Science Directorate Staff

Howard Kurtzman (Bio.)
Acting Executive Director

Kymberly Thornton
Administrative Manager

Mariquita Mullan
Assistant Executive Director, Center for Workforce Studies

Peggy Christidis
Senior Research Officer

Karen Stamm
Senior Research Officer

Marianne Ernesto
Director for Testing and Assessment

Sangy Panicker
Director, Research Ethics Office

Sara Price 
Research Ethics Program Associate

Suzanne Wandersman
Director for Governance Affairs

Geoff Mumford
Associate Executive Director, Science Policy

Craig Fisher
Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer

Heather O'Beirne Kelly
Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer

Patricia C. Kobor
Senior Science Policy Analyst

Will Starck
Science Policy Associate

Virginia E. Holt
Associate Executive Director for Science

Bree Gunter
Science Programs Manager

Rachel Martin
Conferences and Outreach Manager

Kirk Waldroff
Director, Communications

Brian Woodburn
Communications Associate

Dan Hanlon
Reference Services Director

Elizabeth Deegan
Associate Librarian

Jay Staton
Media Services Coordinator