Board of Directors

President (2020-2022)

Tejal Desai, Ph.D.
Ernest L. Prien Professor and Chair
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, San Francisco

Executive Director

Milan Yager, MPA
Executive Director
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Secretary-Treasurer (2020-2022)

Alyssa Panitch, Ph.D.
Edward Teller Professor and Executive Dean/Associate Dean of Personnel
College of Engineering
University of California, Davis

Chair, College of Fellows

Susan S. Margulies, Ph.D.

Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Professor
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University

President-Elect

Joyce Wong, Ph.D.
College of Engineering Distinguished Faculty Fellow
Boston University

Vice President, At-Large (2021-2023)

Lola Eniola-Adefeso, Ph.D.
Professor, Miller Faculty Scholar, and Vice Chair for Graduate Education
University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Vice President, At-Large (2020-2022)

Beth L. Pruitt, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and BioMolecular Science and Engineering
Director, Center for Bioengineering
University of California, Santa Barbara

Vice President, At-Large (2021-2023)

Cynthia Reinhart-King, Ph.D.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University

Vice President, At-Large (2020-2022)

Sanjeev Shroff, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and McGinnis Chair
Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh

Chair, Academic Council (2020-2022)

Michele J. Grimm, Ph.D.
Wielenga Creative Engineering Endowed Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Michigan State University

Chair, Industry Council (2021-2023)

Virginia Giddings, Ph.D.
Senior Director
Advanced Technology Exploration

Chair, Council of Societies (2021-2023)

Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Ph.D.
Professor, L.B. (Preach) Meaders Professorship in Engineering
University of Texas at Austin

Chair-Elect, College of Fellows & Chair, Awards Committee

Guillermo Ameer, Sc.D.
Daniel Hale Williams Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Surgery
Northwestern University

Chair, CURM Committee

Norma A. Alcantar, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of South Florida

Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Naomi Chesler, Ph.D.
Director, Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine