SSR is managed by a Board of Directors consisting of the Executive Council, six Directors, and two Trainee Representatives elected by a ballot of the Regular Members of the Society. The SSR Bylaws detail each position’s responsibilities and term of office.

Governance Documents for SSR can be found here.

Executive Council

Jennifer Wood

President

Term: 2024-2025
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

Rebecca Krisher

Vice President-Elect

Term: 2024-2025
Genus
Deforest, Wisconsin

Mellissa Mann

Vice President

Term: 2024-2025
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Blanche Capel

Past President

Term: 2024-2025
Duke University Medical Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Jodi Anne Flaws

Secretary

Term: 2022-2025
University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois

Lane Christenson

Treasurer

Term: 2023-2026
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas


Directors

T. Rajendra Kumar

Term: 2022–2025
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Julie Kim

Term: 2022-2025
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Francesca Duncan

Term: 2023-2026
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Rocío Rivera

Term: 2023-2026
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri

Sue Hammoud

Term: 2024-2027
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

James MacLean II

Term: 2024-2027
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington


Early Career Investigator

Diana Monsivais

Term: 2022-2025
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Trainee Representatives

Alison Ermisch

Term: 2023-2025
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

Savannah Speckhart

Term: 2024-2026
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas

Interim Executive Director (ex officio)

Ashley Carey

Society for the Study of Reproduction
Wakefield, Virginia

Editors-in-Chief (ex officio)

Mary Zelinski, PHD

Term: 2021–2025
Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Heath and Science University
Beaverton, Oregon

Romana Nowak, PhD

Term: 2021-2025
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois

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