Leadership
AAAR Board of Directors 2026-2027
President
Andrew Ault (2026-2027)
University of Michigan
Environmental Health Sciences
1415 Washington Heights
M6116 SPH
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Vice President
Cari Dutcher (2026-2027)
University of Minnesota
Department of Mechanical Engineering
111 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Vice President Elect
Rachel O’Brien (2026-2027)
University of Michigan
1517 Pauline Blvd
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Treasurer
Shantanu Jathar (2026-2028)
Colorado State University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
200 W. Lake Street
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Secretary
Robert Griffin (2025-2027)
Roger Williams University
SECCM, 1 Old Ferry Road
Bristol, RI 2809
Secretary Elect
Christine McCool (2026-2027)
3M
3M Center, Building 235-3C-35
St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
Immediate Past President
Suresh Dhaniyala (2026-2027)
Clarkson University
Department of MAE
8 Clarkson Avenue
Potsdam, NY 13699
Directors
Andrew Grieshop (2024-2027)
North Carolina State University
915 Partners Way, 3250 Fitts-Woolard Hall
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7908
Marwa El-Sayed (2024-2027)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1 Aerospace Blvd
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
Christopher Hennigan (2024-2027)
University of Maryland
1000 Hilltop Cir, TRC 253
Baltimore, Maryland 21250
Celia Faiola (2025-2028)
University of California, Irvine
Department of Chemistry
1120 Natural Sciences II
Irvine, CA 92697-2025
Chris Cappa (2025-2028)
University of California, Davis
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3135 Ghausi Hall
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Marina Vance (2025-2028)
University of Colorado Boulder
Mechanical Engineering Department | Environmental Engineering Program
427 UCB - Mechanical Engineering
1111 Engineering Drive
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0427
Ann Diller (2026-2029)
University of California, Davis
Air Quality Research Center UC Davis
1560 Drew Ave
Davis, CA 95618-6320
Cassie Gaston (2026-2029)
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33134
Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz (2026-2029)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
419 Durham Hall, 1145 Perry St (0246)
Blacksburg, VA 24060




