Meet the 2025–2026 ACerS Board of Directors

Elected by the membership from among its members, The American Ceramic Society’s Board of Directors sets policy, approves the budget, makes appointments to leadership and representative positions, confers awards, and carries out other important matters for the Society. Ultimately, the board is responsible for setting the Society’s strategic direction.

Board members are elected to three-year terms. Nine voting directors serve at-large. Their terms are staggered so that a third of the at-large seats become vacant every year. The president is elected to a term of one year as a voting member. The president also serves one year in advance of his/her term as president-elect, and one year following as the immediate past president. The Society’s treasurer is appointed for a three-year term. A treasurer-elect is appointed every three years to serve a one-year term to overlap the treasurer. ACerS executive director, parliamentarian, treasurer-elect, and student member serve as non-voting, ex-officio members of the Board.

Mario Affatigato

President 2025-2026

Monica Ferraris

Past President 2025-2026

Shibin Jiang

President-elect 2025-2026

Klaus-Markus (Mark) Peters

Treasurer 2025-2028

Mark Mecklenborg

Executive Director: 2019-Present

Stephen Freiman

Parliamentarian 2024-2028

Alexandra Navrotsky

Director 2023-2026

Dileep Singh

Director 2023-2026

Todd Steyer

Director 2023-2026

Christopher Berndt

Director 2024-2027

Rodney Trice

Director 2024-2027

Ruyan Guo

Director 2024-2027

Palani Balaya

Director 2025-2028

Yiquan Wu

Director 2025-2028

Yutai Katoh

Director 2025-2028

Jack Hoffler

President's Council of Student Advisors (PCSA) Student Board Member