Leadership and Governance

The National Academy of Sciences is governed by a 17-member Council, which includes five officers and 12 councilors elected from among the Academy membership. Its staff is headed by the NAS Executive Director.

Officers
	President Marcia McNutt President National Academy of Sciences Term expires: June 30, 2022

	Vice President Diane Griffin Professor and Chair Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Term expires: June 30, 2021

	Home Secretary Susan Wessler Neil A. and Rochelle A. Campbell Presidential Chair for Innovation in Science Education Department of Botany and Plant Sciences University of California, Riverside Term expires: June 30, 2023

	Foreign Secretary John Hildebrand Regents Professor Department of Neuroscience College of Science University of Arizona Term expires: June 30, 2022

	Treasurer William H. Press Warren J. and Viola M. Raymer Professor Departments of Computer Sciences and Integrative Biology The University of Texas Term expires: June 30, 2024

Councilors
	Ingrid Daubechies James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics Duke University Term expires: June 30, 2020

	Susan Fiske Eugene Higgins Professor Psychology and Public Affairs Princeton University Term expires: June 30, 2020

	S. James Gates, Jr. Ford Foundation Professor of Physics and Affiliate Professor of Mathematics Department of Physics Brown University Term expires: June 30, 2021

	Caroline S. Harwood Gerald and Lyn Grinstein Endowed Professor in Microbiology Department of Microbiology University of Washington Term expires: June 30, 2021

	Patricia Kuhl Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, and Professor Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences University of Washington Term expires: June 30, 2022

	Richard E. Lenski John A. Hannah Professor Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Michigan State University Term expires: June 30, 2022

	Eve Marder Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Neuroscience Biology Department Brandeis University Term expires: June 30, 2020

	Barbara J. Meyer Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Development Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley Term expires: June 30, 2021

	Thomas Pollard Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Yale University Term expires: June 30, 2020

	Sean C. Solomon Director Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Term expires: June 30, 2022

	Zena Werb Professor Department of Anatomy University of California, San Francisco Term expires: June 30, 2021

	Ruth J. Williams Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Charles Lee Powell Chair in Mathematics I Department of Mathematics University of California, San Diego Term expires: June 30, 2022

Staff
	Ken Fulton Executive Director National Academy of Sciences

About NAS

Leadership and Governance

Officers

Councilors

Staff

National Academy of Sciences