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title: Congratulations to the New Board Members
description: Meet the new BMES Board members dedicated to advancing biomedical engineering through diversity, inclusion, and innovative leadership.
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# [Congratulations to the New Board Members](https://www.bmes.org/news/congratulations-to-the-new-2025-board-members)

 Written by [BMES](https://www.bmes.org/news/author/bmes) | 09/12/2025

A tight election for Board seats among an impressive slate of candidates vying for six volunteer leadership positions yielded the following results.

###### **Jane Grande-Allen**

**President-Elect**

Isabel Cameron Professor of Bioengineering and Senior Associate Dean of Engineering and Computing

*Rice University*

 

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###### **Jennifer Amos**

**Treasurer**

Teaching Professor in Bioengineering

*University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign*

 

 

 

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###### **Abigail Avila**

**Board of Directors**

Formulation Chemist and Scientist

*Bayer*

 

 

 

###### **Ashley Brown**

**Board of Directors**

Lampe Distinguished Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

*NC State University, UNC Chapel Hill*

 

 

###### **Craig J. Goergen**

**Board of Directors**

Associate Head for Clinical Engagement and Professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

*Purdue University*

 

###### **Maribel Vazquez**

**Board of Directors**

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

*Rutgers University*

 

 

 

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