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Center for Genetics and Society

The Center for Genetics and Society (CGS) is an American non-profit society based in Berkeley, California. It describes itself as a “social justice” organization.1)

History

In February 2019, CGS published an article authored by Pete Shanks summarizing and criticizing Bryan Bishop's venture into designer babies.2)

Organization

Personnel3)
Name Position Notes
Marcy Darnovsky Executive Director Sonoma State University, California State University East Bay
Katie Hasson Associate Director University of Southern California
Daisy Boyd Intern Mount Holyoke College, Five College Consortium
Anna Fang Intern University of California Berkeley
Connor McAllister Intern University of Tennessee
Richard Hayes Founding Executive Director Berkeley Energy and Resources Group (ERG), San Francisco Democratic Party, Sierra Club, For a Human Future
Advisory Board4)
Francine Coeytaux Chair Plan C, Pacific Institute for Women's Health, Reproductive Health Technologies Project, Pro-Choice Alliance for Responsible Research, World Health Organization (WHO), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), World Bank, Compton Foundation, California Advisory Committee on Human Cloning
Lisa Ikemoto Advisor University of California Davis School of Law, Aiko Center for Race and Nation Studies, Feminist Research Institute, Center for Science & Innovation Science (CSIS)
Kavita Ramda Advisor Open Society Foundations, Generation Equality Forum, KNR Sisters, MADRE, Ford Foundation, Global Fund for Women
Milton Reynolds Advisor Milton Reynolds Consulting, Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability, California Council for the Social Studies (CCSS), California Trout, GenWatch UK, From Small Beginnings, Facing History and Obstacles, San Mateo Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission, Literacy for Environmental Justice
Dorothy Roberts Advisor University of Pennsylvania, Juvenile Law Center, National Council for Child Protection Reform
Alexandra Minna Stern Advisor University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Sterilization and Social Justice Lab
David Winickoff Emeritus Berkeley Program in Science and Technology Studies, Science and Democracy Network, Harvard Kennedy School, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Fellows5)
Osagie Obasogie Senior Fellow University of California Berkeley School of Law, UC Berkeley - UCSF Joint Medical Program, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Lisa Ikemoto Fellow See above
Gina Maranto Fellow Abess Center for Ecosystem Science & Policy, University of Miami, The Writing Seminars
Brendan Parent Fellow NYU School of Professional Studies, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Sports and Society, New York State Bar Association, Task Force on Life and the Law
Diane Beeson Emeritus California State University East Bay, Alliance for Humane Biotechnology
Consultants6)
Emily Galpem Consultant Emily Galpem Consulting, Generations Ahead, California Adolescent Health Collaborative, Centeron Social Disparities in Health, Women's Cancer Resource Center (WCRC), Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz, Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance
Emma McDonald Consultant Boston College, AmeriCorps VISTA
Pete Shanks Consultant -

Funding

The CFS is funded by:7)

1)
About CGS. Center for Genetics and Society. Retrieved March 8, 2020, from http://archive.today/2020.03.08-202312/https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/about-us
2)
Regalado, A. (2019, February 1). The DIY designer baby project funded with Bitcoin. MIT Technology Review. https://archive.ph/lgB0w
3)
Who We Are. Center for Genetics and Society. Retrieved January 25, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.01.25-195305/https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/who-we-are
4)
Advisory Board. Center for Genetics and Society. Retrieved June 3, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220603212042/https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/advisory-board
5)
Fellows. Center for Genetics and Society. Retrieved January 26, 2023, from https://archive.ph/f4zFL
6)
Consultants. Center for Genetics and Society. Retrieved January 26, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.01.26-064332/https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/consultants
7)
2020-2021 Report on Activities. Center for Genetics and Society. Retrieved January 25, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230125192243/https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/cgs_2020-2021_annual_report_vfinal.pdf
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