SSR is managed by a Board of Directors consisting of the Executive Council, six Directors, and two Trainee Representatives elected by a ballot of the Regular Members of the Society. The SSR Bylaws detail each position’s responsibilities and term of office.
Governance Documents for SSR can be found here.
Executive Council
Blanche Capel
President
Term: 2023-2024
Duke University Medical Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jennifer Wood
Vice President
Term: 2023-2024
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
Mellissa Mann
Vice President Elect
Term: 2023-2024
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Peter J. Hansen
Past President
Term: 2023-2024
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Jodi Anne Flaws
Secretary
Term: 2022-2025
University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois
Lane Christenson
Treasurer
Term: 2023-2026
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas
Directors
Rebecca Krisher
Term: 2021-2024
Genus
Deforest, Wisconsin
Humphrey Yao
Term: 2021–2024
NIEHS/NIH
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
T. Rajendra Kumar
Term: 2022–2025
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
Julie Kim
Term: 2022-2025
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
Francesca Duncan
Term: 2023-2026
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
Rocío Rivera
Term: 2023-2026
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Early Career Investigator
Diana Monsivais
Term: 2022-2025
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Trainee Representatives
Jacinta Martin
Term: 2022–2024
University of Newcastle
Newcastle, Australia
Alison Ermisch
Term: 2023-2025
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
Interim Executive Director (ex officio)
Julie Utano
Society for the Study of Reproduction
Reston, Virginia
Editors-in-Chief (ex officio)
Mary Zelinski, PHD
Term: 2021–2025
Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Heath and Science University
Beaverton, Oregon
Romana Nowak, PhD
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign