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Genetics Society of America
Case for Support
2020 Annual Appeal
Donate to the Annual Appeal and help GSA grow its cornerstone programs and projects: travel awards, career development and community programs, journals, and conferences. Your donation also enables new initiatives promoting equity and inclusion, public engagement, online workshops, and more.
Learn more about what we’ve achieved and what more we can do with your help in the 2020 Annual Appeal Case for Support.
GSA is a community of scientists for scientists. Never in our lifetimes have scientific societies been more important or their impact more obvious. We need to help each other now more than ever to meet the challenges of this historic moment. We thank you for your past contributions, which have enabled GSA to respond quickly, creatively, and substantively to every crisis. We ask for your support, so that we can continue to provide exceptional programs and the comfort of community to all of our members.
Meet our Fundraising Committee
GSA is grateful to those who have not only helped by making a financial commitment to this effort but are also leading the initiative by serving on the Fundraising Committee.
Denise Montell (GSA President)
Chair
Hugo Bellen (GSA Vice-President)
Co-Chair
Swathi Arur
Jef Boeke
Jay Dunlap
Marnie Halpern
Joe Heitman
Phil Hieter
Mark Johnston
Thomas Kaufman
Jeannie Lee
Terry Magnuson
Steven Munger
Jasper Rine
What is the Annual Appeal?
The Annual Appeal is a fundraising effort that was recently initiated by GSA to sustain and grow its cornerstone programs and projects: travel awards, career development programs, journals, and conferences. This initiative offers a mechanism through which our professional community can give back—both to the field of genetics and to an organization that has positively impacted the lives and careers of thousands of scientists.
Why is GSA conducting the Appeal?
GSA, like many professional societies, is facing substantial challenges, such as fluctuating membership, the transition to an open access publishing model, and responding to the rapidly changing needs of our community. In planning for this uncertainty, we conducted a study in 2018 to determine if fundraising was a viable strategy to help protect and sustain GSA’s mission—and whether our constituency would be supportive. The concept met with overwhelming support, with nearly 95% of respondents being willing to donate to GSA.
Who is invited to participate?
All individuals with an interest in the future of genetics and the scientific community are invited to participate in the Appeal. We want everyone to be able to play a role. Companies, foundations, and other institutions will also have an opportunity to support our programs. We will take a careful approach in order to ensure this effort operates with the highest degree of integrity and equity for all organizational participants.
Is my contribution tax deductible?
GSA is a non-profit charitable organization under Section 501 (c)(3). Contributions to GSA may be deductible as a charitable contribution for US federal income tax purposes. Please consult your tax advisor.
Thank you to our 2021 Donors
Updated 1/15/21
Diamond Level ($5,000+)
Gold Level ($1,000–$2,499)
Silver Level ($500–$999)
Bronze Level ($250-$499)
Scott Holmes
Friend Level (<$250)
Roberto Grobman
Mary Kimble
Stephen Klusza
Amanda Larracuente
Kellee Siegfried
Michael Vodkin
Thank you to our 2020 Donors
Updated 12/30/20
Diamond Level ($5,000+)
Allan Spradling
Platinum Level ($2,500–$4,999)
Lynn Cooley
Gold Level ($1,000–$2,499)
Anonymous
Swathi Arur
Hugo Bellen
Giovanni Bosco
William Dove
Joseph Gall
Mark Johnston
Kim Kamdar
Douglas Koshland
Erika Matunis
Terry Magnuson
Leslie Pick
John Pringle
Jasper Rine
Tim Schedl
Jeremy Thorner
Silver Level ($500–$999)
Anonymous
Michael Buszczak
Bonita Brewer
Sarah Elgin
JoAnne Engebrecht
Margaret Fuller
Matthew Hahn
Saul M Honigberg
Judith Jaehning
Ellen LeMosy
Alysia and Nathan Mortimer
Mark Rose
Piali Sengupta
Bronze Level ($250-$499)
Anonymous (4)
Chantal Akerib
Vicki Chandler
Trisha Davis
Susan Gerbi
Philip Hieter
Neil Hunter
Thomas Kornberg
Andrew Kreuz
Kenneth Irvine
Stuart Macdonald
Dennis McKearin
Paul Mains
Corinne Michels
Aaron Mitchell
Beth Montelone
Kathleen Newton
Thomas Petes
Nicholas Rhind
Kelly Tatchell
Benjamin White
Deborah Yelon
Friend Level (<$250)
Anonymous (11)
Brian Ackley
Shawn Ahmed
Mardelle Atkins
Joseph Ardizzi
Karen Arndt
Flora Banuett
Edward Blumenthal
Patricia Burke
Mary Clancy
Gregory Copenhaver
Anita Corbett
Krista Dobi
Barbara Dunn
Jay Dunlap
Rochelle Easton (aka Esposito)
Tyler Eble
Elizabeth Eldon
Nora Engel
Janan Eppig
Benjamin Feldman
Geoffrey Findlay
Ana Caroline Gandara
David Garfinkel
Elizabeth Grayhack
Eric Haag
James Haber
David Hall
Bernadette and Charlie Holdener
Robert Holm
Celina Juliano
David Kaback
Suzanne Karabin
Toni Kazic
Darcy Kelley
Barbara B. Knowles
James Konopka
Soni Lacefield
Stefen Laukien
LeAnne Lovato
Susan Lovett
Wolfgang Lukowitz
Anthony Mahowald
Miriam Meisler
Nathan Mortimer
Steven Munger
Michael O’Connor
Kate O’Connor-Giles
Pamela Padilla
Susan Parkhurst
Annette Parks
Shelby Priest
Linda Restifo
Lucia B. Rothman-Denes
Hannele Ruohola-Baker
Trudi Schupbach
Deborah Siegele
Jason Stajich
Eric Stoffregen
Ian Swinburne
Richard Tashjian
Jennifer Tate
Mirka Uhlirova
Mariana Wolfner
Susan Younger
Thank you to our 2019 Appeal donors
Diamond Level ($5,000+)
Anonymous (2)
Judith Berman
James Birchler
Jef Boeke
David Botstein
Lynn Cooley
Jeff Hall
Dan Hartl
Lee Hartwell
Phil Hieter
Mark Johnston
Massachusetts General Hospital Lab
Denise Montell
Terry Orr-Weaver
Allan Spradling
Fred Winston
Platinum Level ($2,500–$4,999)
Sue Biggins
Ed Buckler
Peter and Lucy Cherbas
Thomas Cline and Barbara Meyer
JoAnne Engebrecht
Anita Hopper
Robert Horvitz
Jeannie Lee
Terry Magnuson
Erika Matunis
Dennis McKearin
Tim Schedl
Gold Level ($1,000–$2,499)
Victor Ambros and Candy Lee
Swathi Arur
Fred Ausubel
Sharon Amacher and Jay Hollick
Cori Bargmann
Bonnie Bartel
Celeste Berg
Sue Biggins
Douglas Bishop
Meredith Blackwell
Pat Brown
John Carlson
Marian Carlson
David Catcheside
Vicki Chandler
Kwang Wook Choi
Bill Dove
Jay Dunlap
Sarah Elgin
Stanley Fields
G.R. Fink
Margaret Tatnall Fuller
Joseph Gall
Mark Garfinkel
Susan Russo Gelbart
Pamela Geyer
Andrew Golden
Marian Goldsmith
David Greenstein
Mary Lou Guerinot
Marnie Halpern
Paul Hardin
Iswar Hariharan
Joe Heitman
Hopi Hoekstra
Sue Jinks-Robertson
Thom Kaufman
Nancy Keller
Justin Kumar
Jennifer Lodge
Matt Meselson
John Merriam
Stephanie Mohr
Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena
Teresa Pawlowska
Leslie Pick
Elizabeth Raleigh
Jasper Rine
Rodney Rothstein
Matthew Sachs
Trudi Schupbach
Warren Shore
Piali Sengupta
William Sullivan
Lorraine Symington and Bill Holloman
Kelly Tatchell
Jeremy Thorner
David Threadgill
Mariana Wolfner
Chaoting Wu
Michael Young
Hong Yu
Silver Level ($500–$999)
Anonymous (2)
Karen Artzt
Hugo Bellen
Deborah Bell-Pedersen
Philip Benfey
Joan Bennett
Kerry Bloom and Elaine Yeh
Kirsten Bomblies
Katherine Borkovich
Julie Brill
Brian Calvi
Rachel Cox
Susan Gerbi
Louise Glass
GenetiVision
Susan Gerbi
Jim Haber
Matthew Hahn
Scott Hawley
Bernadette and Charlie Holdener
Barbara Howlett
Judith Jaehning
Laura Johnston
Karam Khateeb
Tom Kornberg
Mitzi Kuroda
Michael Lynch
Anthony Mahowald
Harmit Malik
Kristi Montooth
T.D. Petes
Mark Rose
Stephen Schaeffer
Gary Stormo
Jeremy Thorner
Anne Villenueve
Judith Yanowitz
Bronze Level ($250-$499)
Anonymous (7)
Flora Banuett
David Beier
Bonita Brewer
Rebecca Burdine
Luis Corrochano
Trisha Davis
Rochelle Easton
David Garfinkel
John Gergen
Susan Gottesman
Saul Honigberg
Christina Hull
Kenneth Irvine
David Kaback
Andrew Kreuz
Danny Lew
Corinne Michels
Aaron Mitchell
Michelle Momany
Todd Nystul
Xuewen Pan
Michael Resnick
Jason Stajich
Paul Sternberg
Friend Level (<$250)
Anonymous (8)
Joseph Ardizzi
Juan Lucas Argueso
Richard Behringer
Edward Blumenthal
Charlie Boone
Stuart Brody
David Brow
Mary Clancy
Gregory Copenhaver
Dirk Jan de Koning
Arthur Edison
Cassandra Extavour
Barry Ganetzky
Erika Geisbrecht
Amy Gladfelter
Elliott Goldstein
Elizabeth Grayhack
Marc Halfon
Shin Hatakeyama
David Hill
Jay Hirsh
George Hoffman
Scott Holmes
Robert Holmgrem
Yen-Ping Hsueh
Aashiq Kachroo
William Kelly
Andrew Kern
Mary Kimble
Amanda Larracuente
Daniel Lee
Haifan Lin
Xiaorong Lin
Zhao Liu
Wolfgang Lukowitz
William McGinnis
Beth Montelone
Nathan Mortimer
Kathleen Newton
Minou Nowrousian
Kate O’Connor-Giles
Susan Parkhurst
Joe Pedrazolli
Norbert Perrimon
John Postlethwait
Jesse Raab
David Remington
Lucia Rothman-Denes
Pierre Roubertoux
Didem Sarikaya
William Saxton
Randy Schekman
Deborah Siegele
David Smyth
Nick Sokol
Franklin Stahl
Joan Steitz
Sheng Sun
Siyu Sun
Richard Tashjian
Mirka Uhlirova
Jordan Ward
Xin Xiang
Chaoyang Xue
Vikas Yadav
Oded Yarden
Virginia Zakian
Hubert Zhang