Why is this MySQL proc using cursors failing to retrieve results?
Try tagging all local variables with something like my_

DELIMITER @@

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS import_members@@
CREATE PROCEDURE import_members ()
BEGIN
    -- Declare loop constructs --
    DECLARE done INT DEFAULT FALSE; 

    -- Declare Person variables --
    DECLARE my_person_id INT;
    DECLARE my_era_username VARCHAR(100);
    DECLARE my_last_name VARCHAR(50);
    DECLARE my_first_name VARCHAR(50);
    DECLARE my_email VARCHAR(100);
    DECLARE my_email_primary VARCHAR(50);
    DECLARE my_degree_id_1 INT;
    DECLARE my_degree_id_2 INT;
    DECLARE my_member_status INT;

    DECLARE my_user_id INT;
    DECLARE my_user_email VARCHAR(100);

    -- Declare Cursor --
    DECLARE member_cursor CURSOR FOR 
        SELECT person_id, era_username, last_name, first_name,
              TRIM(email), TRIM(email_primary), degree_id_1, degree_id_2,
              member_status FROM z_data_person
        WHERE member_status IS NOT NULL;

    -- Declare Continue Handler --
    DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = TRUE;

    OPEN member_cursor;

    read_loop: LOOP

        -- Fetch data from cursor --
        FETCH member_cursor 
        INTO my_person_id, my_era_username, my_last_name, my_first_name,
              my_email, my_email_primary, my_degree_id_1, my_degree_id_2,
              my_member_status;

        -- Exit loop if finished --
        IF done THEN
            LEAVE read_loop;
        END IF;

        -- Create User --
        SET my_user_id = SELECT (MAX(uid) + 1) FROM users;
        IF my_email_primary IS NOT NULL AND my_email_primary NOT LIKE '%null%' THEN
            SET my_user_email = my_email_primary;
        ELSE
            SET my_user_email = my_email;
        END IF;

        INSERT INTO `users` (`uid`, `name`, `pass`, `mail`, `created`)
        VALUES (my_user_id, my_era_username, SHA1(RAND()), my_user_email, UNIX_TIMESTAMP());

        -- Create Member --
        INSERT INTO `members` (`uid`, `first_name`, `last_name`, `phone`,
              `member_category_id`, `subscription_weekly_email`,
              `subscription_monthly_newsletter`)
        VALUES (my_user_id, my_first_name, my_last_name, my_phone_num,
              my_member_status, my_weekly_com, my_monthly_com);

        -- Add Degrees --
        IF degree_id_1 IS NOT NULL THEN
            INSERT INTO member_degrees_held
            VALUES (my_user_id, my_degree_id_1);
        END IF;

        IF degree_id_2 IS NOT NULL THEN
            INSERT INTO member_degrees_held
            VALUES (my_user_id, my_degree_id_2);
        END IF;

        -- Add Areas of Expertise --
        INSERT INTO `member_expertises_held` (`uid`, `specialty_id`)
        SELECT (SELECT MAX(uid) FROM users), z.specialty_id
        FROM z_map_person_specialty AS z
        WHERE z.person_id = my_person_id;

    END LOOP read_loop;

    CLOSE member_cursor;

END; @@

DELIMITER ;
CALL import_members();


In the book MySQL Stored Procedure Programming, all cursor examples give the local variable a unique name from its corresponding table column (if you have the book, see page 108 Example 5-15).

Sidenote : Where are weekly_com and monthly_com coming from ???