Term Begins January 1, and ends December 31. (Date in parenthesis indicates year tenure on Board ends.) Affiliation is for identification purposes only.
Officers
President Terry R. Magnuson, PhD (2020) Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Genetics Vice Chancellor for Research Founding Chair of UNC Genetics
Vice-President Denise J. Montell, PhD (2021) Duggan Professor and Distinguished Professor
University of California Santa Barbara
Immediate Past President Jeannie T. Lee, MD/PhD (2019) Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Genetics and Pathology Harvard Medical School Molecular Biologist, Massachusetts General Hospital Co-Director of the Harvard Epigenetics Initiative
Secretary Erika L. Matunis, PhD (2021) Professor and Principal Investigator
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Treasurer Piali Sengupta, PhD (2019) Professor of Biology
Brandeis University
Directors
Swathi Arur, PhD (2021) The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jef D. Boeke, PhD, SCD (2019) Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology NYU Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) Founding Director, Institute for Systems Genetics, NYULMC
Kirsten Bomblies, PhD (2020) Principal Investigator and Project Leader
John Innes Centre
Rebecca Burdine, PhD (2021) Associate Professor of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Cassandra Extavour, PhD (2020) Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
Pamela K. Geyer, PhD (2021) Professor of Biochemistry Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Iowa
Mary Lou Guerinot, PhD (2019) Ronald and Deborah Harris Professor Department of Biological Sciences
Dartmouth College
Matthew W. Hahn, PhD (2020) Professor of Biology Professor of Computer Science Director of the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Indiana University
Hopi Elisabeth Hoekstra, PhD (2019) Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Alexander Agassiz Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
Early Career Director
Jordan D. Ward, PhD (2021) Assistant Professor of MCD Biology
University of California Santa Cruz
Journal Editors
Brenda J. Andrews, PhD (2020) Editor-in-Chief, G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics
Professor and Chair of the Banting & Best Department of Medical Research Charles H. Best Chair in Medical Research Director of the Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
University of Toronto
Mark Johnston, PhD (2020) Editor-in-Chief, GENETICS
Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Colorado–Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
Staff
Tracey DePellegrin Connelly Executive Director
Genetics Society of America
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Trainee Advisory Representatives
Didem P. Sarikaya, PhD (2019) Postdoc
University of California Davis
