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IJAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS & CORPORATE BOARD
First Name Last Name Term Ends Title (Elected positions are bolded) Primary E-Mail
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Emily Dawson 2026 President emily.dawson@ijas.org
Jann Hawkins 2026 Past President jann.hawkins@ijas.org
Brian Lewandowski 2026 President Elect brian.lewandowski@ijas.org
Elizabeth Dorgan-Spector 2027 Treasurer elizabeth.dorgan-spector@ijas.org
Kathy Winters 2025 Secretary kathy.winters@ijas.org
BOARD MEMBERS
Sue Ellen Gerchman 2025 Board Member at Large sueellen.gerchman@ijas.org
Tammie Mesenbring 2026 Board Member at Large tammie.mesenbring@ijas.org
Joy Lewandowski 2027 Board Member at Large joy.lewandowski@ijas.org
John Bobek 2028 Board Member at Large john.bobek@ijas.org
Andrew Kluesner 2029-2030 Region 1 Representative kluesnera@bpcschools.org
Ali Uslu 2024-2025 Region 2 Representative auslu@conceptschools.org
Monique Murray 2024-2025 Region 3 Representative mlmurray@cps.edu
Judy Saloka 2025-2026 Region 4 Representative jsaloka@ololschool.com
Rachel Kurtz 2025-2026 Region 5 Representative rachel.kurtz@ijas.org
Amy Boucek 2026-2027 Region 6 Representative amy.boucek@ijas.org
Emily Dawson (vacant) 2026-2027 Region 7 Representative emily.dawson@ijas.org
Vina Castelli 2027-2028 Region 8 Representative vina@siu.edu
Sue Ellen Gerchman 2027-2028 Region 9 Representative suegerchmanr9@gmail.com
Sue Henry 2028-2029 Region 10 Representative shenry@southeastern337.com
Kathy Winters 2028-2029 Region 11 Representative jdstawinters@gmail.com
Ellie Crowden 2029-2030 Region 12 Representative ellie.crowden@ijas.org
Agrini Neekhra 2025-2026 Student President info@ijas.org
Amritha Praveen 2025-2026 Student Vice President info@ijas.org
Emily Dawson Business, Industry, and Professional Partnerships Coordinator emily.dawson@ijas.org
Amy Boucek Paper Session Coordinator amy.boucek@ijas.org
Ryan Friel Project Session Coordinator ryan.friel@ijas.org
Emily Dawson Membership Chair emily.dawson@ijas.org
Christina Palfy Safety Chair christina.palfy@ijas.org
Christina Palfy IJAS Scientific Review Committee (SRC) Chair christina.palfy@ijas.org
Amy Boucek ISEF Scientific Review Committee (SRC) Chair amy.boucek@ijas.org
Arnav Shandilya Technology arnav.shandilya@ijas.org
Jen Jost Illinois State Academy of Science Representative jjost@fsmail.bradley.edu
Laura Corey Illinois State Academy of Science Representative laura.corey@ic.edu
ADDITIONAL CORPORATE OFFICERS (Non-voting)
Jann Hawkins Student Advisor jann.hawkins@ijas.org
Delisha Nair Assistant Student Advisor delisha.nair@ijas.org
Vibha Srikant Assistant Business, Industry, and Professional Partnerships Coordinator vibha.srikant@ijas.org
OPEN Assistant Paper Session Coordinator
Delisha Nair Webmaster delisha.nair@ijas.org
Sue Ellen Gerchman Assistant Safety Chairperson sueellen.gerchman@ijas.org
Tammie Mesenbring Merchandise Chairperson tammie.mesenbring@ijas.org
Brian Lewandowski Assistant Merchandise Chairperson brian.lewandowski@ijas.org
John Bobek Historian john.bobek@ijas.org
Emily Yovich Special Event Chairperson/Special Luncheon eyovich@ijpschool.org
Manjushree Balaji Assistant Project Session Coordinator manjushree.balaji@ijas.org
OPEN Assistant Membership Chairperson
Sue Ellen Gerchman Exceptional Project In Category (EPIC) Coordinator sueellen.gerchman@ijas.org
Arnav Shandilya Assistant EPIC Award Coordinator arnav.shandilya@ijas.org
STUDENT BOARD
First Name Last Name Positions Primary E-Mail
AgriniNeekhra2026 Presidentinfo@ijas.org
AmrithaPraveen2026 Vice President & Technical Liaisoninfo@ijas.org
CyrusDarki2026 Secretary & Technical Liaisoninfo@ijas.org
Advaitha (Divi)Taire2026 Lead Webmasterinfo@ijas.org
ArnavChaphalkar2026 Assistant Webmasterinfo@ijas.org
AndyDong2026 Assistant Webmasterinfo@ijas.org
AlexisVass2026 Artistic Designinfo@ijas.org
ManaalSiddiqui2026 Artistic Decalinfo@ijas.org
ClaireZiemann2026 Essay Contest Chairinfo@ijas.org
SahanaGarapati2026 Fundraising Chairinfo@ijas.org
DaliaAbdedal2026 Assistant Fundraisinginfo@ijas.org
AviragHosakote2026 Assistant Fundraisinginfo@ijas.org
SanjanaKothuri2026 Assistant Fundraisinginfo@ijas.org
ZainabNathani2026 Assistant Fundraisinginfo@ijas.org
ShankarHarikrishnan2026 Runners' Chairinfo@ijas.org
VarunNagaraj2026 Runners' Chairinfo@ijas.org
MichaelZitella2026 Runners' Chairinfo@ijas.org
DivyaBaliga2026 Social Media Co-chairinfo@ijas.org
YuvikaIyer2026 Social Media Co-chairinfo@ijas.org
SamarthDonapati2026 Newsletter Co-Editorinfo@ijas.org
AndaWattanakit2026 Newsletter Co-Editorinfo@ijas.org
KanishkaBrathimohan2026 Newsletter Designerinfo@ijas.org
CalebGao2026 Newsletter Writerinfo@ijas.org
AnnetteKang2026 Newsletter Writerinfo@ijas.org
IssaGeisendorfer2026 Outreach Chairinfo@ijas.org
AriannaDarki2026 Observerinfo@ijas.org
BowenLi2026 Observerinfo@ijas.org
TheodoreTikhomirov2026 Region 2 Outreach Committeeinfo@ijas.org
SahanaGarapati2026 Region 5 Outreach Committeeinfo@ijas.org
BethanyHuhr2026 Region 6 Outreach Committeeinfo@ijas.org
AnujSubramanian2026 Region 6 Outreach Committeeinfo@ijas.org
CalebGao2026 Region 8 Outreach Committeeinfo@ijas.org
AnnetteKang2026 Region 8 Outreach Committeeinfo@ijas.org
KamrenGupta2026 Region 9 Outreach Committeeinfo@ijas.org
SanjanaKothuri2026 Region 9 Outreach Committeeinfo@ijas.org
NishitaPatel2026 Region 9 Outreach Committeeinfo@ijas.org
VibhaSrikant2026 Student Advisorvibha.srikant@ijas.org
ArnavShandilya2026 Student Advisorarnav.shandilya@ijas.org
DelishaNair2026 Student Advisordelisha.nair@ijas.org
EllieCrowden2026 Student Advisorellie.crowden@ijas.org
VigneshTiruvannamalai2026 Student Advisorvignesh.tiruvannamalai@ijas.org
YagneshLokesh2026 Student Advisoryagnesh.lokesh@ijas.org
MaySughayar2026 Student Advisormay.sughayar@ijas.org
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE 2024–2026
First Name Last Name Title Primary E-Mail
MEMBERS
EmilyDawsonPresidentemily.dawson@ijas.org
JannHawkinsStudent Advisorjann.hawkins@ijas.org
BrianLewandowskiPresident Electbrian.lewandowski@ijas.org
JannHawkinsPast Presidentjann.hawkins@ijas.org
Sue EllenGerchmanBoard Member at Largesuegerchman9@gmail.com
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