Ecological Society of America

Ecological Society of America

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Abbreviation	ESA
Formation	December 28, 1915; 108 years ago (1915-12-28)
Founded at	Columbus, Ohio
Type	501(c)(3) not-for-profit membership corporation
Legal status	non profit
Headquarters	Washington, DC
Location	US
Region	North America
Products	peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, fact sheets, and teaching resources
Services	Membership, Meetings, Networking, Professional Career Training, Educational Support, and Financial Awards
Membership	9,000
Official language	English
Executive Director	Catherine O’Riordan
Chief Financial Officer	Elizabeth Biggs
Director of Public Affairs	Alison Mize
Director of Science Programs	Adrienne Sponberg
Key people	Elizabeth Biggs, Katherine S. McCarter
Main organ	Governing Board, Various Standing Committees
Subsidiaries	Agroecology Applied Ecology Aquatic Ecology Asian Ecology Biogeosciences Black Ecologists Communication and Engagement Disease Ecology Early Career Ecologists Ecological Restoration Education Environmental Justice Human Ecology Inclusive Ecology Invasion Ecology Long-term Studies Microbial Ecology Natural History Open Science Paleoecology Physiological Ecology Plant Population Ecology Policy Rangeland Ecology Researchers at Undergraduate Institutions Soil Ecology Statistical Ecology Student Section Theoretical Ecology Traditional Ecological Knowledge Urban Ecosystem Ecology Vegetation
Staff	32 (in 2020)
Volunteers (2020)	Hundreds
Website	www.esa.org

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a professional organization of ecological scientists. Based in the United States and founded in 1915, ESA publications include peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, fact sheets, and teaching resources. It holds an annual meeting at different locations in the USA and Canada. In addition to its publications and annual meeting, ESA is engaged in public policy, science, education, and diversity issues.^[1]

ESA's 9,000 members are researchers, educators, natural resource managers, and students in over 90 countries. Members work on a wide range of topics, from agroecology to marine diversity, and explore the relationships between organisms and their past, present, and future environments.^{[citation needed]} As of June 2023^[update] the society has 32 topical sections, six regional chapters, and ten committees.^[2]