Who We Are
Our Leadership
Our non-profit association is made up of 106 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, 2023-2024
Judy Skog1
George Mason University
Vice President, 2022-2023
Eric S. Nagy1
University of Virginia
Secretary, 2022-2024
Pamela Soltis1
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Treasurer, 2022-2024
Betsy Myers1
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (Retired)
Board Members Elected by the Board
Gabriela Chavarria, 2022-2024
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington, Seattle
Todd Crowl, 2022-2024
Florida International University
Richard Nakamura, 2023-2025
National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health (Retired)
Clifton Poodry, 2022-2024
University of Oregon
Muriel Poston, 2022-2024
Pitzer College
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 Bates2, 2023-2025
American Society of Mammalogy
Raymond Mejia, 2023-2025
Society for Mathematical Biology
Susan Perkins, 2022-2024
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Krissa Skogen, 2023-2025
Botanical Society of America
Michael Willig, 2023-2025
University of Connecticut
Committees
Our current leadership committees include the Finance Committee, Diversity Committee, Leadership Development Task Committee, Personnel Committee, Public Policy Review Committee, and the Publications Committee.
Diversity Committee
DaJoie Croslan3, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Gabriela Chavarria, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington, Seattle
Richard Nakamura, National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health (Retired)
Jyotsna Pandey, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Susan Perkins, The City College of New York
Steward T. A. Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Clifton Poodry, University of Oregon
Veronica Segarra, Goucher College
Krissa Skogen, Clemson University
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Intersections Science, Business, Diversity Consulting
Finance Committee
Betsy Myers3, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (Retired)
Todd Crowl, Florida International University
John Burris, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Eric Nagy, University of Virginia
Susan Perkins, The City College of New York
Scott Glisson4, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Leadership Development Task Committee
Clifton Poodry3, University of Oregon
John Bates, Field Museum of Natural History
Eric Nagy, University of Virginia
Richard Nakamura, National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health (Retired)
Susan Perkins, The City College of New York
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 Crandall3, Society of Systematic Biologists
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
Gabriela Chavarria3, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington, Seattle
Jannette Boughman, Michigan State University
Pamela Diggle, University of Connecticut
Raymond Mejia, NIH, Retired
Allen Moore, University of Georgia
Michael Willig, University of Connecticut
Charles Fenster4, Editor-in-Chief, BioScience
James Verdier4, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Ad-Hoc Committees
Ad-hoc committees are formed at the Board President’s discretion for a period of twelve months. Our current ad-hoc commitees include the Education Committee and 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)
Todd Crowl, Florida International University
Clifton Poodry, University of Oregon
Muriel Poston, Pitzer College
Krissa Skogen, Chicago Botanic Garden
Michael Willig, University of Connecticut
Diane Bosnjak4, American Institute of Biological Sciences
Strategic Planning and Sustainable Development Committee
Richard Nakamura3, National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Mental Health (Retired)
Eric Nagy, University of Virginia
Muriel Poston, Pitzer College
Veronica Segarra, Goucher College
Judy Skog, George Mason University
Michael Willig, University of Connecticut
Scott Glisson4, American Institute of Biological Sciences