# Committee

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## Local Organizing Committee

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**Michael Parker** | **ISTVS2025 Conference Chair**

**Dr. Sally Shoop** | ISTVS2025 Conference Co-Chair, ISTVS fellow, 2021 Bekker-Reece-Radforth Award Recipient, past ISTVS President, past Deputy General Secretary for the Americas

**Lindsey Wetzel** | Program Committee

**Clifford Witte** | Program Committee

**Heidi Howard** | ISTVS North America Treasurer

**Renee Melendy** | ISTVS administration for the Americas

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## Conference Scientific Committee

**Mike Parker** (Conference Chair) | ERDC-Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH&#x20;

**Sally Shoop** (Conference Co-Chair) | ERDC- Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH&#x20;

**Maria Stevens** (Proceedings Editor) | ERDC-Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS

**Susan Frankenstein** (Proceedings Editor) | ERDC- Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH&#x20;

**Sarah Piedmont** (Proceedings Editor) | ERDC- Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH&#x20;

**David Gorsich** | Ground Vehicle Systems Center, Warren, MI&#x20;

**Mike Letherwood** | Ground Vehicle Systems Center, Warren, MI&#x20;

**Henry Hodges** | Nevada Automotive Test Center, Silver Springs, NV&#x20;

**Heidi Howard** | ERDC-Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL&#x20;

**Brad Hansen** | ERDC-Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS&#x20;

**John Rushing** | ERDC-Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS&#x20;

**Mehari Tekeste** | Iowa State University, Ames, IA&#x20;

**Massimo Martelli** | National Research Council, Italy&#x20;

**Lutz Richter** | SoftServe, Inc., Germany&#x20;

**Schalk Els** | University of Pretoria, South Africa&#x20;

**Junya Yamakawa** | National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan

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### Conference Website Team

**Tavis Sotirin-Miller**

**Han Nguyen**