Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is principally responsible for managing the activities, property, and affairs of the Society in accordance with the policies established by the Assembly of Delegates. The Board of the Society simultaneously serves as the Board of the Corporation.

Sigma Xi’s elected leaders are expected to meet the commonly held standards of professional ethics and scientific integrity and will be asked to sign our Code of Ethical Conduct to this effect. Sigma Xi seeks diverse and inclusive participation in all its elected and appointed positions. All of Sigma Xi’s elected positions are voluntary.

FY2024 Board of Directors (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024)

Kathy Lu
President-elect
Director of Artificial Intelligence-Guided Materials Thrust in College of Engineering
Director of VT Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program
Virginia Tech


Nicholas A. Peppas
Immediate Past President
Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering and Pediatrics
University of Texas at Austin


David W. Baker
Treasurer
Senior Vice-President of Operations, Retired
Sunrun


Jamie L. Vernon
Executive Director and CEO
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society
Publisher, American Scientist


Mary Bliss
Area Groups, Industries, State and Federal Labs Constituency Director
Chief Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory


Pamela K. Kerrigan
Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Director
Director for the Division of Natural Sciences,
Professor of Biochemistry
College of Mount Saint Vincent


Jennifer Patterson
Canadian/International Constituency Director
Researcher and Group Leader,
IMDEA Materials Institute (Spain)


Tieli Wang
Comprehensive Colleges & Universities Constituency Director
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
California State University - Dominguez Hills


Emma S. Perry
Membership-at-Large Constituency Group Director
Electron Microscope Laboratory Manager
University of Maine

Deborah Good
Mid-Atlantic Regional Director
Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Virginia Tech


Bradley J. Swanson
North Central Regional Director
Director of Graduate Studies & Professor of Biology
Central Michigan University


Theodora Pinou
Northeast Regional Director
Professor and Chair, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Western Connecticut State University


HollyAnn Harris
Northwest Regional Director
Professor, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences
Creighton University


Ray Byrne
Research & Doctoral Constituency Director
Manager, Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Systems Department
Sandia National Laboratories


Dana Ann Baum
Southeast Regional Director
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Saint Louis University


Laura Montier
Southwest Regional Director
Epilepsy Scientist and Educator
Houston Methodist Hospital

List of Duties and Responsibilities for Elected Positions

• President-Elect, President, and Past President
• Directors
• Associate Directors