Please join us in congratulating Wade T. Nichols, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN (Merck Animal Health), as our incoming president-elect! We look forward to his guidance and expertise as he helps shape our organization in the years to come, and we extend our gratitude to all candidates who participated and members who cast their votes.

Here is this year’s full leadership lineup guiding ARPAS in its mission to advance the animal science profession. Our current leaders are

• President: Patrick French, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAS (PF Bovidae LLC)
• President-Elect: Wade T. Nichols, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN (Merck Animal Health)
• Past-President: Glenn Duff, PhD, PAS (New Mexico State University)
• Secretary: Ryon Walker, PhD, PAS (Texas A&M AgriLife)
• Treasurer: Peter Erickson, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAS (University of New Hampshire)
• Applied Animal Science Editor in Chief: Bill Weiss, PhD, PAS (The Ohio State University) ex officio
• Executive Vice President: Alois Kertz, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN (ANDHIL LLC) ex officio