B2 Board of Advisors

James M. Gentile

President, Research Corporation

James Gentile is president of Research Corporation, America's second-oldest foundation and a major proponent of the advancement of science. He is a leader in the field of science education and a frequent speaker on issues involving the integration of scientific research and higher education. Before joining Research Corporation, Dr. Gentile served as dean for the natural sciences at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where he held an endowed professorship. A geneticist, he researched the role of metabolism in the conversion of natural and xenobiotic agents into mutagens and carcinogens. He has been a program director for grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the World Health Organization, and Research Corporation. Dr. Gentile received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Illinois State University and spent two years in postdoctoral studies in the Department of Human Genetics at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is the author of more than 100 research articles, book chapters, book reviews and special reports in areas of scientific research and higher education. Dr. Gentile is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is a national associate of the National Research Council (NRC), where he played a leadership role in the highly praised NRC publication Biology 2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Research Biologists.

Peter G. Backus

President, P B Trading Company, Inc.

Edward P. Bass

Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Fine Line, Inc.

Anthony R. de Souza

Director, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, National Research Council

William E. Dietrich

Professor, Earth and Planetary Science,
UC Berkeley

Adrián Fernandez Bremauntz

President, National Institute of Ecology, Mexico

James M. Gentile

President, Research Corporation

Nick Hanauer

Second Avenue Partners

Laura F. Huenneke

Vice President for Research, Northern Arizona University

Jan Lesher

Director, Arizona Department of Commerce

Pamela A. Matson

Dean, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University

Cherry A. Murray

Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jonathan T. Overpeck

Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth,
The University of Arizona

Henry N. Pollack, Chair

Professor Emeritus, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan

Peter H. Raven

Director, Missouri Botanical Garden

Joaquin Ruiz

Dean, College of Science, The University of Arizona

Eugene G. Sander

Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona

José Sarukhán Kermez

Professor, Institute of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Rick F. Shangraw

Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs, Arizona State University

Stephen G. Wells

President, Desert Research Institute

C. Larrabbee Winter

Deputy Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Ex-Officio Members

Lisa J. Graumlich

Director, School of Natural Resources, The University of Arizona

Arthur L. Herbst

Joseph B. DeLee Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago

Travis E. Huxman

Director, B2 Earthscience; Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona

Pierre Meystre

Director, B2 Institute; Regents' Professor, Physics and Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona

Ramón Pacheco Aguilar

Director General, Research Center for Food and Development (CIAD), Mexico