Administration

Ruth Lehmann is the director of the Whitehead Institute and a world-renowned cell and developmental geneticist whose work focuses on reproduction and maternal to embryo inheritance. She has served as director since July 2020. Previously, Lehmann was the Director of the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular...

Martin Mullins joined Whitehead Institute in June 2007 as vice president, responsible for leadership, management and organization of the Institute’s administrative operations and affairs. He brings to the Institute more than thirty-five years of progressive management experience in pharmaceutical,...

Laura Sander is a financial professional who has worked in the nonprofit, for-profit, and public sectors with a focus on higher education and the nonprofit sector. She returned to the position of chief financial officer and treasurer at Whitehead Institute in 2023 after previously serving in that...

Margaret Fala is an executive leader with a history in academic and healthcare fundraising. Fala joined Whitehead Institute in 2025. Before that she was a Higher Ed and Healthcare Consulting Director at Huron Consulting Group, previously Grenzebach, Glier and Associates (GG+A). Fala also served at...