Nancy Beang has been the Executive Director of the
Society for Neuroscience for the past 18 years
during which time it has grown from 6,000 members to
more than 28,000 members today and has established itself as the world's
most active and respected organization devoted to
advancing the interests of the neuroscience
research community. In addition to providing the
primary forum for the presentation of the exchange
of neuroscience research among researchers, the Society has a successful
track record of informing the public and the press of the critical
contributions of neuroscience over they years: of keeping the membership
informed of legislative issues of importance and, in turn, taking the neuroscience community's interests in the funding and
legislative arena to our lawmakers through
congressional testimony and visits, and other
legislative support.
Nancy has always demonstrated support and commitment
to the endeavors and growth of ANDP. She saw the
creation of ANDP, and in 1992, ANDP's administration
was brought into the Society office, where ANDP prospered greatly
through the use of many Society resources, including
Nancy and her hard working staff, in particular Kelli Mills.
As evidence of this evolution, during the six years it
was under the Society's roof ANDP grew from
approximately 100 members to 250 members including
programs abroad. ANDP has had so much success in recent
years through the support of Nancy and her fine staff that in 1999, ANDP
left the Society's Central Office.
Of course, ANDP continues to enjoy a close alliance
with Nancy and the Society: ANDP
is represented on the Society's GPA Committee as well as the METPAC
Committee dedicated to minority neuroscience education. The ANDP
President has the ear of SFN's Council at its biannual meeting to
discuss activities and mutual interests.
And, of course, we benefit greatly from the
opportunity to present many of our programs --
including the Workshop on Job Seeking, Graduate Student
Forum -- during the Society's Annual Meeting.
Nancy Beang has been the Executive Director of the
Society for Neuroscience for the past 18 years
during which time it has grown from 6,000 members to
more than 28,000 members today and has established itself as the world's
most active and respected organization devoted to
advancing the interests of the neuroscience
research community. In addition to providing the
primary forum for the presentation of the exchange
of neuroscience research among researchers, the Society has a successful
track record of informing the public and the press of the critical
contributions of neuroscience over they years: of keeping the membership
informed of legislative issues of importance and, in turn, taking the neuroscience community's interests in the funding and
legislative arena to our lawmakers through
congressional testimony and visits, and other
legislative support.