| President | • Plan annual RM SETAC meeting
• Attend national SETAC
• Transition to Ex Officio in the next term
• Host three virtual board meetings | Olivia Arnold
(Colorado State University) | 5/2027 |  | Dr. Arnold teaches environmental health, public health, occupational health, and toxicology courses at CSU and Colorado School of Public Health, is a student advisor, and researches toxins from snakes and toxic algae. |
| Vice President1 | • Support the President with RM SETAC planning
• Transition to President in the next term
• Attend three virtual board meetings | Juliane Brown
(Geosyntec) | 5/2027 |  | Dr. Brown is an environmental research chemist specializing in PFAS analytics, plant uptake, and potential health impacts. |
| Secretary/Treasurer | • Webmaster
• Maintain membership records
• Fiscal officer
• Attend three virtual board meetings | Stephanie Baker
(Colorado Dept of Public Health and Environment) | 5/2027
|  | Stephanie is a Water Quality Scientist developing protective water quality standards and policy in Colorado. |
| Government | • Assist with RM SETAC meeting
• Attend three virtual board meetings | Selene Hernandez-Ruiz
(Federal government agency in Denver) | 5/2029 |  | Dr. Selene Hernandez Ruiz leads national research operations, directing major scientific programs and shaping State and Federal strategies. Selene strengthens natural resource use, ensures high‑quality labs and supports the advancement of science. |
| Government1 | • Assist with RM SETAC meeting
• Serve on nominating committee
• Attend three virtual board meetings | Brian Sanchez
(Federal government agency in Denver) | 5/2027 |  | Dr. Sanchez is an ecotoxicologist with experience conducting ecological risk assessments at Superfund sites, water quality investigations, and Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration cases. |
| Academia | • Assist with RM SETAC meeting
• Manage job boards on rm.setac.org
• Encourage student participation at RM SETAC meeting
• Attend three virtual board meetings | Paula Schaffer
(Colorado State University) | 5/2028 |  | Dr. Shaffer is a board certified anatomic veterinary pathologist with focuses on infectious conditions, noninfectious conditions, and toxic exposures. |
| Academia | • Assist with RM SETAC meeting
• Manage job boards on rm.setac.org
• Encourage student participation at RM SETAC meeting
• Attend three virtual board meetings | Isaac Ligocki
(University of Wyoming) | 5/2029 |   | Dr. Ligocki studies the cumulative impacts of environmental change on wildlife with a focus on fish and amphibians. |
| Business | • Assist with RM SETAC meeting
• Recruit sustaining members
• Attend three virtual board meetings | Jean Zodrow
(Geosyntec) | 5/2029 |  | Dr. Zodrow is an IBERA-certified environmental risk assessor focusing on risk to ecological receptors when exposed to metals, organics, and mixtures at complex sites such as Superfund or SERDP sites. |
| Business | • Assist with RM SETAC meeting
• Recruit sustaining members
• Attend three virtual board meetings | Ellie Middleton
(Traudtfish Environmental) | 5/2029 |  | Dr. Middleton is a principal consultant with expertise in environmental chemistry, toxicology and regulations focusing on metals in the environment, mining and emerging critical mineral concerns. |
| Student | • Assist with RM SETAC meeting
• Encourage student participation at RM SETAC meeting
• Attend three virtual board meetings
• Participate in SETAC’s North America Student Advisory Council (NASAC)
| Tina Blugel
(Colorado State University) | 5/2028 |  | Tina is an undergraduate student majoring in Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Environmental Public Health, and aspires to be a Public Health Veterinarian. She’s currently working as a research assistant studying harmful algal blooms. |
| Student | • Assist with RM SETAC meeting
• Encourage student participation at RM SETAC meeting
• Attend three virtual board meetings
• Participate in SETAC’s North America Student Advisory Council (NASAC) | Shelby Andersen
(Adams State University) | 5/2027
|  | Shelby is passionate about environmental chemistry. She is currently a double major in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, with a minor in Business Administration. |
| Ex Officio President1 | • Attend RM SETAC meeting
• Serve on nominating committee
• Attend three virtual board meetings | Andrea Kingcade
(Colorado Dept of Public Health and Environment) | 5/2027 |  | Dr. Kingcade is a toxicologist focusing on human exposure to inorganics in the environment, community engagement, risk assessment, and policy support. |
