Natural Science Collections Alliance

Our members are part of an international community of museums, botanical gardens, herbariums, universities and other institutions that house natural science collections and utilize them in research, exhibitions, academic and informal science education, and outreach activities.

Leadership

NSC Alliance Board of Directors

Trina RobertsPresident
Trina Roberts
Associate Vice President, Collections
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, CA
Vice President
Breda Zimkus
Director of Collections Operations
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Peter_FrischTreasurer
Peter W. Fritsch
Vice President of Research and Conservation
Botanical Research Institute of Texas at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Fort Worth, TX
ThiersSecretary
Barbara Thiers
Director Emerita
William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY
Past President
Gil Nelson
Director, iDigBio
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Representatives-at-Large
John_BatesJohn M. Bates
Curator of Birds
Head of Life Sciences, Science and Education
The Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago, IL
Jocelyn Colella
Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology & Curator of Mammals
University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
Lawrence, Kansas
Kathy Hollis
Director of Collections Care and Access
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA
Brenda Hunda
Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology
Cincinnati Science Center
Cincinnati, OH
John McCormaclJohn McCormack
Director and Curator of the Bird and Mammal Collection
Moore Laboratory of Zoology & Biology Department
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
David Reed
Interim Director
Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL
Rebecca Rundell
Associate Professor and Head Curator
Roosevelt Wild Life Collections
State University of New York – Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY
Emily Sessa
Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY
Garth Spellman
Director of Zoology and Health Sciences
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver, CO
Jordan Teisher
Director of the Herbarium
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis, MO
Chris Tyrrell
Research Curator of Botany and Director of Herbarium (MIL)
Milwaukee Public Museum
Milwaukee, WI
Executive Director
Jyotsna Pandey
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Herndon, VA
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