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
Steven Chu
AAAS President
Secretary to the Council
Alan I. Leshner
AAAS Interim Chief Executive Officer
Members of the Board of Directors are also members of the Council.
Cammy Abernathy (Section P, 2021)
University of Florida
David Awschalom (Section B, 2020)
University of Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory
Sankar Basu (Section M, 2021)
National Science Foundation
David Baum (Section G, 2022)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Stephen Baylin (Section N, 2021)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Pushpa Bhat (Section B, 2022)
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Alan Bishop (Section B, 2021)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lawrence Bobo (Section K, 2020)
Harvard University
James Bower (Pacific Division)
Numedeum, Inc.
Bonnie Carroll (Section T, 2020)
Information International Associates/CENDI
Vivian Cheung (Section N, 2021)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute/University of Michigan
Sandra Chung (Section Z, 2020)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Karen Cook (Section K, 2021)
Stanford University
Jacqueline Crawley (Section V, 2020)
University of California, Davis
Pamela Den Besten (Section R, 2020)
University of California, San Francisco
Channing Der (Section N, 2022)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nathaniel Dominy (Section H, 2022)
Dartmouth College
Lawrence Duffy (Arctic Division)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Susan Dutcher (Section G, 2022)
Washington University in St. Louis
Jonathan Eisen (Section G, 2020)
University of California, Davis
Peter Faletra (NAAS)
New Hampshire Academy of Science
James Fleming (Section L, 2021)
Colby College
Janet Franklin (Section E, 2020)
University of California, Riverside
Teresa Fryberger (Section C, 2021)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Agustin Fuentes (Section H, 2020)
University of Notre Dame
Sarah Hake (Section O, 2020)
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service
Elizabeth Haswell (Section G, 2021)
Washington University in St. Louis
Phyllis Johnson (Section X, 2020)
University of North Dakota
Don Jordan (NAAS)
University of South Carolina
Susan Kauzlarich (Section C, 2020)
University of California, Davis
Emily Klein (Section E, 2022)
Duke University
Jay Labov (Section Q, 2020)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Retired)
Cynthia Larive (Section C, 2022)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Joceline Lega (Section A, 2022)
University of Arizona
Deborah Lockhart (Section A, 2020)
National Science Foundation
Michael Lynch (Section G, 2020)
Arizona State University
James McClelland (Section J, 2021)
Stanford University
Joan Najita (Section D, 2022)
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Richard Neubig (Section S, 2020)
Michigan State University
John Newsam (Section P, 2020)
Windhover Ventures LLC
Deb Niemeier (Section M, 2020)
University of California
Lynne Opperman (Section R, 2020)
Texas A&M University College of Dentistry
Barbara Partee (Section Z, 2020)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
David Perlmutter (Section N, 2020)
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Bradley Peterson (Section D, 2020)
Ohio State University
Jennifer Poulakidas (Section X, 2020)
University of California, Los Angeles
Catherine Pringle (Section G, 2021)
University of Georgia
Juan Ramirez-Lugo (Caribbean Division)
University of Puerto Rico
Philip Rasch (Section W, 2020)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nancy Reid (Section U, 2020)
University of Toronto (Canada)
Ian Robertson (Section M, 2020)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Henry Roediger III (Section J, 2020)
Washington University in St. Louis
Debra Rolison (Section C, 2022)
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Katherine Rowan (Section Y, 2020)
George Mason University
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado (Section G, 2021)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Stowers Institute for Medical
Research
Susan Rundell Singer (Section Q, 2020)
Rollins College
Vassiliki Smocovitis (Section L, 2020)
University of Florida
Hal Stern (Section U, 2020)
University of California, Irvine
Jennifer Tank (Section O, 2021)
University of Notre Dame
Richard Taylor (Section S, 2020)
University of Notre Dame
Thea Tlsty (Section N, 2022)
University of California, San Francisco
Leslie Tolbert (Section V, 2022)
University of Arizona (Retired)
Paul Turner (Section G, 2022)
Yale University
JoAnn Valenti (Section Y, 2020)
Brigham Young University Emeritus
Toby Walsh (Section T, 2020)
University of New South Wales (Australia)
Diane Wickland (Section W, 2020)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (retired)
COMMITTEE ON COUNCIL AFFAIRS
Claire Fraser, AAAS President-Elect and CCA Chair
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Steven Chu, AAAS President
Stanford University
Jay Labov (2020)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Retired)
Lynne Opperman (2020)
Texas A&M University College of Dentistry
Ian M. Robertson (2020)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Diane E. Wickland (2020)
NASA (retired)
TBD (2021)
TBD (2021)
TBD (2021)
TBD (2021)
COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS
Michelle V. Buchanan (2021)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sallie (Penny) Chisholm (2020)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elaine Fuchs (2021)
Rockefeller University
Jeffrey I. Gordon (2020)
Washington University School of Medicine
Mary Frank Fox (2020)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Paula T. Hammond (2021)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marcia C. Linn (2021)
University of California, Berkeley
Amita Sehgal (2020)
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine