Leadership & Staff
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Leadership
Sudip S. Parikh, PhD
Chair, Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Executive Publisher, Science Family of Journals
Leadership Team
Staff
Operations
- Mike Coburn
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer - Aimée Lefever
Director of Operations - Michelle Reddersen
Controller - Lisa Montgomery
Executive Assistant
Development & Membership
- Anne Mandeville
Vice President of Development and Membership - Katie Goode
Senior Director of Development and Membership - Kristen Furlong
Director of Membership and Development
Policy & Advocacy
- Eleanor “Ellie” Dehoney
Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy - Erin Darbouze
Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy - Savannah Sims
Senior Manager, Global Health R&D Advocacy - Jacqueline Lagoy
Global Health R&D Operations and Events Coordinator - Trent Carlson
Policy and Advocacy Associate - Allie Byrne
Dr. Leroy Hood Science Policy Fellow - Jayashree Iyer
Science Policy Intern, internship sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Leo Shih
Global Health Research & Development Advocacy Intern
Advocacy Programs & Initiatives
- Sheila Murphy
Vice President of Advocacy Programs and Initiatives - Samantha Miller
Director of Policy & Advocacy Programs - Shilpa Rajan
Director of the Science and Technology Action Committee - Jasmine George
Senior Manager of Policy & Advocacy Programs - Cortez Bowlin
Dr. Louis Sullivan Science Policy Fellow
Communications & Civic Science
- Jenny Luray
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Public Engagement - Glenn O’Neal
Senior Director of Communications - Laurie Zabala
Senior Manager of Science Initiatives and Outreach - Miyah Reed
Science Communications Intern, internship sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Wyatt Elsner
Civic Science Intern, internship sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute