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Board of Directors

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.

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Executive Council

President

Blanche Capel
Term: 2023-2024
Duke University Medical Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Vice President

Jennifer Wood
Term: 2023-2024
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

Vice President Elect

Mellissa Mann
Term: 2023-2024
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Past President

Peter J. Hansen
Term: 2023-2024
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Secretary

Jodi Anne Flaws
Term: 2023-2024
University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois

Treasurer

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

Directors

Rebecca Krisher
Term: 2021-2024
Genus
Deforest, Wisconsin

Humphrey Yao
Term: 2021-2024
NIEHS/NIH
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

T. Rajendra Kumar
Term: 2022-2025
University of Colorado Anshutz 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

Early Career Investigator

Diana Monsivais
Term: 2022-2025
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Trainee Representatives

Jacinta Martin
Term: 2022-2024
University of Newcastle
Newcastle, Australia

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

Editors-in-Chief (ex officio)

Mary Zelinski
Term: 2021–2023
Oregon National Primate Research Center
Beaverton, Oregon 

Executive Director (ex officio)

Julie Utano
Society for the Study of Reproduction
Reston, Virginia