Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has elected three new members to its Board of Directors. Effective immediately, Wiley's shareholders have elected Mari J. Baker, Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, and Dr. Linda Katehi to its Board of Directors. All three were elected for the first time. Wiley's Board of Directors currently has thirteen members.
Mari J. Baker is currently a director of Velti, Inc. (VELT); an officer in the Young Presidents Organization; and a Member of the Advisory Council for Stanford University’s Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. She served on the Board of Trustees of Stanford University from 1996-2003 and continues to serve as an Emeritus Trustee.
Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau is President, California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He currently serves on the boards of the Council on Competitiveness, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, MTS Systems Corporation and Safran. He is also serving on the Academic Research Council of Singapore and the Advisory Committee of InterWest Partners. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the French Académie des Technologies.
Dr. Linda Katehi was appointed chancellor of the University of California, Davis, in 2009. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, was chair until 2010 of the President’s Committee for the National Medal of Science and of the Secretary of Commerce's committee for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
