Desert Fishes Council – History of Officers
short biographies of Chairpersons are also available
| Chairperson | Term started | Last year of term |
|---|---|---|
| Phil Pister | 1969 | 1971 |
| J.A. St. Amant | 1972 | 1973 |
| Robert Rush Miller | 1974 | 1975 |
| James E. Deacon | 1976 | 1977 |
| Peter G. Sanchez | 1978 | 1979 |
| James E. Johnson | 1980 | 1981 |
| Salvador Contreras-B. | 1982 | 1983 |
| W.L. Minckley | 1984 | 1985 |
| Gail C. Kobetich | 1986 | 1987 |
| Paul B. Holden | 1988 | 1989 |
| Jack E. Williams | 1990 | 1991 |
| John Rinne | 1992 | 1993 |
| Dean Hendrickson | 1994 | 1995 |
| Michael E. Douglas | 1996 | 1997 |
| Gary P. Garrett | 1998 | 1999 |
| David Propst | 2000 | 2001 |
| Paul C. Marsh | 2002 | 2003 |
| James E. Brooks | 2004 | 2005 |
| Nathan Allan | 2006 | 2007 |
| Stewart Reid | 2008 | 2009 |
| Heidi Blasius | 2010 | 2013 |
| Kathryn Boyer | 2014 | 2015 |
| Michael Bogan | 2016 | 2017 |
| Krissy Wilson | 2018 | 2019 |
| Megan Bean | 2020 | 2021 |
| Kevin Wilson | 2022 | 2023 |
| Michael Schwemm | 2024 | 2025 |
| Executive Secretary | Initiation of term | Termination of term |
| Phil Pister | 1969 | 2023 |
| Proceedings editor/archivist (as of 2020) | ||
| Phil Pister | 1969 | 1989 |
| Dean A. Hendrickson | 1990 | 1994 |
| Gary P. Garrett | 1995 | 1996 |
| Dean A. Hendrickson & Gary P. Garrett | 1997 | 1998 |
| Dean A. Hendrickson | 1999 | 2000 |
| Dean A. Hendrickson & Lloyd Findley | 2000 | 2001 |
| Dean A. Hendrickson | 2001 | 2019 |
| David Rogowski | 2020 | 2025 |
| Program Secretary | ||
| Michael E. Douglas | 1995 | 2003 |
| Stewart Reid | 2004 | 2007 |
| Pam Sponholtz | 2008 | 2009 |
| Melissa Trammell | 2010 | 2011 |
| Clayton Crowder | 2012 | 2015 |
| David Rogowski | 2016 | 2017 |
| Tony Robinson | 2018 | 2019 |
| John Wullschlanger | 2020 | 2021 |
| Chris Hoagstrom | 2022 | 2024 |
| Membership Secretary | ||
| Paul C. Marsh | 1995 | 2000 |
| Jerome Stefferud | 2001 | 2003 |
| Marlis R. Douglas | 2004 | 2004 |
| Heidi Blasius | 2005 | 2009 |
| Krissy Wilson | 2010 | 2011 |
| Peter Reinthal | 2012 | 2015 |
| Leslie Fitzpatrick | 2016 | 2017 |
| Chris Hoagstrom | 2018 | 2019 |
| Brian Hines | 2020 | 2021 |
| Doug Duncan | 2022 | 2022 |
| Melissa Trammel | 2023 | 2024 |
| Area Coordinator Committee Chair | ||
| Nadine Kanim | 1995 | 2004 |
| Kara Hilwig | 2005 | 2007 |
| Kathryn Boyer | 2008 | 2013 |
| Doug Duncan | 2014 | 2015 |
| Brandon Albrecht | 2016 | 2019 |
| Chris Crookshanks | 2020 | 2021 |
| Michael Schwemm | 2022 | 2023 |
| Member(s) at Large | ||
| Tony Echelle | 2003 | 2004 |
| Chuck Minckley | 2005 | 2006 |
| David Ward | 2007 | 2008 |
| Chris Hoagstrom | 2009 | 2010 |
| Shawn Goodchild | 2011 | 2012 |
| Michael Bogan | 2013 | 2014 |
| Kate Boersma | 2015 | 2016 |
| Eliza Gilbert & Megan Bean | 2017 | 2018 |
| Michael Schwemm | 2019 | 2020 |
| Melissa Trammell | 2021 | 2022 |
| Lindsey Elkins | 2023 | 2024 |
| Treasurer (appointed position) | ||
| Stewart Reid | 2013 | current |