About RCSA

People
Staff and Advisory Committee

Research Corporation Officers

James M. Gentile, Ph.D., President (Bio)

gentile@rescorp.org

Jack R. Pladziewicz, Ph.D., Consultant (Bio)

jrp@rescorp.org

Danny Gasch, Chief Financial Officer

dgasch@rescorp.org

Linda Neefe, Executive Assistant to the President

neefe@rescorp.org

Science Advancement Program

Kathleen Parson, Ph.D., Program Officer (Bio)

parson@rescorp.org

Silvia Ronco, Ph.D., Program Officer (Bio)

sronco@rescorp.org

Richard Wiener, Ph.D., Program Officer (Bio)

rwiener@rescorp.org

Assistants

Sandy Champion

sandy@rescorp.org

Sofia L. Morris

sofie@rescorp.org

News and Publications

Dan Huff, Director of Communications

dhuff@rescorp.org

Information Technology

Tommy Goodenow, Network Administrator

tommy@rescorp.org

Strategic Initiatives

Vivian L. Wessel

vivian@rescorp.org

Science Advisory Committee

Mark E. Bussell

Department of Chemistry
Western Washington University

Rich G. Carter

Department of Chemistry
Oregon State University

James N. Heyman

Department of Physics & Astronomy
Macalester College

Susan M. Kauzlarich

Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis

Jairo Sinova

Department of Physics
Texas A& M University

Bradley D. Smith

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame

Veronika A. Szalai

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Research Corporation Board of Directors

Patricia C. Barron, Chairwoman

Clinical Professor
Stern School of Business
New York University

G. Scott Clemons

Managing Director
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Peter K. Dorhout

Vice Provost for Graduate Studies
Assistant Vice President for Research
Colorado State University

James M. Gentile

President
Research Corporation

Robert B. Hallock

Distinguished Professor
Department of Physics
University of Massachusetts

Robert Holland, Jr.

General Partner
Williams Capital Partners

Brent Iverson

University Distinguished Teaching Professor
Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry
University of Texas at Austin

Gayle P.W. Jackson

President
Energy Global, Inc.

Suzanne D. Jaffe

President
S.D.J. Associates

Seth Lederman

Associate Professor
Columbia Medical School
Co-founder and Partner
Konanda Pharma Partners

Elizabeth McCormack

Department of Physics
Bryn Mawr College

Patrick S. Osmer

Professor and Chair
Department of Astronomy
Ohio State University

Directors Emeritus

R. Palmer Baker, Jr.

The Baker Company, Inc.

Carlyle G. Caldwell

Chairman Emeritus
National Starch and Chemical Corporation

Paul J. Collins

Vice Chairman
Citibank

Stuart B. Crampton

Barclay Jermain Professor of Natural Philosophy
Department of Physics
Williams College

Burt N. Dorsett

Chairman of the Board
Dorsett McCabe Capital Management, Inc.
Investment Advisors

William G. Hendrickson

Chairman Emeritus, St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Chairman, Intellinet

John W. Johnstone, Jr.

Chairman, Governance and Nominating Committee
Arch Chemicals, Inc.

John P. Schaefer

President
LSST Corporation

Frederick Seitz

President Emeritus
The Rockefeller University

George L. Shinn

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus
The First Boston Corporation

G. King Walters

Sam and Helen Worden Professor of Physics
Department of Physics
Rice University