MASS-AWIS Past Board members
October 2004 – first organizational meeting
2006 Officers:
President – Joanne Kamens
Vice-Presidents – Rosa Melendez and Rebecca Pitts
Administrator – Karen Yee
Treasurer – Kristen O’Brien
2007 Officers:
President – Joanne Kamens
Vice-Presidents – Rosa Melendez and Rebecca Pitts
Administrator – Serena Silver
Treasurer – Carolyn Cho
2008 Officers:
President – Rebecca Pitts
Vice-Presidents – Katrin Arnold and Carol Manahan
Administrator – Natalie Catlett
Treasurer – Carolyn Cho
2009 Officers:
President – Rebecca Pitts
Vice-Presidents – Katrin Arnold and Carol Manahan
Administrator – Jessica Sedan
Treasurer – Carolyn Cho
2010 Board of Directors:
President – Carolyn Cho
Vice-Presidents – Elona Kolpakova Hart and Jessica Tytell
Administrator – Jessica Sedan
Treasurer – Natalie Catlett
Events – Lynnelle Pittet and Meredith Bowman
Mentoring – Masha Hareli and Karen Page
Past President – Rebecca Pitts
2011 Board of Directors:
President – Masha Hareli
Vice-President – Lynnelle Pittet
Administrator – Anne-Elise Tobin
Treasurer – Natalie Catlett
Events – Beth Hovey and Christa Van Dort
Mentoring – Karen Page and Tooba Cheema
Sponsorship – Elona Kolpakova Hart and Masha Hareli
Membership – Karen Yee
Past President – Carolyn Cho
2012 Board of Directors:
President – Karen Page
Vice-President – Beth Hovey
Administrator – Anne-Elise Tobin
Treasurer – Karen Yee
Events – Christa Van Dort and Yoojin Chung
Membership – Janet Buhlmann
Mentoring – Sohini Mazumdar and Tooba Cheema
Sponsorship – Karen Page
Past President – Masha Fridkis-Hareli
2013 Board of Directors:
President - Karen M. Page
Vice President - Beth M. Hovey
Administrator - Christine Taft
Treasurer - Karen Yee
Mentoring - Sohini Mazumdar and Milka Kostik
Events - Yoojin Chung and Nadia Kulshina
Membership -Tooba Cheema and Marina Kvaskoff
Sponsorship Christa Van Dort and Haifa Ghandour
Past President - Masha Fridkis-Hareli
2014 Board of Directors:
President - Beth M. Hovey
Vice President - Tooba Cheema
Treasurer - Yoojin Chung
Administrator - Maria Bartolini
Membership - Larissa Jarzylo
Events - Nadia Kulshina and Bethany Bracken
Worcester Events - Holly Soutter and Elif M. Sikoglu
Mentoring - Sharmistha Kundu and Catherine Del Vecchio
Communications - Kiki Chu and Katherine Denison
Sponsorship - Haifa Ghandour and Christa Van Dort
Past President - Karen M. Page
2015 Board of Directors:
President - Tooba Cheema, Ph.D.
Vice President - Christa Van Dort, Ph.D.
Treasurer - Yoojin Chung, Ph.D.
Administrator - Maria Bartolini
Membership Committee Chair - Rana Awwad, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-Chair - Ayesha Islam, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-Chair - Bethany Bracken, Ph.D.
Worcester Events Committee Co-Chair - Holly Heaslet Soutter, Ph.D.
Worcester Events Committee Co-Chair - Kristie Kapinas, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-Chair - Lesley Mathews Griner, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-Chair - Sarah Sherlock, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-Chair - Kiki Chu, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-Chair - Katherine Denison
Sponsorship Committee Co-Chair - Haifa Ghandour, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-Chair - Karen Yee, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Chair - Elif M. Sikoglu, Ph.D.
Past President - Beth M. Hovey, Ph.D.
2016 Board of Directors:
President - Tooba Cheema, Ph.D.
Vice President - Christa Van Dort, Ph.D.
Treasurer - Yoojin Chung, Ph.D.
Administrator - Maria Bartolini
Membership Committee Co-Chair - Rana Awwad, Ph.D.
Membership Committee Co-Chair - Cinzia Metallo, Ph.D.
Events-East Committee Co-Chair - Ayesha Islam, Ph.D.
Events-East Committee Co-Chair - Laure Deflube-Owen, Ph.D.
Events-West Committee Co-Chair - Kristie Kapinas, Ph.D.
Events-West Committee Co-Chair - Lauren Laidlaw
Mentoring Committee Co-Chair - Lesley Mathews Griner, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-Chair - Sarah Sherlock, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-Chair - Kiki Chu, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-Chair - Christine Oslowski, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-Chair - Haifa Ghandour, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-Chair - Karen Yee, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Chair - Elif M. Sikoglu, Ph.D.
Past President - Beth M. Hovey, Ph.D.
​-- Starting July, 2016 - all terms run from July 1 through June 30 the following year--
2016-2017 Board of Directors:
President - Karen Yee, Ph.D.
Vice-President - Haifa Ghandour, Ph.D.
Treasurer - Mareshia Donald, Ph.D.
Administrator - Janice Kranz, Ph.D.
Membership committee co-chair - Cinzia Metallo, Ph.D.
Membership committee co-chair - Ayesha Islam, Ph.D.
Events-East committee chair - Laure Deflube-Owen, Ph.D.
Events-West committee chair - Lauren Laidlaw
Mentoring committee co-chair - Daniela Vecchio, Ph.D.
Mentoring committee co-chair - Adelajda Zorba, Ph.D.
Communication committee co-chair - Christine Oslowski, Ph.D.
Communication committee co-chair - Karen De Ceunynck, Ph.D.
Sponsorship committee co-chair - Cristina Gutierrez, Ph.D.
Sponsorship committee co-chair - Lynes Torres, Ph.D.
Scholarship committee chair - Ilaria Lamberto, Ph.D.
Past president - Tooba Cheema, Ph.D.
2017-2018 Board of Directors:
President - Karen Yee, Ph.D.
Vice-President - Haifa Ghandour, Ph.D.
Treasurer - Mareshia Donald, Ph.D.
Administrator - Janice Kranz, Ph.D.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Chair - Cinzia Metallo, Ph.D.
Events-East Committee Co-chair - Lynes Torres, Ph.D.
Events-East Committee Co-chair - Lauren Laidlaw
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Daniela Vecchio, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Cheng Fang, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Gar Yee Koh, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Christine Oslowski, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Karen De Ceunynck, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Cristina Gutierrez, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Michelle Arya, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Advisor - Ilaria Lamberto, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Alycia Bittner, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Stacy Chin, Ph.D.
Past President - Tooba Cheema, Ph.D.
2018-2019 Board of Directors:
President - Haifa Ghandour, Ph.D.
Vice-President - Lynes Torres, Ph.D.
Treasurer - Janice Kranz, Ph.D.
Administrator - Cheryl Murphy, Ph.D.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Cinzia Metallo, Ph.D.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Daniela Vecchio, Ph.D.
Events-East Committee Co-chair - Grace Yu
Events-East Committee Co-chair - Clementine Plati, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Gar Yee Koh, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Elif Karaca, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Rona Oran, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Christine Oslowski, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Karen De Ceunynck, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Siobhan McRee, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Xiaoxing Wang, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Alycia Bittner, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Stacy Chin, Ph.D.
Past President - Karen Yee, Ph.D.
2019-2020 Board of Directors:
President - Haifa Ghandour, Ph.D.
Vice-President - Diane Rigos, Ph.D.
Treasurer - Krista Bledsoe, Ph.D.
Administrator - Cheryl Murphy, Ph.D.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Cinzia Metallo, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Sumbul Khan, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Paromita Gupta, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Keerthana Subramanian
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Elif Karaca, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Rona Oran, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Addy Alt-Holland, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Maria Genco, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Pauline Tan, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Stephanie Bellinger, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Xiaoxing Wang, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Alycia Bittner, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Natalie Vaisman
Leadership Committee Co-chair - Diane Rigos, Ph.D.
Leadership Committee Co-chair - Cheryl Vaughan, Ph.D., Ed. M.
Past President - Karen Yee, Ph.D.
2020-2021 Board of Directors:
President - Diane Rigos, Ph.D.
Vice-President - Cheryl Vaughan, Ph.D., Ed. M.
Vice-President - Rona Oran, Ph.D.
Treasurer - Krista Bledsoe, Ph.D.
Administrator - Laurie Burlingame, J.D., M.B.A., M.A.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Cinzia Metallo, Ph.D.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Ana Bozas, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Paromita Gupta, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Keerthana Subramanian
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Elif Karaca, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Rona Oran, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Lauren Fitch, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Maria Genco, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Pauline Tan, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Sumbul Khan, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Sunita Setlur, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Alisa Zhilin-Roth
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Elizabeth Fiore, Ph.D.
Leadership Committee Co-chair - Diane Rigos, Ph.D.
Leadership Committee Co-chair - Cheryl Vaughan, Ph.D., Ed. M.
Past President - Haifa Ghandour, Ph.D.
2021-2022 Board of Directors:
President - Diane Rigos, Ph.D.
Vice-President - Rona Oran, Ph.D.
Treasurer - Jamie Luther, Ph.D.
Administrator - Laurie Burlingame, J.D., M.B.A., M.A.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Cinzia Metallo, Ph.D.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Ana Bozas, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Paromita Gupta, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Keerthana Subramanian
Events Committee Co-chair - Anita Iyer, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Jocelyn Scheirer, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Sumanprava Giri, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Lauren Fitch, Ph.D.
​Communications Committee Co-chair - Maria Genco, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Pauline Tan, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Sumbul Khan, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Sunita R. Setlur, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Alisa Zhilin-Roth
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Elizabeth Fiore, Ph.D.
Leadership Committee Chair - Diane Rigos, Ph.D.
Past President - Haifa Ghandour, Ph.D.
2022-2023 Board of Directors:
President - Diane Rigos, Ph.D.
Vice-President - Rona Oran, Ph.D.
Vice-President - Yael Zigelman
Treasurer - Jamie Luther, Ph.D.
Administrator - Laurie Burlingame, J.D., M.B.A., M.A.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Cinzia Metallo, Ph.D.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Ana Bozas, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Indrani Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Martina Chiacchiaretta, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Jingjing Lou
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Jocelyn Scheirer, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Jessica Desmond
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Sau-Mei Leung, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Vidhya Vijayakumar, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Shelly Trigg, Ph.D.
Communications/Events Committee Co-chair - Heather Watkins
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Sumbul Khan, Ph.D.
Sponsorship Committee Co-chair - Sunita R. Setlur, Ph.D.
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Alisa Zhilin-Roth
Scholarship Committee Co-chair - Elizabeth Fiore, Ph.D.
Leadership Committee Chair - Diane Rigos, Ph.D.
Past President - Haifa Ghandour, Ph.D.
2023-2024 Board of Directors:
President - Yael Zigelman
Vice-President - Marina Mattos Ph.D.
Treasurer - Yolande Athaide
Administrator - Laurie Burlingame, J.D., M.B.A., M.A.
Communications Committee Co-chair - Vidhya Vijayakumar, Ph.D.
Communications Committee Co-Chair - Erika Minetti
Communications/Events Committee Co-chair - Seda Salar
Events Committee Co-chair - Martina Chiacchiaretta, Ph.D.
Events Committee Co-chair - Pamela Klecki
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Ana Bozas, Ph.D.
Outreach and Engagement Committee Co-Chair - Cinzia Metallo, Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Jessica Desmond
Mentoring Committee Co-chair - Sang Park Ph.D.
Mentoring Committee Co-Chair - Marina Mattos Ph.D.
Leadership Committee Co-Chair - Diane Rigos, Ph.D.
Leadership Committee Co-chair - Jocelyn Scheirer, Ph.D.
Leadership Committee Co-Chair - Leila Deravi
DEI Committee Co-Chair - Kathy Nevola, Ph.D. (They/Them)
DEI Committee Co-Chair - Maru Colbert, Ph.D. (She/Her)
Past President - Diane Rigos, Ph.D.