Our Leadership
In managing the organization's financial health, public reputation, and operations, Mulchaey is supported by an executive team. He also works with the institution's scientific leaders to shape our scientific direction. Together, Carnegie Science's leadership suite ensures that we are able to maintain our independence, pursue advantageous partnerships, and advance scientific breakthroughs.
Executive Leadership Team
Benjamin Aderson is Carnegie's General Counsel and Secretary. He is responsible for legal matters and governance.
Bill Fahey is Carnegie's first Chief Human Resources Officer. He officially joined the institution in the spring of 2022 after a year as in an interim position and a year consulting. He is working to modernize Carnegie’s Human Resources efforts, implementing improved systems, policies, and procedures that support our research mission.
Carnegie Science Executive Vice President Mary Maxon joined the organization in November 2024 from the Biosciences Institute at Schmidt Sciences. Maxon has worked in the private sector, both in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, as well as the public sector, highlighted by her tenure as the Assistant Director for Biological Research at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) during the Obama administration. She brings broad vision and expertise to this newly created role.
View Full BioKaren Sodomick is Carnegie's first Chief Communications Officer. She is responsible for overseeing Carnegie's communications and branding strategy.
Randy Stringer is Carnegie's Interim Chief Financial Officer. He works with the President to balance the needs of today’s scientists with those of future Carnegie researchers.
Ben Barbin is the Chief of Staff to Carnegie Interim President John Mulchaey and the Liaison to the Carnegie Board of Trustees.
Jeanine Forsythe joined Carnegie as Chief Development Officer in February 2023. She is responsible for managing the institution's fundraising efforts.
Anat Shahar is Carnegie's first Deputy for Research Advancement. She is also a Staff Scientist at Carnegie's Earth and Planets Laboratory. Her administrative work is focused on the early career scientific experience at Carnegie, including onboarding, mentorship, and professional development opportunities for postdocs and staff associates, as well as on enhancing Carnegie-wide support to advance our federal funding efforts at all stages.
View Full BioMichael Stambaugh is Carnegie's first Chief Investment Officer. He is responsible for managing the institution's endowment.
Scientific Leadership
Experimental petrologist Michael Walter became Director of the recently formed Carnegie Earth & Planets Laboratory in 2022, where he was previously Deputy Director. His recent research focuses on the period early in Earth’s history, shortly after the planet accreted from the cloud of gas and dust surrounding our young Sun, when the mantle and the core first separated into distinct layers.
Visit BioObservational astronomer Alycia Weinberger works with EPL Director Michael Walter to set and execute the Division’s overall scientific and cultural vision. She also manages the postdoctoral fellowship program and oversee the Division's colloquia and internship programs, serving as a mentor to the next generation of researchers and helping to maintain a long-standing legacy of scientific excellence.
Visit BioYixian Zheng has a long-standing interest in the mechanism of cell division and the cellular scaffolding known as the cytoskeleton. She has made team has made breakthroughs in understanding genome organization, with implications for both embryonic development and the aging process, as well as in the differentiation of stem cells into their final forms. In recent years, her lab applied biomedical research techniques to revealing the molecular underpinnings of coral biology with a particular focus on the symbiotic relationship between the coral host and its symbiotic algae.
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As the 11th President of Carnegie, Eric D. Isaacs developed new institutional partnerships, expanded interdisciplinary research efforts, and ensured Carnegie Science researchers access to the most advance scientific tools of the day.
Visit BioAs the 9th President of Carnegie Science, Richard A. Meserve worked hard to recruit and retain top scientific talent and to steward the Carnegie Science endowment to enable these leading researchers with the means to move in novel scientific directions.
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