Volunteers are the lifeblood of our NASW professional programming — and in 2023, NASW members filled nearly 400 volunteer roles! Thank you to those NASW members who contributed their time and enthusiasm to the community and the field of science writing all year long.
(Interested in adding your name to this impressive list of volunteers? Please watch nasw.org/volunteer for specific opportunities coming soon!
* = Denotes a volunteer who rotated off the listed committee this year.
** = Denotes committee in process of organizing
Board Members
Marla Broadfoot (elected 2022)
Shraddha Chakradhar (2020-present)
Kat Eschner (elected 2022)
Ana Gorelova (elected 2022)
Amanda Heidt (elected 2022)
Jane C. Hu (2020-present)
Tyler Jones (elected 2022)
Jyoti Madhusoodanan (2020-present)
Marilynn Marchione (2020-present)
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega (2020-present))
Sandeep Ravindran (2018-present)
Ramin Skibba (2020-present)
Matt Shipman (2016-present)
Kelly Tyrell (elected 2022)
Cassandra Willyard (2018-present)
Authors Coalition Liaison
Jane C. Hu
Awards Committee
Jill Sakai, co-chair
Aparna Vidyasagar, co-chair
Charna Albert, EIWA Coordinator
Kate Travis, SIS Awards Coordinator
"Books Committee" **
Lynne Lamberg, Advance Copy editor
Lina Zeldovich, virtual events coordinator
Meredith Fore, events tech
Veronica Tremblay, events tech
Julian Anna Nowogrodzki, panelist
Diversity Committee
Nicholas St. Fleur, Chair
Pakinam Amer
Shraddha Chakradhar
Amanda Heidt
Maggie Koerth-Baker
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
Elliot Richman
Christina Selby
Ramin Skibba
Ashley Smart
Nidhi Subbaraman
Kelly Tyrrell
Marcus Woo
Philip Yam
"Editors Committee" **
Jane Marie Andrew
Katie Burke
Kendall Powell
Education Committee
Czerne Reid, co-chair
Ashley Yeager, co-chair
Berly McCoy, Internship Fair coordinator*
Chia-Yi Hou, incoming Internship Fair coordinator
Courtney Adams, Perlman Mentoring Program Coordinator
Deanna Csomo Ferrell, Summer Writing Awards Coordinator
Shel Evergreen
Jeff Grabmeier
Ethics Committee
Emily Anthes
Shraddha Chakradhar
Jeff Grabmeier
Laurel Hamers
Laura Helmuth
Esther Landhuis
Jyoti Madhusoodanan
Bryn Nelson
Emily Willingham
Philip Yam
Finance and Audit Committee
Shraddha Chakradhar, treasurer and chair
Joseph Caputo*
Rachel Courtland
Matt Davenport
Esther Landhuis
Marilynn Marchione
Cassandra Willyard
Alexandra Witze*
Freelance Committee
Jennifer Frazer*, co-chair
Sarah Scoles*, co-chair
Virginia Gewin, incoming chair
Jennifer Huber, virtual events coordinator
Ellen Kuwana, virtual events coordinator
Kristel Cahyadi Tjandra, events tech*
Cristina Deptula, events tech
Diya Dwarakanath, events tech
Kimberly Hickok, events tech
Chris Berdik
Karen Blum
Rebecca Boyle
Sophia Chen
Carmen Drahl
Jennie Dusheck
Elizabeth Fernandez
Doug Fox
Sujata Gupta
Jeff Hecht
Shi En Kim
Lynne Lamberg
Esther Landhuis
Robin Meadows
Gabriel Popkin
Kendall Powell
Sandeep Ravindran
Charlie Schmidt
Rina Shaikh-Lesko
Ramin Skibba
Kim Smuga-Otto
Lauren Tanabe
Jessica Wapner
Grants Committee
Sheila Lai, chair
Kimbra Cutlip
Elliot Richman
Daniel Serrano
Knvul Sheikh
Cassandra Willyard
Ling Xin
Information Access Committee
Teresa Carey, co-chair
Cathy Cardno, co-chair
Gabe Popkin
Jackie Rocheleau
Jenny Marder
Shaun Kirby
Neal Singer
Jill Adams
Robin Henig
Jyllian Kemsley*
Internet Committee
A’ndrea Messer, chair
Ken Chiacchia
Rebecca Guenard
Lila Guterman
Journalism Committee
Betsy Mason, co-chair
Emily Sohn, co-chair
Bethany Brookshire
Jenny Cutraro*
Lydia Denworth*
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
Polina Porotsky*
Erin Ross*
Nidhi Subbaraman*
Membership Committee
On Hiatus (Reorganization)
Nominating Committee
On Hiatus (Non-Election Year)
PIO Committee
Laura Arenschield, chair
Melissa Blouin
Emily Caldwell
Mindy Farabee
Eric Hamilton
Audrey Huang
Jennifer Huergo
Karen Kreeger
Michael Newman
Patricia Quigley
Matt Shipman
Arvind Suresh
Tom Ulrich
Jill Williams
Deborah Wormser
Programs Committee
Sandeep Ravindran, chair
Jill Adams*
Anne Connor
Jenny Cox
Jenny Cutraro
Melissae Fellet*
Virginia Gewin*
Laurel Hamers
Bushraa Khatib*
Eli Kintisch
Katie Mast
Michael Newman
Spoorthy Raman
Czerne Reid
Ariana Remmel*
Elliot Richman
Cassandra Willyard
Young Audiences Committee
On Hiatus (Inactive)
Awards - SIS Judges and Screeners
Eric Bender
Beryl Benderly
Brendan Borrell
Katherine Bourzac
Kimberly Cauvel
Rina Diane Caballar
John Carey
Anne ConnorLiz Devitt
Grant Currin
Miriam Fauzia
Desiree Hagen
Maggie Jackson
Amanda Keener
Katherine Kornei
Usha Lee McFarling
Amy Nordrum
Julian Anna Nowogrodski
Karen Pinchin
Elliot Richman
Julia Rosen
Lisa Song
Florence Williams
Shawna Williams
Philip Yam
Rachel Zamzow
Awards - EIWA Judges and Screeners
Susanne Clara Bard
Joseph Caputo
Lakshmi Chandrasekaran
Trent Knoss
Christina Nunez
Julie Poppen
Jill Schlabig Williams
Alka Tripathy-Lang
Scott Weybright
Education - AAAS Program Mentors/Editors
Monya Baker
Shawn Ballard
Jason Bardi
Steven Benowitz
Kandice Carter
Carmen Drahl
David Ehrenstein
Abigail Eisenstadt
Anastasia Gorelova
Robert Irion
Molly McElroy
Michael Newman
Lisa Munoz
Tanya Lewis
Elliot Richman
William Schulz
Sara Shoemaker
Brittany Steff
Rachel Tompa
Kate Travis
Education - Perlman Program Mentors/Editors
Tom Abate
Monya Baker
Massie Ballon
Josh Baxt
Eric Bender
Maddie Bender
Steven Benowitz
Melissa Blouin
Madeline Bodin
Shannon Bohle
Bethany Brookshire
Emily Caldwell
Erika Carlson
Jennifer Carr
Amber Dance
Laura Dattaro
Ann Davis
Stephanie DeMarco
Carmen Drahl
David Ehrenstein
Lesley Evans Ogden
Shel Evergreen
Sharon Friedman
Barbara Gastel
Virginia Gewin
Jan Greene
Robin Marantz Henig
Matthew Hutson
Alex Ching Lam Ip
Lindsay Key
Eli Kintisch
Shaun Kirby
Katherine Kornei
Kathiann Kowalski
Betsy Ladyzhets
Esther Landhuis
Michae Newman
Christina Nunez
Maureen O'Hagan
Julia Ostmann
Neha Pancholi
Elizabeth Preston
Ranjini Raghunath
Kendra Redmond
Ariana Remmel
Elliot Richman
LaVonne Roberts
Erin Ross
Mark Roth
Jill Sakai
Molly Sharlach
Sara Shoemaker
Mark Shwartz
Saima Sidik
Melissae Stuart
Natasha Vizcarra
Cameron Walker
Haley Wasserman
Sarah Webb
Sarah White
Elizabeth Whittington
Emily Willingham
Alexandra Witze
Monica Young
SciWri23 - Session Organizers
Rebecca Boyle
Bethany Brookshire
Shraddha Chakradhar
Anne Connor
Sarah Lewin Fraiser
Katharine Gammon
Virginia Gewin
Samuel Hansen
Amanda Heidt
Laura Helmuth
Kristin Hugo
Alla Katsnelson
Ellen Kuwana
Betsy Ladyzhets
Usha Lee McFarling
Anna Nowogrodzki
Priyanka Runwal
Sarah Scoles
Emily Sohn
Tom Ulrich
Myriam Vidal Valero
JoAnna Wendel
Lindzi Wessel
Christie Wilcox
Sadie Witkowski
Sarah Zielinski
SciWri23 - Welcome Coordinators
Angel Kumari
Erin Rode
SciWri23 - Mentoring
Czerne Reid, coordinator
Ashley Yeager, coordinator
Ivan Amato
Vince Beiser
Robin Donovan
David Ehrenstein
Michelle Franklin
Erin Gerecke
Karyn Hede
Robert Irion
Dan Keller
Shaun Kirby
Rachel Leeson
Amy McDermott
Jessica Marshall
Katie Mast
Rosalind Reid
Stephanie Renfrow
Priyanka Runwal
Jill Sakai
Ari Schneider
Chanapa Tantibanchachai
John Timmer
Rachel Tompa
Emily Underwood
NASW Comms - Newsletter
Lesley Evans Ogden, proofreader
NASW Comms - Magazine
Karl Leif Bates
Siri Carpenter
Nikki Forrester, Member News coordinator
Lynne Lamberg, Advance Copy coordinator
Maryn McKenna
Rosalind Reid, proofreader
Ashley Smart
Daisy Yuhas, Regional Groups coordinator
Alexandra Witze, Regional Groups coordinator
NASW Comms - Photo Contributors
Jenny Cutraro
Rachel Lense
Usha Lee McFarling
Christina O'Haver
Lesley Evans Ogden
Alexandra Witze
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