President
Jason Brown – Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Immediate Past President
Carlianne Patrick -- Georgia State University
Co-executive Directors
Caleb Stair, Secretary -- University of Florida
Christa Court, Treasurer -- University of Florida
Nominations Chair
Carlianne Patrick -- Georgia State University
Honors Chair
John Winters -- Iowa State University
NARSC Councilor
Heather Stephens -- West Virginia University Regional Research Institute
Elected Council Members
(2024 – 2027)
Anil Rupasingha – USDA Economic Research Service
Jia Wang – University of Dayton
(2023 – 2026)
Elham Erfanian – Ohio University
Sebastian Leguizamon – Western Kentucky University
(2022-2025)
Kyle K. Hood -- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Elizabeth A. Dobis -- USDA Economic Research Service
Editors-in-Chief, The Review of Regional Studies
Lei Zhang -- Old Dominion University
Tammy Leonard -- UT Southwestern Medical Center
Past Presidents
Philip Watson -- University of Idaho
Carlianne Patrick, Georgia State University
John Winters -- Iowa State University
Dayton Lambert -- Oklahoma State University
Matt Fanning -- Louisiana State University
Sarah Low -- University of Missouri
Richard Cebula -- Jacksonville University
Brian Cushing -- West Virginia University
Santiago Pinto -- Federal Reserve Bank at Richmond
Steven Deller-- University of Wisconsin-Madison
Michael L. Lahr -- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dan Rickman -- Oklahoma State University
Douglas P. Woodward -- University of South Carolina, Columbia
Randall W. Jackson -- West Virginia University
John E. Connaughton -- University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Peter V. Schaeffer--West Virginia University
Nancy E. White -- Bucknell University
David McGranahan -- ERS, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cynthia Rogers -- University of Oklahoma
Mark Partridge -- Ohio State University
Stephen M. Smith -- Pennsylvania State University
Robert Gibbs -- ERS, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Frank Hefner -- College of Charleston
John Rees -- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Judith Stallmann -- University of Missouri
Andy Bernat -- BEA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
David Barkley -- Clemson University
David Mulkey -- University of Florida
Carol T. West -- University of Florida
Edward J. Malecki -- Ohio State University
John R. Kort -- BEA, U.S. Department of Commerce (retired)
Thomas G. Johnson -- University of Missouri
Andrew M. Isserman -- University of Illinois at Urbana
Mark S. Henry -- Clemson University
David Rasmussen -- Florida State University
Joseph Cartwright -- U.S. Department of Defense
William Latham -- University of Delaware
Hugh W. Knox -- BEA, U.S. Department of Commerce (retired)
Barry Moriarty -- University of North Carolina
James C. Hite -- Clemson University
A. Ray Grimes -- KPMG LLP
William J. Serow -- Florida State University
Richard Olsen -- Applied Business Research
John H. Cumberland -- University of Maryland
Niles M. Hansen -- University of Texas at Austin
Lowell D. Ashby -- U.S. Department of Commerce
Shirley F. Weiss -- University of North Carolina (retired)
Monroe Newman -- Washington, DC (Pennsylvania State University)
William H. Miernyk -- RRI, West Virginia University
James M. Stepp -- Clemson University
Alan R. Winger -- FHLB of Cincinnati
William A. Schaffer -- Georgia Institute of Technology (emeritus)
Robert T. Miki -- U.S. Department of Commerce