Governance
The Academy of Natural Sciences is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and governed by a Board of Trustees. It is affiliated with Drexel University.
We are pleased to provide resources on the Academy's governance, as well as our most recent Annual Reports.
Annual Reports
Documents
Board of Trustees
Current Board
David E. Griffith, (Chair), Executive Director Emeritus, Episcopal Community Services
Joshua C. Anthony, PhD, Founder and CEO, Nlumn
Tara Acharya, Co-Founder, Simply Real Nutrition
Jeffrey A. Beachell, Pathstone The Family Office
Suzanne Biemiller, Vice President, National Audubon Society, Mid-Atlantic Region
Amy L. Branch, (Secretary) Equity Executive Partner, Iroquois Group
Erica Carpenter, Ph.D., MBA, Director, Circulating Tumor Material Laboratory and Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Scott A. Cooper, Ph.D. President and CEO, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Maureen Craig, (Vice Chair), Founder, MoStrategy
Christopher Crockett, PhD, PE, Chief Environmental, Safety, and Sustainability Officer, Essential Utilities, Inc.
Abbie Dean, (Vice Chair), President, Construction Resources
Suzanne Eveland, Retired Biochemist, Merck
Jason Friedland, Director of Operations and Investments, Iron Stone Real Estate
Marc E. Gold. Former Partner, Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Jean M. Hacherl, Ph.D., Executive Director, New Product Commercialization, Organon
Latasha D. Harling, CCP, SHRM-SCP, Chief People and Culture Officer, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Michael Kaplan, (Treasurer), Co-Founder and CEO, Belltown Farms
Kevin Kowalick, Vice President, Strategy, Media & Entertainment, TransUnion
Sandra L McLean, Director, McLean Contributionship
Allen J. Model (Vice Chair), Co-Founder & Managing Director Overseas Strategic Consulting, Ltd.
Jeffrey Morgan du Pont Nielsen, Retired, Former CEO & President Berks Products Corporation
Ron M. Philip, Executive Officer and Director, Orbital Therapeutics
Betsy Plimack, MD, Deputy Director and Professor, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Rebecca Rhynhart, Senior Vice President for Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Drexel University
Greg Rigdon, President, Content Acquisition, Comcast
Gerald B. Rorer, Retired
John F. Smith III, Esq., Of Counsel, Reed Smith LLP
Michael K. Tucker, Esq., Chief Legal, Risk & Compliance Officer, General Counsel, Signant Health
Sharon L. Walker, Ph.D., F. AEESP, F. AAAS, Dean and Distinguished Professor, Drexel University College of Engineering
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Board of Trustees - Emeriti
Peter A. Austen
John F. Bales III
Cynthia P. Heckscher
Edward A Montgomery, Jr.
I. Wistar Morris III
Minturn T. Wright, III