ABSA Council
The council is the governing body of the American Biological Safety Association:
President
LouAnn Burnett, MS, CBSP
Sandia National Laboratories
louann.burnett@gmail.com
President-Elect
Barbara Fox Nellis, SM(NRCM), RBP, CBSP
Barb Nellis Consulting
bfoxnellis@verizon.net
Past President
Karen Byers, RBP, CBSP
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Karen_byers@dfci.harvard.edu
Secretary
Betty Kupskay, RBP
University of Minnesota
Kupsk001@umn.edu
Treasurer
Rosamond Rutledge-Burns, MS, CBSP
National Institute of Standards & Technology
rburns@nist.gov
Councilor
Marian Downing, RBP, CBSP
Biosafety Consultant
Mmdowning1@comcast.net
Councilor
Robert A. Heckert, DVM, PhD, CBSP
Robert Heckert Consulting, LLC
rheckert@safevet.com
Councilor
Michelle McKinney, CBSP
SAIC-TRSC
mckinneym@saic-trsc.com
Councilor
Richard Rebar, RBP, CBSP
GlaxoSmithKline
Richard.w.rebar@gsk.com

