Board and Committee Members

Standing Committees

Annual Meeting Program
2026 Program Chair – Jennifer Headman, POET

Archives Committee
Term Ends 2028
Debbie Chadick
Members: Elisabeth Elder, Kristien Mortelmans, Erick Vandamme

Audit Committee
Term Ends 2027
Debbie Yaver, Nature’s Fynd
Members: Tim Davies, Laura Jarboe

Awards & Honors Committee
Term ends 2026
Jennifer Headman, POET
Members: Stephanie Gleason, Shawn Nelson, Thomas Klasson, Sarita Chauhan

Corporate Affairs Committee
Term Ends 2026
Steve Van Dien, Persephone Biome
Andreas Schirmer
Members: Jonathan Sheridan, Rob Donofrio, David Babson, Charles Isaac, Amanda Fischer, Marie Kroeger

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Term Ends 2027
Efrain Rodriguez-Ocasio, Iowa State University
Members: Sheena Becker, Noel Fong, Kaitlyn Niebrugge, Soniya Quick, Ann Gregory, Arren Liu, Amanda Godar

Education and Outreach Committee
Term ends 2027
Noel Fong, Nucelis, Inc.
Members: Chandresh Thakker, Katy Kao, Neal Connors, Mark Blenner, Ian Wheeldon, Laura Jarboe, Benjamin Philmus, John Trawick

Elections Committee
Term Ends 2026
Kristien Mortelmans, SRI International
Members: Melanie Mormile

Ethics Committee:
Term Ends 2028
Thomas Klasson, USDA
Members: Noel Fong, Scott Baker, Susan Bagley

Finance Committee
Term Ends 2026
Katy Kao, San Jose State University
Members: Betty Elder, Rob Donofrio, Mark Blenner, Ramon Gonzalez, Debbie Yaver, Dick Baltz, George Garrity

Investment Advisory Committee
Richard Baltz, CognoGen Biotechnology Consulting
Members: George Garrity

Meeting Sites Committee
Haley Cox, SIMB
Members: Board of Directors and meeting chairs

Membership – Individual Committee
Term Ends 2028
Anna Crumbley, BioTechnology Division of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center
Members: Jason Boock, Eric Young, Qing Sun, Ryan Tappel, Shuai Qian, Casey Hooker, Biki Kundu, Efrain Rodriguez-Ocasio

Nominations Committee
Term Ends 2026
Michael Resch, National Laboratory of the Rockies
Members:

Placement Committee
Term Ends 2026
Sarita Chauhan, GEA
Members: Elisabeth Elder

Planning Committee
Term Ends 2026
Elisabeth Elder, Georgia Southwestern State
Members: Scott Baker

Student/Postdoc/Early-Career
2026 Program Chair – Jennifer Headman, POET
Term Ends 2028
Allen Lee
Members: Blake Rasor, Elise Phillips, Efrain Rodriguez-Ocasio, Soniya Quick, William Gasparrini, Amanda Andrade

Publications Committee
Term Ends 2028
Pat Cirino, University of Houston
Members: Ramon Gonzalez, Kris Rath, Yi Tang, Ben Shen

JIMB Editor-in-Chief
Term Ends 2027
Yi Tang, UCLA
Members: JIMB Editors

SIMB News Editor-in-Chief
Term Ends 2027
Kris Rath
Members: Kristine Mortelmans, Elisabeth Elder, Stephanie Gleason

Science Policy and Advocacy Committee
Term Ends 2028
Nigel Mouncey, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Members: Noel Fong, Michael Resch, Andy Manning, Tae Seok Moon, Thomas Alexander, Efraín Rodriguez-Ocasio, Charles Isaac

Presidential Ad Hoc Committees

SIMB Development/Endowment
Term Ends 2026
Neal Connors, IMIO
Members: Tim Davies, Debbie Yaver

Organizational Outreach
Term Ends 2026
Kris Rath
Members: TBD

Organizational Excellence
Term Ends 2026
Ramon Gonzalez
Members: Mike Resch, Brian Pfleger, Debbie Yaver, Rob Donofrio, Betty Elder

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