Founded in 1947, in 2022 AIBS celebrates its 75th anniversary

Leadership is our rock

Leaders are our foundation and help chart our course...

The view from Glacier Point in Yosemite Valley, California, United States. Credit: David Iliff *

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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 Standing Committees Ad-Hoc Committees

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

  1. Member of the Executive Committee
  2. Board Executive Committee Representative
  3. Committee Chair
  4. 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

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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

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