Who We Are
Our Leadership
Our non-profit association is made up of 98 societies and organization members that individually and collectivity advance the biological sciences.
To lead the way, we rely on talented and experienced people in management, advisory, and director roles.
Board of Directors
In accordance with our Constitution and Bylaws, AIBS is governed by a board of directors that is elected each year. (We also have an ethics policy which governs our actions.)
Key
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Board Executive Committee Representative
- Committee Chair
- Ex-officio
Officers
President, 2025-2026
Judy Skog1
George Mason University
Vice President, 2024-2025
Eric S. Nagy1
University of Virginia (Retired)
Secretary, 2025-2027
Pamela Soltis1
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Treasurer, 2025-2027
Betsy Myers1
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (Retired)
Board Members Elected by the Board
Prosanta Chakrabarty, 2025-2027
Louisiana State University
Todd Crowl, 2025-2027
Florida International University
Christine Cutucache, 2025-2027
Cutucache Consolidated, Inc.
Nyeema Harris, 2025-2027
Yale University
Richard Nakamura, 2023-2025
National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health (Retired)
Veronica Segarra, 2023-2025
Goucher College
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, 2023-2025
Intersections Science, Business, Diversity Consulting
Board Members Elected by the AIBS Council of Member Societies and Organizations
John Bates, 2023-2025
American Society of Mammalogy
Raymond Mejia, 2023-2025
Society for Mathematical Biology
Krissa Skogen, 2023-2025
Botanical Society of America
Michael Willig2, 2023-2025
University of Connecticut
Committees
Our current leadership committees include the Education Committee, Finance Committee, Fundraising Committee (Ad Hoc), Leadership Development Committee, Personnel Committee, Public Policy Review Committee, Publications Committee, and the Strategic Planning and Sustainable Development Committee.
Education Committee
Raymond Mejia3, Society for Mathematical Biology; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institutes of Health (Retired)
Prosanta Chakrabarty, Louisiana State University
Todd Crowl, Florida International University
Nyeema Harris, Yale University
Krissa Skogen, Clemson University
Michael Willig, University of Connecticut
Jyotsna Pandey4, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Finance Committee
Betsy Myers3, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (Retired)
Todd Crowl, Florida International University
Christine Cutucache, Cutucache Consolidated, Inc.
Eric Nagy, University of Virginia (Retired)
Richard Nakamura, National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health (Retired)
Scott Glisson4, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Fundraising Committee (Ad Hoc)
Betsy Myers3, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (Retired)
Todd Crowl, Florida International University
Jyotsna Pandey, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Veronica Segarra, Goucher College
James Verdier, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Scott Glisson4, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Leadership Development Committee
John Bates3, Field Museum of Natural History
Nyeema Harris, Yale University
Eric Nagy, University of Virginia (Retired)
Richard Nakamura, National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health (Retired)
Pamela S Soltis, University of Florida
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Intersections Science, Business, Diversity Consulting
Scott Glisson4, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Personnel Committee
Krissa Skogen3, Clemson University
Pamela S Soltis, University of Florida
Michael Willig, University of Connecticut
Public Policy Review Committee
Keith Crandell3, Society of Systematic Biologist
Carol Baldwin, Smithsonian Institution
Todd Crowl, Association of Ecosystem Research Centers
Paul Foster, Organization of Biological Field Stations
Thomas Sanger, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Al Savitzky, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Krissa Skogen, Botanical Society of America
Andrea Sweigart, Society for the Study of Evolution
Kal Tuominen, Botanical Society of America
Jyotsna Pandey4, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Publications Committee
Michael Willig3, University of Connecticut
Pamela Diggle, University of Connecticut
Jannette Boughman, Michigan State University
Raymond Mejia, NIH, Retired
Allen Moore, University of Georgia
Charles Fenster4, Editor-in-Chief, BioScience
James Verdier4, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Strategic Planning and Sustainable Development Committee
Richard Nakamura3, National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health (Retired)
Christine Cutucache, Cutucache Consolidated, Inc.
Eric Nagy, University of Virginia (Retired)
Veronica Segarra, Goucher College
Judy Skog, George Mason University
Michael Willig, University of Connecticut
Scott Glisson4, American Institute of Biological Sciences