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Leadership and Governance

The National Academy of Sciences is governed by a 17-member Council, which includes five officers and 12 councilors elected from among the Academy membership. Its staff is headed by the NAS Executive Officer.

Officers
	President Marcia McNutt President National Academy of Sciences Term expires: June 30, 2026
	Vice President Diane E. Griffin Professor and Chair Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Johns Hopkins University Term expires: June 30, 2025
	Home Secretary Nancy C. Andrews Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer Boston Children's Hospital Term expires: June 30, 2027
	International Secretary John G. Hildebrand Regents Professor Emeritus Department of Neuroscience College of Science University of Arizona Term expires: June 30, 2026
	Treasurer William H. Press Warren J. and Viola M. Raymer Professor Departments of Computer Sciences and Integrative Biology The University of Texas at Austin Term expires: June 30, 2024
Councilors
	Huda Akil Distinguished University Professor and Senior Research Professor Department of Psychiatry The Michigan Neuroscience Institute University of Michigan Term expires: June 30, 2024
	John C. Boothroyd Burt and Marion Professor of Immunology and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Stanford University Term expires: June 30, 2024
	Katherine H. Freeman Evan Pugh University Professor Department of Geosciences The Pennsylvania State University Term expires: June 30, 2026
	Angela M. Gronenborn UPMC Rosalind Franklin Professor and Chair Department of Structural Biology University of Pittsburgh Term expires: June 30, 2025
	Mary Lou Guerinot Ronald and Deborah Harris Professor in the Sciences Department of Biological Sciences Dartmouth College Term expires: June 30, 2026
	Andrea J. Liu Director, Center for Soft and Living Matter Hepburn Professor of Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Pennsylvania Term expires: June 30, 2025
	David J. Meltzer Henderson-Morrison Professor and Director, QUEST Archaeological Research Program Department of Anthropology Southern Methodist University Term expires: June 30, 2025
	Carol L. Prives Professor of Biology Department of Biological Sciences Columbia University Term expires: June 30, 2026
	Kenneth A. Ribet Professor of Mathematics University of California, Berkeley Term expires: June 30, 2024
	Gene E. Robinson Maybelle Leland Swanlund Endowed Chair, Center for Advanced Study Professor of Entomology and Neuroscience Director Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Term expires: June 30, 2025
	Michael S. Witherell Laboratory Director Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Term expires: June 30, 2026
	Hao Wu Asa and Patricia Springer Professor of Structural Biology and Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Senior Investigator, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine Harvard University Term expires: June 30, 2024
Staff
	Ken Fulton Executive Officer National Academy of Sciences