Mark Wrighton

Mark Stephen Wrighton currently works at BJC Health System, as Director, United Way of Greater St. Louis, as Director, The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, as Director, Concordance Academy of Leadership, as Director, Brooks Automation, Inc., as Director, Washington University in St. Louis, as Chancellor & Professor from 2011 to 2019, George Washington University, as President from 2022, American Association for the Advancement of Science, as Member, St. Louis Science Center, as Trustee, and Institute of International Education, Inc., as Trustee.
Dr. Wrighton also formerly worked at Association of American Universities, as Chairman, Business-Higher Education Forum, as Chairman, Consortium on Financing of Higher Education, as Chairman, Cabot Corp., as Independent Director from 1997 to 2021, A.G.
Edwards, Inc., as Director from 2000 to 2007, Helix Technology Corp., as Director, Veolia WTS Systems USA, Inc., as Director, OIS Optical Imaging Systems, Inc., as Director from 1995 to 2012, Azenta, Inc., as Independent Director from 2005 to 2023, Akermin, Inc., as Director from 2015 to 2017, St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association, as Director, The National Science Board, as Director from 2000 to 2006, Corning, Inc., as Independent Director from 2009 to 2025, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as Head-Chemistry Department & Professor from 1987 to 1990, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, as Member, and American Philosophical Society, as Member.
Dr. Wrighton received his undergraduate degree in 1969 from Florida State University and doctorate degree in 1972 from California Institute of Technology.