Any active DCSWA member is eligible to join our volunteer board. Board members plan professional development and social events and attend a monthly board meeting. The time commitment is just a few hours per month, plus attendance at DCSWA events as your schedule allows. If you’re interested or would like more information, email the DCSWA president (address below).
DCSWA Board of Directors
2024-2025
Officers
Michael E. Newman, President
Senior Media Relations Representative, Johns Hopkins Medicine
email: president@dcswa.org
Liz Landau, Vice President
Multimedia Lead for Astrophysics at NASA Headquarters/Freelance Science Writer
email: vicepres@dcswa.org
Leigh Anne Kelley, Secretary
Director of Communications, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
email: secretary@dcswa.org
Miriam Fauzia, Treasurer
Science and Medicine Fellow, Dallas Morning News
email: treasurer@dcswa.org
Bruce Y. Lee, Social Media Chair
Senior Contributor, Forbes
Elaine Picarello, Co-Social Events Chair
Student, Masters in Science Writing Program, Johns Hopkins University
email: socialchair@dcswa.org
Ruscena Wiederholt, Co-Social Events Chair
Science Writer, TriplePundit
email: socialchair@dcswa.org
Jag Bhalla, Membership Chair
Freelance
email: membership@dcswa.org
Members at large
Abha Eli
Director of Communications, Santa Fe Institute
Rachel Lense
Freelance
Wayne Pereanu
Freelance
Ben Stein
Managing Editor, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Leanne Wiberg
Freelance
Claire Yuan
Student, 2024 AAAS Mass Media Fellow at Science News
Past DCSWA Presidents
2023…… Samantha Jones
2022…… Richard Sima
2021…… Emily Conover
2020…… Rachael Lallensack
2019…… Sushma Subramanian
2018…… Matthew Wright
2017…… Lauren Lipuma
2016…… Kasha Patel
2015…… Gabriel Popkin
2014…… Jennifer Lauren Lee
2013…… Aries Keck
2012…… Charles Blue
2011…… Jennifer Huergo
2010…… Andrea Widener
2009…… James Riordon
2008…… Shawna Williams
2007…… Brian Vastag
2006…… Gail Porter
2005…… Anne Bolen
2004…… Mitch Waldrop
2003…… Aaron Levin
2002…… Craig Hicks
2001…… Josh Fischman
2000…… Lisa Orange
1999…… Colin Macilwain
1998…… John Travis
1997…… David Jarmul
1996…… Carol Ezzell
1995…… Mary Knudson
1994…… Larry Shuster
1993…… Rick Borchelt
1992…… Tim Beardsley
1991…… David Wheeler
1990…… Larry Thompson
1989…… Joe Palca
1988…… Richard Harris