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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.

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