Meet the staff

Meet our staff

For over 75 years, FAS has fostered the voices of world-class experts and early-career researchers alike from a variety of scientific, academic, and professional backgrounds.

meet our experts
Senior Fellow
Peter Bonner
Staff Fellow
Rachel Pierson
Manager, People and Culture
Saliha Lorenz
Human Resources Processes,
Employment Relations and Management
Staff Fellow
Sara Elazan
Staff Fellow
Sarah Axe
Staff Fellow
Sarah Coefield
Senior Fellow
Sarah R. Carter
Science Policy,
Bioeconomy,
Biotechnology,
Synthetic Biology,
Biosecurity
Staff Fellow
Sarah Smith
Senior Fellow, Global Development Policy
Seema Patel
Global Development
Social Innovation
Collective Impact
Systems Change
Ecosystem Building
Shaina Knight, the Northwest/Rocky Mountain Regional Outreach Coordinator Impact Fellow, has had a robust career in the food industry.
Staff Fellow
Shaina Knight
Director of Policy Fellowships
Shannon Becks
STEM DEI,
Fellowship Administration,
Grant/Contract Management
Staff Fellow
Shannon McGovern