Governance
The Biomedical Engineering Society is governed by a Society-elected BMES Board of Directors. Elections are held annually.
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Shelly E. Sakiyama-Elbert
BMES President, Fellow
Vice Dean
University of Washington
Jane Grande-Allen
President-Elect, Fellow
Senior Associate Dean & Professor
Rice University
Kristen L. Billiar
Secretary, Fellow
Department Head & Professor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jennifer Amos
Treasurer, Fellow
Teaching Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Donald P. Gaver
Finance Board Chair, Fellow
Professor
Tulane University School of Engineering & Science
Alisa S. Clyne
Publications Board Chair
Professor
University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering
John G. Falcioni
Executive Director/CEO
BMES
2023 - 2026 Directors
Zac A. Dooley
Fellow
Senior Manager of Research & Testing
Orthofix Medical
John P. Fisher
Professor & Department Chair
University of Maryland
Aaron Kyle
Fellow
Professor
Duke University
Adam Joseph Mellott
CEO & President
Ronawk
2024 - 2027 Directors
LaShan Hendrix
Associate Professor
University of Cincinnati
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Melissa Mendoza-Seale
Senior Associate
Exponent
Biomedical Engineering & Sciences
Michelle L. Oyen
Associate Professor
Wayne State University
College of Engineering
Beth Pruitt
Fellow
Chair of Bioengineering, Professor of Bioengineering & Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
2025 - 2028 Directors
Abigail Avila
Formulation Chemist and Scientist
Bayer
Ashley Brown
Distinguished Professor
NC State University
UNC Chapel Hill
Craig J. Goergen
Fellow
Associate Head for Clinical Engagement and Professor
Purdue University
Maribel Vazquez
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Rutgers University
2023 – 2026 Student Representative to the Board
Amal Shabazz
Doctoral Student
University of Maryland



