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
*Â Term started July 2023
**Â 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
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
**Â Joined April 2023
***Â 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
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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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