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LEADERSHIP

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mary Sue Coleman, Chair

University of Michigan (Emerita)

Association of American Universities (Retired)

STS 1961

ISEF 1959–1960

Thomas F. Rosenbaum, Vice Chair

California Institute of Technology

STS 1973

Hayley Bay Barna, Treasurer

First Round Capital

STS 2001

Christine Burton, Secretary

The Burton Family Foundation

Lance R. Collins, At Large

Virginia Tech Innovation Campus

Maya Ajmera, Ex Officio

Society for Science

Science News

STS 1985

Craig R. Barrett

Intel Corporation (Retired)

Adam Bly

System

ISEF 1998

Christopher Bouton*

Certara

STS 2002

Mariette DiChristina

Boston University College of Communication

Tessa M. Hill

University of California, Davis

Gary E. Knell**

Boston Consulting Group

Charles McCabe

Manifold Fund

W. E. Moerner

Stanford University

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014

Dianne K. Newman

California Institute of Technology

ISEF 1987–1988

Roderic Ivan Pettigrew

Engineering Health

Texas A&M University/Houston Methodist Hospital

ISEF 1967

Afton Vechery

Modern Fertility

STS 2007

ISEF 2005

Gideon Yu

San Francisco 49ers

ISEF 1989

Feng Zhang

Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard

MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research

MIT

STS 2000

ISEF 1998–1999

*  Term started July 2023

**  Term started December 2023

HONORARY BOARD

Frances Arnold

California Institute of Technology

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018

Charles H. Bennett*

IBM Corporation

STS 1960

Elizabeth Blackburn

University of California, San Francisco (Emerita)

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009

Vinton G. Cerf

Google

Martin Chalfie*

Columbia University

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008

Raj Chetty**

Harvard University

STS 1997

ISEF 1997

Jeanette Epps***

Current NASA Astronaut

Sylvester James Gates, Jr.*

University of Maryland


Walter Gilbert

Harvard University (Emeritus)

Artist

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980

STS 1949

Sheldon Lee Glashow

Harvard University (Emeritus)

Boston University (Emeritus)

Nobel Prize in Physics 1979

STS 1950

Brian Greene

Columbia University

World Science Festival

STS 1980

ISEF 1980

John L. Hall

University of Colorado, Boulder

Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

STS 1952

Elissa Hallem

University of California, Los Angeles

Dudley Herschbach

Harvard University (Emeritus)

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986

Marcian (Ted) Hoff

Co-inventor of the Microprocessor

STS 1954

Roald Hoffmann

Cornell University (Emeritus)

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981

STS 1955

Leroy (Lee) Hood

Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle

Institute for Systems Biology

STS 1956

H. Robert Horvitz

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research

MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Emeritus)

Shirley Ann Jackson*

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Emerita)

Martin Karplus

Université de Strasbourg

Harvard University (Emeritus)

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013

STS 1947

Cato T. Laurencin

University of Connecticut

Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, University of Connecticut

Tom Leighton**

Akamai Technologies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

STS 1974

ISEF 1972–1973

Alan Leshner**

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (Emeritus)

Shirley M. Malcom

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Paul L. Modrich

Duke University Medical Center

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

STS 1964

ISEF 1964

Joe Palca*

Science Journalist

Lisa Randall

Harvard University

STS 1980

Henry Samueli

Broadcom, Inc.

Broadcom Foundation

David N. Spergel

Simons Foundation

Princeton University (Emeritus)

STS 1978

Edward O. Thorp

Author

STS 1949

Frank Wilczek

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Arizona State University

Stockholm University

Nobel Prize in Physics 2004

STS 1967

Gayle Edlund Wilson

COSMOS, California State Summer School for Math and Science

STS 1960

George Yancopoulos

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

STS 1976

Huda Y. Zoghbi

Baylor College of Medicine

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Texas Children’s Hospital

* Joined April 2024

**  Joined April 2023

***  Dr. Epps is serving on the Honorary Board in a personal capacity

NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

William J. Bencze

Software Engineering Manager, Apple

STS 1985

ISEF 1983–1984

Adam Bly

Founder & CEO, System

ISEF 1998

Christopher Bouton

Certara

STS 1992

Erica Brand

Head of Strategy & Operations, Google Research Applied Science Division

STS 1986

ISEF 1986

Rob Chang

Founder, Iliotech Software Services

Co-founder & CTO, Gearcloud Labs

STS 1980

Michael Colsher

Head of Quantitative Trading, HAP LLC

STS 1997

Shiv Gaglani

Co-founder & CEO, Osmosis.org from Elsevier

ISEF 2004–2006

Shantanu Gaur

Founder and CEO, Allurion Technologies

ISEF 2003–2004

Felipe Gómez del Campo

CEO of FGC Plasma Solutions Inc.

Visiting Scientist at MIT RGD Lab

ISEF 2012

Michelle Hackman

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

STS 2011

Catherine Havasi

Chief of Innovation and Technology Strategy at Babel Street

Co-founder of Luminoso Technologies, Inc.

Science Talent Search 1999

ISEF 1996, 1998–1999

Kevin Heller

Chief Medical Officer, Tallac Therapeutics

STS 1989

David Holz

CTO & Co-Founder, Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion)

ISEF 2006

Elyse Hope

Strategic Initiative Manager at the Science Philanthropy Alliance

STS 2006

ISEF 2004–2006

Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge 2002

Scott Duke Kominers

MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor, Harvard Business School

Faculty Affiliate, Department of Economics, Harvard University

STS 2005

ISEF 2005

Meredith M. Lee

Chief Technical Advisor, UC Berkeley Computing, Data Science, & Society

ISEF 2000

Michael Li

Founder and CEO, The Data Incubator

STS 2003

ISEF 2003

Kate Lowry

Science Director of Science Philanthropy Alliance

STS 2006

Divya Nag

Director of Health, Apple

STS 2009

ISEF 2007, 2009

Willie T. Reaves Jr.

Chief of Staff, Cellino

ISEF 2007 and 2008

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

Founder and CEO, Instrumental

STS 2004

ISEF 2003–2004

Rajen Sheth

CEO and Founder, Kyron Learning, former VP of AI, Google Cloud

STS 1994

ISEF 1992–1994

Nevin Summers

Executive Director, MIT Synthetic Biology Center

STS 1967

ISEF 1965–1967

Sheel Tyle

Founder and CEO, Amplo

ISEF 2006–2008

Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge 2005

Nina Vasan

Founder and Executive Director, Brainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine

STS 2002

ISEF 2002

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Maya Ajmera

President & CEO, Society for Science & Executive Publisher, Science News Media Group

Rachel Goldman Alper

Chief Operating Officer

Elaine Qualter

Strategic Operations Specialist

Debra Cannan

Executive Assistant

 

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Laura Sanders Viggiani

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Erin Wayman

Randy Williams

Samantha Yadron

Lawand Yaseen

Ashley Yeager

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