CESSE Board of Directors

The CESSE Board of Directors consists of four Officers (who also are members of the Executive Committee) and six Directors. Terms of office for the Board of Directors begin at the adjournment of the Annual Meeting of the Council. The Board appoints various committees to carry out responsibilities, reporting to the Board.

Officers

CHAIR

Elena Gerstmann, PhD, FASAE, CAE

Executive Director, INFORMS

(2021 - 2027)

VICE CHAIR

Frank Krause, MBA, CAE

Executive Director and CEO, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

(2025 - 2028)

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Neal Couture, FASAE, CAE

Chief Executive Officer, The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)

(2022 - 2026) 

PAST CHAIR

Matthew Miller

Chief Executive Officer, Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB)

(2020 - 2026)

Directors-at-Large

Kivmars Bowling, MA

Publications Director, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

(2025 - 2028)

Kate Fryer, CAE

Chief Executive Officer, Endocrine Society

(2025 - 2028)

Wanda Johnson, CAE, CMP

Chief Executive Officer, American Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)

(2023 - 2026) 

Jonathon Miller, CAE

Director of Membership and Communications, Ecological Society of America (ESA)

(2024 - 2027) 

Judith Scarl, PhD

Executive Director, American Ornithological Society (AOS)

(2025 - 2028)

Jessica Silwick, CPA, MBA, CAE

CFO/COO, ABET

(2024 - 2027) 

Lawrence Sloan, MBA, FASAE, CAE

Chief Executive Officer, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)

(2023 - 2026) 

Thomas W. Smith III, CAE, ENV SP, NAC, F.ASCE

Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

(2025 - 2028)