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
Mellissa Mann
President
Term: 2025-2026
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rebecca Krisher
Vice President
Term: 2025-2026
Genus
Genus Deforest, Wisconsin
Aileen Keating
Vice President Elect
Term: 2025-2026
Iowa State University
Lane Christenson
Treasurer
Term: 2023-2026
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas
Kanako Hayashi
Treasurer Elect
Term: 2025-2028
Washington State University
Melissa Pepling
Secretary
Term: 2025-2028
Syracuse University
Jennifer Wood
Past President
Term: 2024-2025
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
Directors
Christopher Price
Term: 2025-2028
Université de Montréal
Ulrike Luderer
Term: 2025-2028
University of California Irvine
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
Camilla Hughes
Term: 2025-2028
Pennsylvania State University
Trainee Representatives
Bhawna Kushawaha
Junior Trainee Rep
Term: 2025-2027
Indiana University School of Medicine
Savannah Speckhart
Term: 2025-2026
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas
Executive Director (ex officio)
Kathy Doran
Society for the Study of Reproduction
Denville, New Jersey
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