The Council, the member-elected governing body of AAAS, comprises the board of directors, section retiring chairs, delegates from each electorate, two delegates from the National Association of Academies of Sciences, and one delegate from each Regional Division with the president serving as the chair and the executive officer as the secretary. The Council’s responsibilities include election of Fellows, adoption of resolutions and statements on matters affecting the Association, election of affiliates, and approving amendments to the Bylaws.
Council Chair
Claire Fraser
AAAS President
Secretary to the Council
Sudip Parikh
AAAS Chief Executive Officer
Members of the Board of Directors are also members of the Council.
Cammy Abernathy (Section P, 2021)
University of Florida
Susan Antón (Section H, 2021)
New York University
Jonathan Bagger (Section B, 2021)
TRIUMF / University of British Columbia (Canada)
Gilda Barabino (Section N, 2021)
City College of New York
Ana Barros (Section W, 2021)
Duke University
Sankar Basu (Section M, 2021)
National Science Foundation*
*Serving in his personal capacity
Cynthia M. Bauerle (Section Q, 2023)
James Madison University
David A. Baum (Section G, 2022)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Stephen B. Baylin (Section N, 2021)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Pushpa Bhat (Section B, 2022)
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Alan R. Bishop (Section B, 2021)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
James Bower (Pacific Division)
Southern Oregon University
Susan E. Celniker (Section G, 2023)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Vicki Chandler (Section G, 2021)
Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute
Jacqueline H. Chen (Section M, 2023)
Sandia National Laboratories
Vivian G. Cheung (Section N, 2021)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute/University of Michigan
Karen S. Cook (Section K, 2021)
Stanford University
James Crowley (Section A, 2021)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Channing J. Der (Section N, 2022)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Dietrich (Section L, 2021)
University of Pittsburgh
Nathaniel J. Dominy (Section H, 2022)
Dartmouth College
Lawrence K. Duffy (Arctic Division)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Susan K. Dutcher (Section G, 2022)
Washington University in St. Louis
Peter Faletra (NAAS)
New Hampshire Academy of Science
James R. Fleming (Section L, 2021)
Colby College
Jennifer Francis (Section W, 2023)
Woods Hole Research Center
Teresa Fryberger (Section C, 2021)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Susan Gelman (Section J, 2021)
University of Michigan
Vicki Grassian (Section C, 2021)
University of California, San Diego
Francesca Grifo (Section X, 2023)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
M. Elizabeth Halloran (Section U, 2021)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington
Joseph Halpern (Section T, 2021)
Cornell University
Elizabeth S. Haswell (Section G, 2021)
Washington University in St. Louis
Kristin P. Jenkins (Section Q, 2023)
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, Inc.
Don Jordan (NAAS)
University of South Carolina
Martin Keller (Section P, 2021)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Emily M. Klein (Section E, 2022)
Duke University
Paul Koch (Section E, 2021)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Kei Koizumi (Section X, 2021)
Benjamin Kuipers (Section T, 2023)
University of Michigan
Cynthia K. Larive (Section C, 2022)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Ed D. Lazowska (Section T, 2023)
University of Washington
Joceline Lega (Section A, 2022)
University of Arizona
Craig Lindsley (Section S, 2021)
Vanderbilt University
Patricia Marsteller (Section Q, 2021)
Emory University
James L. McClelland (Section J, 2021)
Stanford University
Cecile McKee (Section Z, 2021)
University of Arizona
Joan R. Najita (Section D, 2022)
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Jeffrey L. Noebels (Section V, 2023)
Baylor College of Medicine
Jacques Nör (Section R, 2021)
University of Michigan
Catherine E. Ovitt (Section R, 2023)
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Marina Picciotto (Section V, 2021)
Yale University
Catherine M. Pringle (Section G, 2021)
University of Georgia
Sarah Rajala (Section M, 2021)
Iowa State University
Nancy Reid (Section U, 2023)
University of Toronto (Canada)
Debra Rolison (Section C, 2022)
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado (Section G, 2021)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Barbara Schneider (Section K, 2021)
Michigan State University
Joan A. Sereno ( Section Z, 2023)
University of Kansas
Jennifer L. Tank (Section O, 2021)
University of Notre Dame
Carolyn M. Teschke (Section G, 2023)
University of Connecticut
Thea D. Tlsty (Section N, 2022)
University of California, San Francisco
Leslie P. Tolbert (Section V, 2022)
University of Arizona (Retired)
Paul E. Turner (Section G, 2022)
Yale University
JoAnn M. Valenti (Section Y, 2023)
Brigham Young University Emerita
Alison Van Eenennaam (Section O, 2021)
University of California, Davis
Filipa Godoy Vitorino (Caribbean Division)
University of Puerto Rico
Patricia Ward (Section Y, 2021)
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Patrick M. Woster (Section S, 2023)
Medical University of South Carolina
Dennis Zaritsky (Section D, 2021)
University of Arizona
COMMITTEE ON COUNCIL AFFAIRS
Susan Amara, AAAS President-Elect and CCA Chair
National Institute of Mental Health/NIH*
(*Dr. Amara is serving in her personal capacity)
Claire Fraser, AAAS President
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado (2021)
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
David A. Baum (2022)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vivian Cheung (2021)
University of Michigan
Susan K. Dutcher (2022)
Washington University in St. Louis
Elizabeth S. Haswell (2021)
Washington University in St. Louis
Emily M. Klein (2022)
Duke University
Joan R. Najita (2022)
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Catherine M. Pringle (2021)
University of Georgia
COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS
Marlene Belfort (2022)
University at Albany, the State University of New York
Michelle V. Buchanan (2021)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Steven Chu (Board Chair is Board appointee to the Committee)
Stanford University
Elaine Fuchs (2021)
Rockefeller University
Paula T. Hammond (2021)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John G. Hildebrand (2022)
University of Arizona
Marcia C. Linn (2021)
University of California, Berkeley
Michael Prather (2022)
University of California, Irvine
Esther Takeuchi (2022)
Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory