Chair
Paul Horn, Director, The Center for Urban Science; Former Senior Vice Provost for Research, New York University
Senior Vice Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Entrepreneurship, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
Vice-Chair
Thomas Pompidou, Founder and Partner at Marker LLC
President
Ellis Rubinstein, President and CEO, The New York Academy of Sciences
Secretary
Larry Smith, The New York Academy of Sciences
Governors
Ellen de Brabander, Senior Vice President Research and Development Global Functions, Governance and Compliance, PepsiCo
Jacqueline Corbelli, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, BrightLine
Mikael Dolsten, President, Worldwide Research and Development; Senior Vice President, Pfizer Inc
MaryEllen Elia, New York State Commissioner of Education and President of the University of the State of New York (USNY)
Elaine Fuchs, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor in Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Jerry Hultin, Chair and Co-Founder of Global Futures Group, LLC
Beth Jacobs, Managing Partner of Excellentia Global Partners
John E. Kelly III, SVP, Solutions Portfolio and Research, IBM
Seema Kumar, Vice President of Innovation, Global Health and Science Policy Communication for Johnson & Johnson
Pablo Legorreta, Founder and CEO, Royalty Pharma
David K.A. Mordecai, Co-Managing Member, Numerati® Partners, LLC, RiskEcon® Lab for Decision Metrics, Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences NYU, and Co-Founder, Risk Economics, Inc.
Gregory A. Petsko, Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, and Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Emeritus, at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts
Lowell Robinson, Corporate Director and Advisor; serves as Director of Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.
Peter Thorén, Executive Vice President, Access Industries
Grace Wang, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development for the State University of New York (SUNY) and Interim President for SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Michael Young, Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor/Vice-President for Academic Affairs, The Rockefeller University
Nadav Zafrir, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, TEAM8, Inc.
Michael Zigman, President and CEO, NYC FIRST
International Board of Governors
Seth F. Berkley, Chief Executive Officer, The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
Stefan Catsicas, Chief Technology Officer Nestlé S.A.
Gerald Chan, Co-Founder, Morningside Group
Alice P. Gast, President, Imperial College, London
S. “Kris” Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, Axilor Ventures/Co-founder Infosys
Toni Hoover, Director Strategy Planning and Management and COO for the Global Health Program, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Johan Rockström, Executive Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Chairman of the EAT Advisory Board
Paul Stoffels, Vice Chair of the Executive Committee and Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson
Chairs Emeriti
John E. Sexton, Former President, New York University
Torsten N. Wiesel, Nobel Laureate & former Secretary General, Human Frontier Science Program Organization; President Emeritus, The Rockefeller University
Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor Emeritus, The State University of New York (SUNY)
Honorary Life Governors
Karen E. Burke, Dermatologist and Research Scientist
John F. Niblack, Former President, Pfizer Global Research & Development