Officers and Executive Committee
The Executive Committee (EC) is comprised of the Officers of the Section and EC members. The Officers include the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Chair and Vice-Chair position inherently rotate every year. The Secretary and Treasurer can rotate every year, although the Section benefits from having them serve consecutive terms. Terms coincide the with National ANS Schedule, the ORK ANS terms begin at the close of the ANS Annual Meeting in June.
Summary of EC members:
- Chair
- Vice-Chair (is the Chair-Elect)
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Immediate Past Chair
- General EC Members At-Large
- Typically, we have 3-year terms for EC members with 3 elected each year (9 total)
To learn more about our operations, check out our rules and bylaws.
Past Chairs
- 2025: Andrew Conant
- 2024: Jin Whan Bae
- 2023: Erik Walker
- 2022: Rachel Seibert
- 2020: Seth Johnson
- 2019: Cole Gentry
- 2018: Ben Betzler
- 2017: Tara Pandya
- 2016: Chris Perfetti
- 2015: Andrew Worall
- 2014: Josh Peterson-Droogh
ANS Staff Liaison
Brandon Wilson
Treasurer
Ryan Sweet
Vice Chair
Executive Committee
Executive committee members serve a three-year term.

Andrew Conant
Past Chair
Yadu Sasikumar
Executive Committee Member (2026)
Katarzyna Borowiec
Executive Committee Member (2026)
Julie Ezold
Executive Committee Member (2027)
Yves Robert
Executive Committee Member (2027)

Joe Carson
Executive Committee Member (2027)
Sunil Chirayath
Executive Committee Member (2028)
Peter Newby
Executive Committee Member (2028)
Lauren Bailey
Executive Committee Member (2028)
Last modified August 21, 2025, 3:09pm CDT