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AA-STS

AA-STS Pamphlet 2024

At the American Associates of the STS forum (AA-STS), our mission is to support the Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum), a worldwide movement of top leaders from different constituencies to discuss “Lights and Shadows of Science and Technology” from the long-term viewpoint of humankind, by securing the best contents and fund-raising opportunities from the U.S.

Board of Directors

• Henry A. McKinnell, Chairman Chairman Emeritus, Moody's Corporation; Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Pfizer Inc
• Marcia McNutt, Vice Chairman/Treasurer President, National Academy of Sciences
• Rita Colwell Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland; former US Science Envoy; Former Director, National Science Foundation
• Nicholas B. Dirks  President and Chief Executive Officer, The New York Academy of Sciences
• Keoki Jackson  Senior Vice President and General Manager, MITRE National Security Sector, The MITRE Corporation
• Ray O. Johnson  Operating Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners; former CEO, Technology Innovation Institute
• Pradeep K. Khosla  Chancellor, University of California, San Diego
• Steven Koonin  University Professor, NYU; former Under Secretary for Science, DOE
• Thomas Mason  Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Eric Mazur Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics and Area Chair of Applied Physics, Harvard University
• Bernard Meyerson Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus, IBM Corporation
• Hugh Thompson  Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital Partners
• Keith Williams  Former President and Chief Executive Officer UL Inc.
• Deborah Wince-Smith President and CEO, United States Council on Competitiveness
• Thomas Zacharia  Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Elias Zerhouni  Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University; Former Director, National Institutes of Health

Life Director
Jerome Friedman, Institute Professor and Professor of Physics Emeritus, MIT; Nobel Laureate, Physics 1990

Secretariat