Board Members

Barbara H. Baird, Ph.D.
Horace White Professor of Chemistry,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Andrew Bass, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Provost for Research,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Alan J. Biloski, Ph.D.
CEO at DNANO, Inc., Ithaca, NY

Kathryn Boor, Ph.D.
Ronald P. Lynch Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Peter Bruns, Ph.D.
Retired, Vice President Grants and Special Programs, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD

Thomas Burr, Ph.D.
Director, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY

Paul Chomet, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Monsanto Co., Mystic, CT

Mary E. Clutter, Ph.D.
Retired, National Science Foundation Assistant Division Director, Washington, DC

William E. Fry
Dean of Faculty, Dept. Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Gregory Galvin, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Kionix, Inc., Ithaca, NY

Gregory J. Hartz
President and CEO, Tompkins Trust Company, Ithaca, NY

Kira Sheinerman, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Burrill & Company, New York, NY

Crispin Taylor, Ph.D.
Executive Director, American Society of Plant Biologists, Rockville, MD

As mandated by the affiliation agreement with Cornell University, BTI maintains a Board of Directors of no less than twelve and no more than sixteen, with four members having been nominated by the President of Cornell from within the university family.