Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees provides leadership and guidance to Society for Science. Board members are volunteers selected based on their dedicated commitment to science, education, and the Society’s mission of informing, educating, and inspiring.

Mary Sue Coleman, Chair
President Emerita, University of Michigan
Past President (retired), Association of American Universities
Science Talent Search 1961
International Science and Engineering Fair 1959 and 1960

Martin Chalfie, Vice Chair
University Professor, Biological Sciences, Columbia University
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2008

Hayley Bay Barna, Treasurer
Venture Partner, First Round Capital
Science Talent Search 2001

Christine Burton, Secretary
Co-Founder and Board Chair, The Burton Family Foundation

Thomas F. Rosenbaum, At Large
President, Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair and
Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology
Science Talent Search 1973

Maya Ajmera, Ex Officio
President and CEO, Society for Science
Publisher, Science News
Science Talent Search 1985

Adam Bly
Founder & CEO, System
International Science and Engineering Fair 1998

Lance R. Collins
Vice President and Executive Director, Virginia Tech Innovation Campus

Mariette DiChristina
Dean and Professor of the Practice in Journalism, Boston University College of Communication

Tessa M. Hill
Professor and Chancellor’s Fellow, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis

Charles McCabe
Chief Advisor, Manifold Fund

W.E. Moerner
Harry S. Mosher Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Applied Physics
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014

Dianne K. Newman
Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology
Executive Officer, Division of Biology & Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology
International Science and Engineering Fair 1987 and 1988

Roderic I. Pettigrew
Chief Executive Officer, Engineering Health
Inaugural Dean, School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University / Houston Methodist Hospital
Founding Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 2002-2017
International Science and Engineering Fair 1967

Afton Vechery
Co-Founder, Modern Fertility
Science Talent Search 2007
International Science and Engineering Fair 2005

Gideon Yu
Co-Owner, San Francisco 49ers
International Science and Engineering Fair 1989

Feng Zhang
Core Member, Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard
Investigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT
James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience, MIT
Associate Professor, Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and of Biological Engineering, MIT
Science Talent Search 2000
International Science and Engineering Fair 1998 and 1999