Board of Visitors
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland
M.A. ’70, Ph.D. ’72, Mathematics
President and CEO, Brammer Technologies
Adjunct Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and the Department of Finance, University of Maryland
Distinguished University Professor Emerita, University of Maryland
Former Director, National Science Foundation
B.A. '68, Sociology; D.D.S. '75
Dentist
Thomas Costello
M.A. '69, Ph.D. '71, Mathematics
Professor Emeritus, Kennedy College of Sciences, UMass Lowell
M.S. '93, Civil Engineering; M.A. '97, Ph.D. '98, Applied Mathematics
Managing Partner, Sauma Capital
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University (Director of the Center for AI in Business Analysis and Financial Technology; Director of the Center for Financial Engineering)
Former Trustee, University of Maryland College Park Foundation
Ann Hobbs
B.S. ’68, Zoology
Retired Partner, Venable, LLP
B.S. ’75, Computer Science
B.S. ’88, Computer Science
Chief Technology Officer, Carfeine
Vivek Khuller
M.S. ’93, Electrical Engineering
President and CEO, Clearfly Communications
The Honorable Nancy Kopp
Maryland State Treasurer (retired)
Sam Malhotra
B.A. ’81, Economics
Co-Founder, AMPtium
Ph.D. '77, Chemistry
Vice President, Research and Economic Development, Morgan State University
Chair, CMNS Board of Visitors
B.S. '81, Zoology
Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Rajan Natarajan
President and CEO, Global Alliant
Elizabeth Read-Connole
M.S. '92, Microbiology; Ph.D. ’00, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Head, Cancer Etiology Section, National Cancer Institute
Vice Chair, CMNS Board of Visitors
B.S. '66, M.S. '69, Ph.D. '71, Microbiology
Benjamin Roca
B.S. ’90, Computer Science
General Counsel, National Electronics Museum
Global Research and Innovation Director, Lockheed Martin
Nicholas Simon
B.S. ’76, Microbiology
Managing Director, Clarus Ventures
Bill Smith
B.S. ’81, Geology
President and Principal Hydrogeologist, Environmental Alliance
Ashok Thareja
Ph.D. ’82, Computer Science
Founder and CEO, A&T Systems
Guy Wassertzug
B.S. ’88, Computer Science
President and CEO, InfoStructures
Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Department of Physics and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland
Research Professor of Physics and Executive Director of ESSIC’s Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS)
Ph.D. ’66, Mathematics
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Maryland
Emeriti Members
John F. Alderete
School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University
Paul S. Anderson
Janis Antonovics
Department of Biology, University of Virginia
Meredithe L. Applebury
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute
Carter M. Armstrong
L-3 Communications, Inc.
James F. Battey
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health
Gene Block
University of California, Los Angeles
Victor A. Bloomfield
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular, Biology, and Biophysics University of Minnesota
Henry N. Blount III
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Science Foundation
PV Boccasam
CEO, WealthEngine
Sergey Brin (B.S. ’93)
President of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc.
Co-Founder, Google Inc.
Michael Cancro (B.S. ’73, Ph.D. ’76)
Constance Cepko (B.S. ’76)
Departments of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Terry E. Chase Hazell (B.S. ’93)
SD Nanosciences, Inc.
Jeffrey C. Chen & Dr. Lily Ching-Chun Chen
David A. Clayton
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
David P. Corey
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Christopher Darnell
Board of Directors Member
Grantham, Mayo, Van Ottoloo and Co.
Ruth Davis (M.A. '52, Ph.D. '55)
Pymatuning
Andrew DePristo
Terry Drabant
President and CEO, JVax Investment Group
Daniel Einhorn, MD
Medical Director, Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD
David Eisner (B.S. ’90)
President and CEO, Dataprise, Inc.
Albert Epshteyn (B.S. '01, Ph.D. '06)
Research Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory
Robert E. Fischell
Fischell Biomedical, LLC
Gary Flake (Ph.D. ’93)
Jennifer Foley (B.S. ’82)
Paul Fischer
GenVec
Chris Gaylor (B.S. '72)
Senior Vice President, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc.
Judith Giordan
Aileron Partners
Sherita Hill Golden (B.S. '90)
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Andrew Griffith
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Alan Harbitter (M.S. ’82)
Wei-Wu He
Emerging Technology Partners, LLC
Wayne T. Hockmeyer
MedImmune, Inc.
Nancy A. Jenkins
National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research
Ray O. Johnson
Evan Jones
jVen Capital
Rick Jordan
John D. Kenyon
Hughes Network Systems, LLC
Elizabeth Kerr (B.S. ’85)
Joel G. Kingsolver
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina
Nicole Kirchoff
Student Representative
Georgette Kiser (B.S. '89, Mathematics)
Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group
Laurie E. Locascio (Ph.D. '99)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Paul Loftus (B.S. ’86)
Managing Partner, Accenture
James V. Maher
Provost Emeritus and Senior Science Advisor, University of Pittsburgh
Judy Marks
President, Otis
Rene D. Martinez (B.S. '87)
Engineering Fellow, Honeywell International, Inc.
Willie May (Ph.D. ’77)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Steven L. Meltzer, JD
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
Anne Hale Miglarese
President and CEO, PLANETiQ LLC.
G. Wade Miller (B.S. ’71)
WateReuse Association
C.D. Mote, Jr.
President, National Academy of Engineering
Joel Muse, Jr. (Ph.D. ’68)
Chairman and CEO, Riba Fairfield, Inc.
Jeanne L. Narum
Independent Colleges Office and Project Kaleidoscope
Cecil B. Pickett
Biogen Idec
Linda F. Powers
Toucan Capital Corporation
Ralph Quatrano
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University in St. Louis
Mary Ann Rankin
Senior Vice President and Provost, University of Maryland, College Park
Miguel Rios, Jr. (Ph.D. ’72)
Founder and CEO, Orion International Technologies Inc.
Robert Rosenthal
Magellan Biosciences, Inc.
Steven M. Rotter, M.D. (B.S. ’82)
Dermatologist
Robie I. Samanta Roy
Vice President, Technology and Innovation
Lockheed Martin
Hratch G. Semerjian
National Institute of Standards and Technology
C.P. Shankar
Davidson Capital Group
Jagdeep Singh (B.S. ’86)
Co-founder, QuantumScape
Thomas Snitch
Little Falls Associates
Mark Sobel
B.S. '82, Zoology
Orthopedic Surgeon
Richard Thomas
IBNR, LLP
Thirumalai Venkatesan
Neocera, Inc.
Steve Walker (M.S. ’68)
Steve Walker & Associates
James E Whitman, Jr.
Advanced Biotechnologies, Inc.
Henry Wixon, JD (B.S. ’76, M.S. ’80)
Chief Counsel, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Ann Wylie
Professor, Department of Geology, University of Maryland
Erik B. Young (B.S. ’74)
Medical Center Development Co.
John L. Young (B.S. ’71)
Genetic Consultants of Maryland