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
Vice Dean
University of Washington

Cynthia Reinhart-King
Past President
Department Chair & Professor
Rice University

Kristen L. Billiar
Secretary
Department Head & Professor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Kent Leach
Treasurer
Professor
University of California, Davis

Donald P. Gaver
Finance Board Director
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
2022 - 2025 Directors

Tamara Baynham
BMES Fellow
Medical Device Consultant/Clinical Research Consultant
NeuraMedica

Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez
BMES Fellow
Professor
The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering

Guohao Dai
BMES Fellow
Professor
Northeastern University

Brendan Harley
BMES Fellow
Professor
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Robert W. Schaefer
2023 - 2026 Directors

Zac A. Dooley
Senior Manager of Research & Testing
Orthofix Medical

John P. Fisher
Professor & Department Chair
University of Maryland

Aaron Kyle
BMES 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
BMES Fellow
Chair of Bioengineering, Professor of Bioengineering & Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
2023 – 2026 Student Representative to the Board

Amal Shabazz
Doctoral Student
University of Maryland