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.

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

Feng Zhang, Vice Chair
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

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

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

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

Christopher Bouton
Head of AI, Senior Vice President, Certara
Science Talent Search 1992

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

Tessa M. Hill
Associate Vice Provost, Public Scholarship & Engagement
Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis

Kristina M. Johnson
CEO, Johnson Energy Holdings, LLC
International Science and Engineering Fair 1975

Gary E. Knell
Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

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 Ivan 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

Dave Shull
President, HP Solutions
Science Talent Search 1990

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