RSA Leadership & Staff
Meet Our Leadership
President
Christopher Kahler, Ph.D.
Brown University
Providence, RI
Vice President
Henry Kranzler, MD
Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Secretary
Angela Ozburn, Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Treasurer
Rajesh Miranda, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Immediate Past President
Kristen Anderson, Ph.D.
Reed College
Portland, OR
Board Member
Sarah Pedersen, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Board Member
Amy Lasek, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Board Member
Graeme Mason, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Board Member
Jeff Weiner, Ph.D.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winton-Salem, NC
Board Member
Melissa Herman, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Board Member
Max Joffe, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Board Member
Jen Rinker, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Board Member
Jessica Salvatore, Ph.D.
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, NJ
Board Member
Elisa Trucco, Ph.D.
Florida International University
Miami, FL
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Past Presidents
| Kristen G. Anderson | 2025-2026 |
| Rajita Sinha | 2024-2025 |
| Howard Becker | 2023-2024 |
| Lara Ray | 2022 - 2023 |
| Michael Miles |
2021 - 2022 |
| Patricia Molina |
2020 - 2021 |
| Robert Swift |
2019 - 2020 |
| Mary Larimer |
2018 - 2019 |
| Cristine Czachowski |
2017 - 2018 |
| Kenneth Sher | 2016 - 2017 |
| Rueben Gonzales | 2015 - 2016 |
| Tamara Phillips | 2014 - 2015 |
| Laura Nagy | 2013 - 2014 |
| Barbara McCrady | 2012 - 2013 |
| Mark Goldman | 2011 - 2012 |
| Robert Messing | 2010 - 2011 |
| Sara Jo Nixon | 2009 - 2010 |
| Peter Monti | 2008 – 2009 |
| Raymond Anton | 2007 - 2008 |
| Kathleen Grant | 2006 – 2007 |
| Michael Charness | 2005 - 2006 |
| Victor Hesselbrock | 2003 - 2005 |
| Stephanie O’Malley | 2001 – 2003 |
| Yedi Israel | 1999 - 2001 |
| Edward Riley | 1997 - 1999 |
| Ivan Diamond | 1995 - 1997 |
| R. Adron Harris | 1993 - 1995 |
| Floyd Bloom | 1991 - 1993 |
| David Van Thiel | 1989 - 1991 |
| Henri Begleiter | 1987 – 1989 |
| Ting Kai Li | 1985 – 1987 |
| Boris Tabakoff | 1983 – 1985 |
| Richard Deitrich | 1981 – 1983 |
| Dora Goldstein | 1979 – 1981 |
| Charles Lieber | 1977 - 1979 |
RSA Staff
Director of Association Management
Kara Lawrence
Meetings Manager
Laura Reynolds
Content Manager
Christine Farwell
Member Services Manager
Rachel Retherford
Association Coordinator
Jennifer McCluskey
