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.
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.
Michael Stambaugh is Carnegie's first Chief Investment Officer. He is responsible for managing the institution's endowment.
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.
Karen Sodomick is Carnegie's first Chief Communications Officer. She is responsible for overseeing Carnegie's communications and branding strategy.
Maisha Williams is Carnegie's Chief Operating Officer. She works with the President to balance the needs of today’s scientists with those of future Carnegie researchers.
Scientific Leadership
Dr. Mary Maxon is Executive Vice President at Carnegie Sciences. Previously she was Executive Director of the Biosciences Institute at Schmidt Sciences, where she led a new effort to seed the next wave of innovation in synthetic biology and the bioeconomy. Prior to that, she was Associate Laboratory Director for Biosciences at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
Aquatic ecologist Stephanie Hampton joined Carnegie as Deputy Director of Carnegie’s newly launched Division of Biosphere Sciences & Engineering at the end of July 2022. She is also the President of the Ecological Society of America. Stephanie Hampton arrived from the National Science Foundation, where she was the director of the Division of Environmental Biology. She was also a professor and the former director of an interdisciplinary environmental research center at Washington State University.
Visit BioExperimental 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.
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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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