AASV Installs 2026 Officers

Dr. Rebecca Robbins was installed as president of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians on March 3, 2026, during the association’s 57^th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. She succeeds Dr. Locke Karriker. Karriker is now the immediate past president. Dr. Chris Rademacher has ascended to president-elect. The newly elected vice president is Dr. Clayton Johnson.

AASV President Dr. Rebecca Robbins (North Carolina State University ’09) is a health assurance veterinarian for Pig Improvement Company (PIC). Dr. 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.

When asked to comment on her thoughts about the future of AASV and her tenure as president, Dr. Robbins said, “Supported by our members’ commitment to the AASV mission, I see a year ahead where we lean into the profession’s most pressing challenges—recruitment and retention, endemic and foreign animal disease, and ensuring our skill set remains relevant for all pigs, everywhere.”

Dr. Robbins lives in Amarillo, Texas with her husband, Andrew Brown, and their son, Grady. They are active members in their church, Saint Paul Methodist, and enjoy adventuring in the Panhandle.

AASV President-elect Dr. Chris Rademacher (University of Minnesota ’98) is a clinical professor and swine extension veterinarian in the Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine Department at Iowa State University (ISU) and the associate director of the Iowa Pork Industry Center. At ISU, he has led programming efforts in the Common Swine Industry Audit, Veterinary Feed Directive, foreign animal disease preparation, strategic antibiotic use, PEDv, PRRS, and Senecavirus A. Since joining AASV as a student, Dr. Rademacher has been an active member of the AASV as the pharmaceutical committee chair, Annual Meeting research topic chair, program planning committee participant, and District 6 Director on the AASV Board.