AIMBE Senior Staff

Dawn Beraud, Ph.D., serves as the Executive Director of AIMBE. As a science policy leader with senior government experience and a keen understanding of Capitol Hill processes, Dr. Beraud brings to AIMBE her passion for helping scientists join the conversation and influence policy decisions. She directs AIMBE’s strategic planning and partners with Fellows to provide advocacy leadership in medical and biological engineering. Dr. Beraud joins AIMBE from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at NIH, where she led congressional relations and external outreach for almost a decade. Prior to joining the NIA, Dr. Beraud worked on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research policy at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Beraud received a B.S. in psychology from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Georgetown University

Sarah Mandell is the Director of Public Policy and Strategic Partnerships at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In this role, she is responsible for developing and implementing AIMBE's public policy initiatives on Capitol Hill. Sarah is tasked with increasing the understanding of medical and biological engineering among policy makers and the public, while engaging the bioengineering research community in public policy. She builds partnerships with industry, academia, lawmakers, and U.S. federal agencies to advance biomedical engineering. Sarah directs the AIMBE Scholars Program, which brings post doctoral researchers to Washington to spend a year working on regulatory science and policy at the FDA. She is responsible for organizing AIMBE’s annual congressional briefing series featuring Fellows conducting ground-breaking research, as well as AIMBE’s congressional NIH tour, Public Policy Institute, and more. Sarah previously managed one of the largest science & technology policy fellowship programs in Washington, DC for the Society for Research in Child Development. Sarah received a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and Political Science from Florida State University.

Charles Kim is the Director of Operation and Member Services at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In this role, he is tasked with improving the efficiency of AIMBE’s operations and expanding Member Services including AIMBE’s website, database, and enhance accounting systems. As AIMBE is an honorific society, he is also a member of another honorific society, Beta Gamma Sigma. He has previously worked in Membership Support and Accounting at a trade association in Alexandria, VA. Prior to that he has long been worked as a manager in e-commerce and e-marketing for a popular start-ups. Charlie graduated in 2002 with an MBA in E-business from University of San Francisco. Prior to his MBA, Charlie completed a MA in Applied Economics from American University in DC and a BA in Economics from Lewis and Clark College in OR.