Locke Karriker was installed as president of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians on March 4, 2025, during the association’s 56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. He succeeds William Hollis, who has been acting president in the absence of Angela Baysinger, who passed away in March 2024. Hollis is now the immediate past president. Rebecca Robbins has ascended to president-elect. The newly elected vice president is Chris Rademacher.
Karriker (Mississippi State ‘99) is the director of the Swine Medicine Education Center and a Morrill Professor, holding the Dr. Douglas and Ann Gustafson Professorship for Teaching Excellence in Veterinary Medicine in the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine Department. Karriker has served the association as District 6 director, co-chair of the Collegiate Activities Committee, member of the Program Planning Committee, the Pharmaceutical Issues Committee, the AASV-National Pork Board Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance, and the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. He delivered the 2011 Howard Dunne Memorial Lecture and was honored with the AASV Howard Dunne Memorial Award in 2014.
When asked to comment on his thoughts about the future of AASV and his tenure as president, Karriker said, “I am excited to be a part of such an energetic and impactful organization and I appreciate the opportunity to serve the colleagues that have given me so much through my career.”
Karriker lives in Ames, Iowa with his wife, Racheal, and children Adley and Vaughn.
Robbins (North Carolina State University ’09) is a health assurance veterinarian for Pig Improvement Company. Robbins has served the association as a member of multiple AASV Annual Meeting Program Planning Committees, chair of the Pharmaceutical Issues Committee, and as AASV’s representative on the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Committee on Antimicrobials. She has served the broader swine industry as a member of several other committees and task forces led by the National Pork Board and Swine Health Information Center. She was honored with the Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award in 2018.
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