Interim assignments for governance of the CHN were established among the attendees of our 2008 meeting. A more formal governing structure was adopted at our 2009 meeting (download).

Steering committee

The committee includes individuals focusing on particular tasks as well as those with special expertise. The current members of the committee are:

Patrick Sweeney, Yale, chairman
Bob Capers, University of Connecticut, recording secretary
Peter Desmet, Montréal Biodiversity Centre
Michael Donoghue, Yale
Jennifer Doubt, Canadian Museum of Nature
Alina Freire-Fierro, Philadelphia Academy of Natural History
James Macklin, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Chris Neefus, University of New Hampshire
Melinda Peters, Harvard University Herbaria
Karen Searcy, University of Massachusetts
Janet Sullivan, University of New Hampshire