander | |
| Editorial | Debbie Becker | editor@linnaeannewyork.org |
| Field Trips | Kristin Ellington | lsnytrips@linnaeannewyork.org |
| Great Gull Island | ||
| Membership | ||
| Programs | Karen Becker |
vicepresident@linnaeannewyork.org |
| Rare Bird Alert | Tom Burke | |
| Technology and Website Committee | Erika Piik | content@linnaeannewyork.org |
If you are interested in working on a committee, please contact the Committee chair or president@linnaeannewyork.org
If you are interested in speaking at one of our meetings, or would like to recommend a speaker, please contact Karen Becker, Vice President — vicepresident@linnaeannewyork.org
For general inquires, please email: info@linnaeannewyork.org
Contact us by mail at:
The Linnaean Society of New York
PO Box 801
New York, NY 10024