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NIST Executive Committee

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Tamara 

Brenner

President

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Jenny Knight

President-Elect

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Terry Shackleford

Secretary

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Breonna

Martin

Treasurer

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Mark Baillie

Member-at-Large

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Beth Beason-Abmayr

Member-at-Large

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Sayali Kukday

Member-at-Large

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Deb Pires

Member-at-Large

Standing

Standing Committees

Communications

Co-chairs: Jennifer Nauen, Terry Shackleford

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Members: Lori Boies, Casey Roehrig, Marvin O'Neal

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Organizational Research

Co-Chairs: Breonna Martin and Andrew Moiseff

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Members: ​Beth Beason-Abmayr, Jamie Catanese, Xinnian Chen, Elizabeth Eich,  Bill Wischusen

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Subcommittees:

  • Finance

    • Chair: Breonna Martin

Membership & Leadership

Co-Chairs: Beth Beason-Abmayr and Mark Baillie

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Subcommittees:

  • Nominations

    • Chair: Jenny Knight

Programming

Co-Chairs: Deb Pires and Sayali Kukday

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Subcommittees:

  • Addressing Challenges in Teaching

    • Co-Chairs: Lori Boies, Giorgia Pirino, Christov Roberson, Terry Shackleford

  • Friday Afternoon Learning Community of NIST

    • Co-Chairs: Carlos Goller, Brinda Govindan, Sayali Kukday, Melanie Lenahan, Talitha van der Meulen​

    • Communications Specialist/Director: Melanie Lenahan

  • Learning Sanctuary

    • Chair: Mays Imad​

  • Mobile Summer Institutes

    • Chair: Michelle Withers​

  • National Meeting

    • Co-Chairs: Andy Moiseff, Deb Pires, Elly Vandegrift, Tamara Brenner

  • ​Online Scientific Teaching Course

    • Co-Chairs: Jenny Knight, Sarah Miller

Past Members

Previous Executive Committee Members

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Jennifer Frederick

Founding President 2020

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Kiki Zissimopoulos

Founding Treasurer 2020–22

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Melissa Michael

Founding Secretary

2020–22

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Mays Imad

Founding Member-at-Large

2020–22

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Steve Robinow

Founding Member-at-Large

2020-22

Xinnian Chen

President

2020-2022

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J. Peter Gergen

Treasurer

2022–24

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Jenny Knight

Member-at-Large

2020–24

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Michelle Withers

Member-at-Large, 2020–24

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Troy Nash

President

2023–24

Marvin O'Neal

Secretary

2023-25

Supported by the National Science Foundation and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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