Society Officers

The RNA Society officers comprise a combination of elected and appointed positions. Click here for more details on roles and responsibilities, or to view the Society’s articles of incorporation and bylaws.

Officers of the RNA Society 2026

President (2025-2027)
Fátima Gebauer
Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Spain

Past President 
Sandra L. Wolin
National Cancer Institute, Frederick, USA

Chief Executive Officer
Kristian Baker
Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, USA

Chief Financial Officer
Kelly Campbell
Tucson, Arizona, USA

Secretary (2024-2026)
Hua Lou
Case Western Reserve University, USA

Director (2026-2027)
Philip Bevilacqua
Penn State University, USA

Director (2026-2027)
Atlanta Cook
University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Director (2026-2027)
Amanda Hargrove
University of Toronto, Canada

Director (2025-2026)
Marina Chekulaeva
Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Germany

Director (2025-2026)
Andrzej Dziembowski
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology,
Warsaw, Poland

Director (2025-2026)
Olivia Rissland
University of Colorado, Aurora, USA

Members, contact Society Officers and Committee Members here.