Professional Society Offices Held

Dr. Nicholas Comerford

Chair, Soil Science Society of America, Division S-7, Forest and Range Soils, 1996.
Board of Directors, Soil Science Society of America, 2003-2006
President-Elect/President/Past President, Soil Science Society of America, 2009-2011

Chairman, American Society of Agronomy - C456 NCCPB Genetics and Plant Breeding Ward, 2005
Crop Germplasm Advisory Committee, National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS)(CGC) - Grasses, 2000-present
Chairman, Southern Pastures and Forage Crop Improvement Conference (SPFCIC), 2007
Executive Committee Member, SPFCIC - Southern Pastures Forage Workshop, 2002-2006
Chairman, SPFCIC Southern Pastures Forage Breeder's Workshop, 2003-2004
Program Chairman, SPFCIC Southern Pastures Forage Breeder's Workshop, 2001-2002
Secretary, SPFCIC Southern Forage Breeders Group, 2001-2002

Executive Committee Member, 2004 AM/PIC National Association of County Agricultural Agents Meeting, 2004
Past President, President, Vice President, Florida Association of County Agricultural Agents, 2000-2003
Board of Directors, Florida Association of County Agricultural Agents, 1999-2003
Chairman of the Board, Florida Association of Extension Professionals, 2002-2003
Delegation Coordinator, PILD Conference in Washington DC, Florida Association of Extension Professionals, 2003
Chair, Council of Presidents, Florida Association of Extension Professionals, 2002-2003
Secretary, Florida Association of Extension Professionals, 2001-2002
Co-Chair, Annual Meeting Planning Committee, Florida Association of Extension Professionals, 2002
Director, American Society for Plasticulture, 1999-2002
Chair, Awards Committee, American Society for Plasticulture, 2001
Host Chairman, Annual Congress Planning Committee, American Society for Plasticulture, 1999
Secretary, Florida Council of Presidents, 2001
Board of Directors, Florida State Horticultural Society, 1998

Executive Committee, International Plant Propagators' Society, Southern Region of North America, 2006-2007
Governing Board, Magnolia Society International, 2006-present

Chair and Member, American Phytopathological Society Soil Microbiology Committee
Chair, American Phytopathological Society ad hoc Committee "Review of American Phytopathological Society Publications"
Exobiology Committee, Member American Phytopathological Society
Journals Working Group, Member American Phytopathological Society ad hoc examingin online publication for American Phytopathological Society Journals
Technical Committee, American Phytopathological Society Soybean Rust Symposium

Program Chair, Vice Present, President, Florida Entomological Society, 1993-1995

Foundation Treasurer, Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA), 1994-2009
Board of Directors, Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA), 1988-2008
Nominations Committee Chairman, Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA),1995-2008
Web Manager and Committee Chair, Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA),1993-2008
Organizing Committee Member, Fifth International Symposium of Plant Protection, Cuba 2003-2004
Plant Resistance Committee Member, Society of Nematologists, 2000-2003
Caribbean Division Awards Committee Member, American Phytopathological Society, 1999
Audit Committee Chairman, Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, 2000, Member 1998-1999
Foundation Committee Member, Society of Nematologists, 1998-1999
Board of Directors, Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, 1996-1998
Constitution Revision Committee Chairman, Organization of Nematologists of Tropical American (ONTA), 1196-1997
Treasurer, Third International Congress of Nematology Organizing Committee, Guadeloupe F.W.I., 1994-1996
Newsletter Editor, Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA), 1990-1993
President, Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA), 1987-1988
Vice President, Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA), 1986-1987

Program Chair, Southern Conservation Agricultural Systems Conference, 2007
Chair, SERA-IEG 11, 1998
Vice Chair and Program Chair, SERA-IEG 11, 1997
Co-Chair of Southern Conservation Tillage Conference, Gainesville FL, 1997
Chairman Agricultural Section, Florida Academy of Science, 1995-1996
President, Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, 1995
President Elect and Program Chair, Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, 1994
Chair, Southern Regional Tropical Corn Symposium, 1991
Chair, Southern Conservation Tillage Conference Annual Meeting, 1989