Anne Baranger,  President, is Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UC Berkeley College of Chemistry, the Faculty Assistant for Teaching and Learning in the Vice Chancellor for Education's office, and a core faculty member in the Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics Education (SESAME) program at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Baranger’s research focuses on developing and assessing curricular materials, evaluating peer-teaching programs, and developing methods to facilitate learning of problem solving in chemistry courses.

Vince Stewart, Vice President, is Vice President of Policy and Programs at Children Now, a research, policy, and advocacy organization based in Oakland, CA and that also leads the California STEM Network and Bay Area STEM Ecosystem. For over two decades, Vince was an advocate for public education and appointed by Governors Brown and Schwarzenegger to senior education policy positions. Prior to joining Children Now, Vince was Vice Chancellor for External Relations for the California Community Colleges and previously held senior roles with the James Irvine Foundation, University of California Office of the President, and UC Davis.

Russell Wong, Treasurer, is a recently retired materials engineer/manager from Bayer Pharmaceuticals in Berkeley. As a Bayer employee, Russell was a corporate volunteer in BASIS, science fair judging, and other community science education efforts in Alameda County. Russell received his BE in Chemical Engineering from The Cooper Union, MS in Bioengineering from the University of Utah, and PhD in Polymer Engineering from the University of Tennessee.

Emily Cooper, Secretary, is an associate professor at University of California, Berkeley in the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science. She is a co-Director of the Center for Innovation in Vision & Optics and a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. Her research examines the principles underlying biological vision, with relevance to both basic science and emerging visual technologies.

Elisa Calimano, Ph.D. is currently Sr. Director of Program Management at Codexis Inc. She obtained her Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry from UC Berkeley, and completed her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, she held positions in Project Management at Zymergen Inc. and Product Development at The Clorox Company. Elisa was a CRS BASIS volunteer starting at UC Berkeley and continued her science outreach with CRS as part of the Clorox Company's Science Education Team.

Ashley Gibb, PhD is a Principal of AI strategy & operations for Google DeepMind.  Her background spans scientific research, growth strategy, innovation, and 0-to-1 company building across deep tech including semiconductors, technical infrastructure, AI, and robotics.  She earned her PhD in Chemistry from UC Berkeley, where her research focused on nanomaterials.  Ashley was a Fulbright fellow to Indonesia, where she taught hundreds of students and teachers.  Ashley is passionate about science education, with 10+ years of outreach experience, including volunteering with CRS & Bay Area Scientists Insprining Students (BASIS).

Sonya Heisters  is an education consultant who has spent the last two decades working at the intersection of education, data/technology, and social good. She works nationally with education technology companies, school systems and state departments of education, and NGOs to use data, research, and human-centered design to develop and scale initiatives that improve the lives of learners. Sonya holds degrees in Literature and Education from Lesley University and an Executive Leadership Certificate from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. 

Alan Poon is a physicist and Program Head (Neutrinos) & Senior Scientist Neutrinos at Lawrence Berkeley Lab, where he has worked since 1998. His Ph.D. in physics is from the University of British Columbia. For his contributions to neutrino physics, he was recognized in the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2016 and is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). As a member of the APS Committee on Education, he reviewed the physical sciences components of the Next Generation Science Standards prior to its official release. He has been a CRS volunteer since 2001 and has served on the CRS Advisory Council since its inception in 2011. For over a decade, he has been active in bringing youth up to the Lab for its annual Nuclear Science Day.

Armbien Sabillo, J.D., Ph.D. is Patent Counsel, Intellectual Property at Neurocrine Biosciences. He earned his Ph.D. in Molecular & Cell Biology from UC Berkeley, his J.D. in Intellectual Property Law from Berkeley Law, and his B.S. in Physiology from San Francisco State University. Armbien is a former CRS volunteer and taught biology to 5th graders in Oakland through the Bay Area Scientists Inspiring Students (BASIS) Program. He continues to serve his communities through nonprofit organizations and legal clinics that assist queer persons, immigrants, and communities of color.

Robert Bergman, Emeritus, is Gerald E. K. Branch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Bergman is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  He has long been interested in developing nontraditional teaching methods and has participated in National Science Foundation sponsored programs to restructure the undergraduate chemistry curriculum.