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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 |
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