2013 Board of Directors

Honorary Chair

The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison
United States Senator, 1993-2012

Founding Co-chairs

Dr. Michael S. Brown
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Nobel Laureate (1985), IOM, NAS Member

IN MEMORIAM
Dr. Richard E. Smalley
Rice University
Nobel Laureate, 1996

Board Members

Dr. E. Linn Draper, Jr., President
Chairman, President and CEO Emeritus
American Electric Power Company
NAE Member

Dr. William R. Brinkley, Past President
Emeritus Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
IOM Member

Dr. Bettie Sue Masters, Vice President
Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor in Chemistry
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
IOM Member

Dr. Thomas J.R. Hughes, Secretary
Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Computational & Applied Mathematics Chair III
The University of Texas at Austin
NAE, NAS Member

Kenneth E. Arnold, Treasurer
Senior Technical Advisor
WorleyParsons
NAE Member

Dr. Brian J.L. Berry
Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
The University of Texas at Dallas
NAS Member

Dr. Baruch A. Brody
Andrew Mellow Professor in Humanities
Department of Philosophy
Rice University
IOM Member

Dr. Ellen R. Gritz
Professor and Chair
Department of Behavioral Science
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
IOM Member

Dr. Jan-Åke Gustafsson
Robert A. Welch Professor, Department of Biology and Biochemistry
Director, Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling
University of Houston
NAS Member

Dr. Nancy A. Jenkins
CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Co-Director, Cancer Research Program
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
NAS Member

Dr. Melvin F. Kanninen
Principal
MFK Consulting Services
NAE Member

Dr. James R. Lupski
Cullen Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics
Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
IOM Member

Dr. Kishor C. Mehta
P.W. Horn Professor of Civil Engineering
Texas Tech University
NAE Member

Dr. Luis F. Parada
Diane & Richard C. Strauss Distinguished Chair in Developmental Biology
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
IOM, NAS Member

Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky
President
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
IOM Member

Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez
Director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research
Dielmann Chair, Health Disparities and Community Outreach
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
IOM Member

Dr. William S. Saric
University Distinguished Professor
George Eppright '26 Chair in Engineering
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
NAE Member

Dr. George L. Stegemeier
President
GLS Engineering
NAE Member

Dr. Ben G. Streetman
Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering
College of Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
NAE Member