The Marine Biological Laboratory benefits from the support, knowledge, and skills provided by the following key advisory groups.
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The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) invites qualified individuals to become members of the MBL Society. From its inception in 1888, the MBL Society has been guided by scientists who are invested in the MBL and its future. Under authority established by the Board of Trustees, members of the MBL Society serve in an advisory capacity and as a resource to provide scientific and other guidance at the request of the MBL leadership.
The MBL Society has hundreds of Members and Emeritus Members, who comprise scientists, dedicated alumni, and committed and informed friends with a history of discovery at, commitment to, and interest in the MBL and its programs.
The Science Council of the MBL Society is an advisory group consisting of not more than 13 scientists elected by Members of the MBL Society. The Science Council is an advisory group that advises the President/Director with respect to matters concerning MBL’s mission and its scientific and instructional endeavors.
The Science Council is led by a Co-Chairs, who are elected by Science Council members in consultation with the MBL Director.
More information on the Science Council can be found in the MBL Science Council Charter, the Bylaws and the MBL Society Membership and Procedures document.
Members of the Science Council of the MBL Society (2020)
David Burgess (07/2017-06/2020) *
Zoe Cardon (07/2010-06/2019) **
John Costello (07/2020-06/2023)
William Green (07/2020-06/2023)
Alan Kuzirian (07/2020-06/2022)
Elizabeth Jonas (07/2017-06/2020) *
Amy Maddox (07/2020-06/2023)
Jessica Mark Welch (07/2020-06/2023)
Sherlynette Perez Castro (07/2020-06/2023)
William Reznikoff (07/2020-06/2023)
Mitchell Sogin (07/2014-06/2019) **
Clare Waterman (07/2017-06/2020) *
Stephanie White (07/2020-06/2023)
*served one term, up for re-election
**served two terms; cannot run for re-election
The MBL Community Council is an advisory group consisting of not more than 13 members elected by Members of the MBL Society in good standing. The role of the MBL Community Council is to advise the MBL President/Director and Chief Operating Officer upon their request on general aspects of MBL community life connected to and essential for the MBL research and education missions, but not the research or education missions themselves. This includes, for example, housing, childcare, facilities, campus life, and Woods Hole/Falmouth community relations.
The Community Council is led by a Co-Chairs, who are elected by Community Council members in consultation with the MBL Director.
More information on the Community Council can be found in the MBL Community Council Charter, the Bylaws and the MBL Society Membership and Procedures document.
Members of the Community Council of the MBL Society (2020)
Joseph DeGiorgis (07/2020-06/2023)
Christine Field (07/2020-06/2023)
Louis Kerr (07/2020-06/2023)
David Remsen (07/2020-06/2023)
Ann Stuart (07/2020-06/2023)
Cristina Roman-Vendrell (07/2020-06/2023)
Members of the MBL Council are supporters of, ambassadors for, and advisors to the Marine Biological Laboratory. Council members actively seek to increase awareness and understanding of the MBL’s mission and to provide assistance and counsel to MBL leadership.
Timothy A. Barrows, Matrix Partners
John F. Batter, WilmerHale
Joshua B. Bernstein, Bernstein Management Corporation
Marianne Billings, Potomac, MD
Duke Cameron, Massachusetts General Hospital
David X. Cohen, Los Angeles, CA
Catherine Cramer, The Woods Hole Institute
Barbara H. Deptula, AMAG Pharmaceuticals
Christopher D. Earl, Innotrove LLC
Michael N. Fenlon, Sallop Insurance, Inc.
Andrew W. Fraley, Korro Bio, Inc.
Hortense Gerardo, Lasell College
Craig B. Gibson, Lawrence General Hospital
Alfred Goldberg, Harvard Medical School
Melina Hale, University of Chicago
Gary Jacobson, Westwood Pembroke Health System
Thomas P. Jalkut, Nutter McClennen & Fish, LLP
Barbara Woll Jones, Barbara Woll Jones Designer/Builder
Brian Keck, ConAgra Foods, Inc., Retired
Mark Koide, Anthony & Sylvan Pools
As of June 23, 2021
Howard W. Lowy, Salem Hospital, Retired
Anna Lysakowski, University of Illinois at Chicago
Jim Olds, George Mason University
Jay Owens, Norwell, MA
Robert W. Pierce, Pierce Aluminum Co.
John Ripple, Exonics Therapeutics
David Scadden, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Amy R. Segal, WilmerHale
Matthew L. Sherman, Acceleron Pharma
John D. Sigel, WilmerHale
Rachel Somer, Newton, MA
Eric W. Speer, Westport, CT
Richard A. Spillane, Fidelity Investments, Retired
Carolyn Stimpson, Wachusett Mountain
John F. Swope, Concord, NH
Karen Tierney, Woods Hole, MA
Frederica W. Valois, Woods Hole, MA
Denisa Wagner, Boston Children’s Hospital
Philip H. Warren, SMW Advisors
Clare Waterman, National Institutes of Health
Nancy G. Wolf, Case Western Reserve University
Co-Chairs:
Amy Gladfelter, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MBL Whitman Center Scientist; MBL Fellow
Patrick La Riviere, University of Chicago; MBL Whitman Center Scientist; MBL Fellow
Committee Members:
Sara Abrahmsson, University of California Santa Cruz
Zoe Cardon, Marine Biological Laboratory
Ibrahim Cisse, MIT
Daniel Colòn-Ramos, Yale School of Medicine
Daniel Fletcher, UC Berkeley
Scott Fraser, University of Southern California
Amy Gladfelter*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Bobby Kasthuri, University of Chicago
Louis Kerr, Marine Biological Laboratory
Paul Kulesa, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Abhishek Kumar, MBL
Patrick La Rivière*, University of Chicago
Paul Maddox, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Rudolf Oldenbourg, Marine Biological Laboratory
Hari Shroff, National Institutes of Health
Heidi Sosik, WHOI
Clare Waterman, National Institutes of Health
External reviews are critical to maintain the quality, standards, and performance of institutions and to position them to gain strength and perform at the highest levels of achievement. The Marine Biological Laboratory has undergone reviews every ten years since the early 1900’s, to evaluate our performance and our potential for the future in both research and education. Review committees are appointed by the Board of Trustees. Advisory reports are submitted to the President/Director and to the Board of Trustees and are used to provide strategic guidance to the MBL. Our most recent decennial review was held in 2015.