Board of Trustees

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James Booth
James (Jim) Booth
NISS Position:
Chair, 2021-22, Board of Trustees, Elected Board Member
Term Expiration:
2025 Jun 30
Title:
Professor Statistics and Data Science
Organization:
Cornell University
Aarti S. Shah
NISS Position:
Vice-Chair, 2022-2023; Elected Board of Trustees Member
Term Expiration:
2023 June 30
Title:
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer, now retired.
Organization:
Eli Lilly and Company
Karen Bandeen-Roche
NISS Position:
Elected Board of Trustees Member
Term Expiration:
2023 Jun 30
Title:
Hurley Dorrier Professor of Biostatistics and Chair of the Biostatistics Department
Organization:
Johns Hopkins University
Daniel Jeske
NISS Position:
Elected Board of Trustees Member
Term Expiration:
2023 Jun 30
Title:
Professor of Statistics
Organization:
University of California, Riverside
Michael Brundage
NISS Position:
Elected Board of Trustees Member
Term Expiration:
2023 Jun 30
Title:
Senior Staff Research Data Scientist
Organization:
Facebook
Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen
NISS Position:
Elected Board of Trustees Member
Term Expiration:
2024 June 30
Title:
Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics
Organization:
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
Nancy A. Potok
NISS Position:
Elected Board of Trustees Member
Term Expiration:
2024 June 30
Title:
Owner & CEO
Organization:
NAPx Consulting
Shanti Gomatam
Shanti Gomatam
NISS Position:
Elected Board of Trustees Member
Term Expiration:
2025 Jun 30
Title:
Mathematical Statistician
Organization:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Victor S.Y. Lo
Victor S.Y. Lo
NISS Position:
Elected Board of Trustees Member
Term Expiration:
2025 Jun 30
Title:
Head of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Workplace Investing, Fidelity Investments
Organization:
Fidelity Investments
Ronald L. Wasserstein
NISS Position:
Appointed to the Board of Trustees and Member of the NISS Corporation by the President of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
Term Expiration:
2023 Jun 30
Title:
Executive Director
Organization:
American Statistical Association
Jan Hannig
NISS Position:
Appointed to the Board of Trustees and Member of the NISS Corporation by the Chancellor of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Term Expiration:
2023 Jun 30
Title:
Professor
Organization:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steven B. Cohen, Ph.D.
NISS Position:
Appointed by the President of RTI International as a Member of the NISS Corporation
Term Expiration:
2023 Jun 30
Title:
Vice President, Division for Statistical and Data Sciences
Organization:
RTI International
Mimi Kim
NISS Position:
Appointed to the Board of Trustees and Member of the NISS Corporation by Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS)
Term Expiration:
2023 Jun 30
Title:
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
Organization:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Scott Levitan
Scott Levitan
NISS Position:
Appointed to the Board of Trustees and Member of the NISS Corporation by the President of the Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies Inc. (TUCASI)
Term Expiration:
2023 Jun 30
Title:
President and CEO
Organization:
Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina
Nicholas Jewell
NISS Position:
Appointed to the Board of Trustees and Member of the NISS Corporation by the Chair of Section U, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Term Expiration:
2024 Jun 30
Title:
Professor
Organization:
University of California at Berkeley
Alyson Wilson
NISS Position:
Appointed to the Board of Trustees and Member of the NISS Corporation by the Chancellor of North Carolina State University
Term Expiration:
2024 Jun 30
Title:
Professor
Organization:
North Carolina State University
Xuming He
NISS Position:
Appointed to the Board of Trustees and Member of the NISS Corporation by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
Term Expiration:
2024 June 30
Title:
H.C. Carver Collegiate Professor, Department of Statistics
Organization:
University of Michigan
Mahlet G. Tadesse
NISS Position:
Appointed to the Board of Trustees and Member of the NISS Corporation by the Eastern North American Region of The International Biometric Society (ENAR)
Term Expiration:
2024 June 30
Title:
Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Organization:
Georgetown University
Jerry Reiter
Jerome (Jerry) P. Reiter
NISS Position:
Appointed to the Board of Trustees and Member of the NISS Corporation by the President of Duke University
Term Expiration:
2025 Jun 30
Title:
Professor of Statistical Science
Organization:
Duke University

Ex-Officio Members of the NISS Board of Trustee's

Len Stefanski, AAAS Section U Chair; Rob Santos, ASA President; Bhramar Mukherjee, COPSS Chair; Vincent E. Price, Duke University President; Burdzy Krzysztof, IMS President; William R. Woodson, NCSU Chancellor; Tim J. Gabel, RTI International President; Terry Magnuson, TUCASI President; Kevin Guskiewicz, UNC-CH, Chancellor; Brent Coull, ENAR (Laura Cohen, WNAR) President 

Board of Trustees Committees for 2022-2023   (Charge to the NISS Committees)

Executive:  James Booth (Chair), Aarti Shah (Vice-Chair), Steve Cohen, Tim Hesterberg, Dan Jeske, Mimi Kim, Ron Wasserstein, Alyson Wilson, James Rosenberger (Ex-Officio), David Matteson (Ex-Officio), Randy Freret (Ex-Officio)

Affiliates:  James Rosenberger (Interim Chair, Ex-Officio, NISS), Manqi Cai (GSN Rep.), Yang Cheng (NASS), Joel Dubin (U Waterloo), Analisa Flores , Daniel Friel, Simone Gray, Michael Joner (P&G), Phil Kott (RTI), Kevin Lee (Western Michigan U), Piaomu Liu (Bentley), Victor Lo (Fidelity), Vladimir Svetnik (Merck), Wei (Vivian) Li (UC Riverside), Lingzhou Xue (Ex-Officio, NISS), David Matteson (Ex-Officio, NISS), Megan Glenn (Ex-Officio, NISS)

     Academic Planning:  Piaomu Liu (Chair), Analisa Flores (UC Riverside), Wei (Vivian) Li (UC Riverside), Kevin Lee

     Graduate Student Network: Hannah Waddel (Emory), Rebecca Kurtz-Garcia (UC Riverside), Manqi Cai, Piaomu Liu (Bentley), Sharmistha Guha (Texas A&M), Kevin Lee (Western Michigan) 

     Government Planning and Recruitment:  Nancy Potok (Chair), Yang Cheng, Daniel Friel, Shanti Gomatam, Phil Kott

     Industry Planning:  Victor Lo (Fidelity), Vladimir Svetnik (Merck), Michael Joner (P&G)

     Recruiting & Retention:  Phil Kott, George Luta, John Stufken, James Rosenberger (Ex-Officio), Lingzhou Xue (Ex-Officio)

Awards & Nominations:  Nicholas Jewell (Chair), Karen Bandeen-Roche, Michael Brundage, Nancy Potok, Mahlet Tadesse, James Rosenberger (Ex-Officio)

Communications & Marketing:  Randy Freret, Megan Glenn, Jan Hannig, Glenn Johnson, Ron Wasserstein, Ziyuan Maggie Zhang

Finance:  Ron Wasserstein (Chair), Mary Batcher, Ed Cohen, James Booth (Ex-Officio), James Rosenberger (Ex-Officio), David Matteson (Ex-Officio)

Ingram Olkin Fund Committee:  Nancy Flournoy (Chair), David L. Banks, Betsy Becker, Michael Brundage, Claire Kelling, Wendy Martinez, Jerry Sacks, Christopher Schmid, James Rosenberger (Ex-Officio), Lingzhou Xue (Ex-Officio), Megan Glenn (Ex-Officio)

Salary & Evaluation:  James Booth (Chair)

 

 

Board of Trustees Committees for 2021-2022

Executive:  James Booth (Chair), Mimi Kim (Vice-Chair), Dan Jeske, Jerry Reiter, Leland Wilkinson, Ron Wasserstein, Alyson Wilson, James Rosenberger (Ex-Officio), Nell Sedransk (Ex-Officio)

Affiliates:  Sumanta Basu, William Brenneman, Kate Crespi, Joel Dubin, Daniel Friel, Megan Glenn, Dan Jeske, Glenn Johnson, Phil Kott, Esra Kurum, Kevin Lee, Piaomu Liu, Victor Lo, Junshui Ma, Lingzhou Xue, James Rosenberger (Chair, Ex-Officio)

     Academic Planning:  Esra Kurum (Chair), Sumanta Basu, Kevin Lee, Piaomu Liu

     Government Planning and Recruitment:  Nancy Potok (Chair), Shanti Gomatam, Phil Kott

     Industry Planning:  Junshui Ma, William Brenneman

     Recruiting & Retention:  Lingzhou Xue, Phil Kott, George Luta, John Stufken, James Rosenberger (Ex-Officio)

Awards & Nominations:  Jerry Reiter (Chair), Karen Bandeen-Roche, Nicholas Jewell, Nancy Potok, Mahlet Tadesse, James Rosenberger (Ex-Officio)

Communications & Marketing:  Richard Zink (Chair), Randy Freret, Jan Hannig, Glenn Johnson, Nell Sedransk, Ron Wasserstein

Finance:  Ron Wasserstein (Chair), Mary Batcher, Ed Cohen, Mimi Kim, James Booth (Ex-Officio), James Rosenberger (Ex-Officio), Nell Sedransk (Ex-Officio), Scott Wells (Consultant-CFO)

Ingram Olkin Fund Committee:  Nancy Flournoy (Chair), David L. Banks, Betsy Becker, Michael Brundage, Megan Glenn, Tim Hesterberg, Claire Kelling, Wendy Martinez, James Rosenberger, Jerry Sacks, Christopher Schmid, Lingzhou Xue

Salary & Evaluation:  James Booth (Chair)