2026 Business Meeting Agenda and Reports
American Association of Biological Anthropologists
95th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado
Business meeting and awards presentations
6:30-8:30 PM, Plaza F
Agenda for the 2026 Annual Business Meeting
Minutes of the 94th Annual Meeting in Baltimore (published as Proceedings in AJBA)
The following reports are shared in advance of the Business Meeting scheduled for March 20, 2026. These include written reports of the 2025-2026 activities of AABA Officers, Committees, and AABA affiliates, as well as reports from the Editors-in-Chief of the AJBA and the Yearbook. Officer reports will be presented at the Business Meeting.
Officer Reports
President’s Report: Anne Stone
Past-President’s Report: Leslea Hlusko
Vice President’s Report: Amy Rector
Treasurer’s Report: Jonathan Bethard
Secretary’s Report: Kristi Lewton
Editor Reports
AJBA Editor’s Report: Connie Mulligan
Yearbook Editors’ Report: Graciela Cabana & Sheela Athreya
Standing & Ad Hoc Committees and Affiliate Reports (in alphabetical order)
AAAG: Amy Non
AAAS: Robin Nelson
Auction Committee: Anne Grauer
BAS-AAA: Sang-Hee Lee
Committee on Diversity: Susan Antón
Community Partnership: Shamsi Berry
Early Career Liaison: Amandine Eriksen
Education Committee: Rob O’Malley & Kate McGrath
ESHE: Katerina Harvati
Ethics: Dawnie Steadman and Maja Šešelj
HCARE: Agustín Fuentes
History & Honors Committee: Ashley Hammond
Membership Committee: Jesse Goliath
National Science Foundation: Rebecca Ferrell
Nominations and Elections Committee: Leslea Hlusko
Professional Development Committee: Andrea Taylor
Student Liaison: Abigail Houkes
Student Programs Committee: Kevin Hatala
The Leakey Foundation: H. Gregory
Web and Communications Committee: Kristi Lewton and Jenny Raff
Wenner-Gren Foundation: Danilyn Rutherford
These reports will be compiled and published as part of the Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology.