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




