University

• Assistant Professor Mentoring Committees: 8 (Chair: 3)
• Faculty Senate, 1987-1991; 2002 – present
• UW Biological Sciences Division Strategic Planning Exec. Committee: 2000 – 2003.
• Madison Ecology Group: 1996 -present; Chair Activities Comm. 2005, 2006.
• UW Arboretum Committee: 2005 – present
• UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve Committee: 2006 – present

State and Local

• Wisconsin Gypsy Moth Strategic Planning Committee. 1992 – Present.
• Governor’s Council on Invasive Species. 2003-2008; Research Subcommittee Chair.
• City of Madison Habitat Stewardship Committee

National / International

• USDA CSRS Competitive Grants: Insect Pest Science Panel, 1986, 1987.
• NSF Competitive Grants: Ecology Panel, 1994-1999
• CSRS Review Team:, Univ. Minnesota , 1994; North Carolina St. Univ. 2001.
• Associate Editor, Ecology. 2001-present.
• Associate Editor, Forest Science. 1996-1998.
• National Research Council: Future of Pesticides in Pest Management in US Agric & Forestry: 1997-2000
• APHIS Steering Committee on Tree Biotechnology. 2003-2004.
• Forestry Canada Genomics Project, Strategic Advisory Board: 2005-present
• Organizer & Moderator, Internat. Symp. on Natural Enemies and Biological Control of Bark Beetles 1994
• Organizer & Moderator, Bark Beetle Genetics Workshops: 1999, 2006
• Program Committee, North Central Forest Pest Work Conference, 2005.
• Chair: Evaluation Committee of US Forest Service R&D Response to Invasive Species