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
Past President (retired), Association of American Universities
President Emerita, University of Michigan
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
Co-Founder and former Co-CEO, Birchbox
Science Talent Search 2001
Paul J. Maddon, Secretary
Founder and Retired Chairman, CEO, and Chief Science Officer, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Science Talent Search 1977
International Science and Engineering Fair 1977
Christy Burton, Executive Committee, At-Large
Co-Founder and Board Chair, The Burton Family Foundation
Maya Ajmera, Ex Officio
President and CEO, Society for Science & the Public
Publisher, Science News
Science Talent Search 1985
Craig R. Barrett
Retired CEO/Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation
Adam Bly
Founder & CEO, System
International Science and Engineering Fair 1998
Tessa M. Hill
Professor and Chancellor’s Fellow
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
University of California, Davis
Tom Leighton
Co-Founder and CEO, Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Science Talent Search 1974
International Science and Engineering Fair 1972 and 1973
Alan Leshner
CEO Emeritus, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
W.E. Moerner
Harry S. Mosher Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Applied Physics, Stanford University
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
Dianne K. Newman
Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology, California Institute of Technology
Executive Officer, Division of Biology & Biological Engineering
International Science and Engineering Fair 1987 and 1988
Thomas F. Rosenbaum
President, California Institute of Technology
Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair and Professor of Physics
Science Talent Search 1973
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