ELISS: Emerging Leaders In Science and Society

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About Us

ELISS unites national leadership and resources with the passion of students from multiple campuses. A group of early–career PhDs with experience in government, industry, and academia founded ELISS. Graduate and professional students have been engaged in all stages of its development, and serve as ELISS liaisons to our partner campuses.

AAAS hosts ELISS and provides advice on strategy on program development and help with fundraising and administrative needs. ELISS draws upon AAAS's vast experience in leadership development and public engagement, while maintaining its grassroots, student–driven culture.

The ELISS Team

Founders

Melanie Roberts (show/hide bio) – Founder and Director of ELISS and independent consultant

Kate Stoll (show/hide bio) – Co–Founder and AAAS S&T Policy Fellow, Division of Graduate Education, National Science Foundation

Bree Mitchell (show/hide bio) – Co–Founder and Deputy Director, Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection, Stanford University

AAAS Oversight Committee

• Mark S. Frankel – Director, Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law
• Edward G. Derrick – Chief Program Director, Center of Science, Policy, and Society
• Richard Weibl – Program Director, Center for Careers in Science and Technology

Senior Advisers

• Neal F. Lane – Former Presidential Science Advisor and Director of the National Science Foundation and Distinguished Professor of Science and Technology Policy, Rice University
• James M. Gentile – President Emeritus, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, and Dean of the College of Natural Resources, Hope College
• Judith A. Ramaley – President Emerita, Winona State University and Portland State University, and Distinguished Professor of Public Service, Portland State University

Strategic Advisors

• Patrick Clemins (IT) – Cyber Specialist, Vermont EPSCoR, and Assistant Research Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont
• Kelly Edwards (Program Development) – Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington
• David Goldston (Energy/Environment) – Director of Government Affairs, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Jay Hardy, Carter Gibson, and David Peterson (Leadership & Collaboration) – Ph.D. Candidates in Industrial & Organizational Psychology, University of Oklahoma
• Henry L. Miller (Marketing) – COO of Goodman Media International, Inc.
• Cynthia Robinson (Fellowship Programs) – Director, AAAS Science & Technology Fellowship Program
• Tobin Smith (University Relations) – Vice President for Policy, Association of American Universities
• Juli Staiano (Development) – Director of Development, AAAS
• Jessica Wright (Development) – Vice President, University of Colorado Foundation

Project Managers

• Nate Engle (Energy/Environment) – Consultant, World Bank
• T.J. Augustine (Energy/Environment) – Special Assistant at U.S. Department of Energy
• Jason Yang (Videography) – Postdoctoral Researcher, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University & HHMI
• Ryan Ritterson (Data analysis) – PhD Candidate, Synthetic Biology, University of California San Francisco

Student Liaisons from Partner Campuses

University of Washington

• Nisha Randhava – Public Affairs
• Stephanie Cruz – Medical Anthropology
• Jaci Saunders – Biological Oceanography
• Phil Rosenfield (past liaison) – Astronomy
• Sara Bender (past liaison) – Biological Oceanography

University of Pennsylvania

• Samantha White – Neuroscience
• Katie Reuther – Bioengineering

Purdue University

• Aaron Goldner – EAPS / Climate Modeling
• Jennifer Burks (outgoing) – EAPS / Agronomy
• Monique Long – EAPS / Agronomy

Stanford University

• Helen Craig – Applied Physics
• Molly Lowndes – Cancer Biology

Sponsors

Research Corporation for Science Advancement.
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation
University of Pennsylvania
Purdue University
University of Washington
Stanford University

Thanks to many other volunteers for so generously donating time, especially: Bryan Fioret; Elizabeth McNie; Lindsey Payne; Rebecca Carlson; Ian King; Erin Foley; Nate Wade; Melissa Phillips; John Caldwell; Khara Ramos; Mirvat Abdelhaq; Katy Beggs; Abby Watrous; and Peter Blair.

page updated 05/06/2013