Introduction From the Chair and the CEO
Certain moments in history call urgently to science, and 2020 was perhaps unprecedented in its need for scientific expertise, collaboration, communication and leadership as the world faced the COVID-19 pandemic and a long-overdue reckoning with systemic racism.
At no other recent time has the AAAS mission of advancing science, engineering and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people been more important. AAAS and the Science Family of Journals mobilized forcefully to help speed COVID-19 research and its dissemination among the scientific community and leaders establishing policy to protect human lives and the public.
Also in 2020, AAAS committed to combating systemic racism and inequity in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine. We began by appraising our own diversity, with a study of AAAS and Science authors, reviewers, award winners, program participants and fellows. That baseline data will be used to transparently track progress as AAAS invests in its ongoing diversity, inclusion and equity practices and programs, and looks for new and innovative ways to add to the discussion.
Throughout 2020, AAAS upheld and fostered the positive contribution of science as we grappled with a rapidly
changing world. We are grateful to our members and supporters who are joining us in this important work.
Steven Chu
Chair, AAAS Board of Directors
William R. Kenan Jr., Professor of Physics and of Molecular
and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
12th United States Secretary of Energy
1997 Nobel Laureate in Physics
Sudip S. Parikh
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Executive Publisher,
Science Family of Journals
2020 AAAS Board of Directors and Leadership
Board of Directors
Board Officers
Chair
Steven Chu
Stanford University
President
Claire M. Fraser
University of Maryland School of Medicine
President-Elect
Susan G. Amara
National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. National Institutes of Health*
Treasurer
Carolyn N. Ainslie
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Secretary
Sudip S. Parikh
AAAS
Board Members
Cynthia M. Beall
Case Western Reserve University
Rosina M. Bierbaum
University of Michigan and University of Maryland, College Park
Ann Bostrom
University of Washington
Kaye Husbands Fealing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Stephen P.A. Fodor
13.8 Inc.
S. James Gates Jr.
Brown University and University of Maryland, College Park
Laura H. Greene
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Florida State University
Maria M. Klawe
Harvey Mudd College
Robert B. Millard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alondra Nelson
Institute for Advanced Study and Social Science Research Council
William D. Provine
DuPont/Delaware Innovation Space
* Dr. Amara serves in a personal capacity and not as a representative of NIH.
AAAS Leadership
as of April 30, 2021
Sudip S. Parikh
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Executive Publisher,
Science Family of Journals
Tim Appenzeller
News Editor, Science
Zdenek Becka
Director, Information Technology
Shannon Benson
Director, Human Resources
Andrew Black
Chief of Staff and Chief Public Affairs Officer
Kathy Black
Director, Strategic Planning
Monica M. Bradford
Executive Editor, Science
Joanne Padrón Carney
Chief Government Relations Officer
Marietta Damond
Deputy Chief Program Officer
Joanne Heininger
Director, Membership
Stephen Issing
Director, Finance
Tanisha Lewis
Chief Financial Officer
Julia Jackson MacKenzie
Chief Program Officer
Shirley M. Malcom
Senior Advisor and Director, SEA Change
Kimberly Montgomery
Director, International Affairs and Science Diplomacy
Bill Moran
Publisher, Science Family of Journals
Beth Rakouskas
Creative Director, Science Family of Journals
Beth Rosner
Senior Advisor and Interim Director, Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
Michael Savelli
Chief Operating Officer
Juli Staiano
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Holden Thorp
Editor-in-Chief, Science Family of Journals
Randy Yi
Director, Business Systems and Financial Analysis, Science Family of Journals