Leadership Team

Fred Dylla

H. Frederick Dylla
Executive Director and CEO

H. Frederick Dylla is the Executive Director and CEO of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a not-for-profit organization which publishes scientific journals and provides a wide range of services for individual scientists, students, the general public, and its ten Member Societies devoted to physics and related sciences. more more

Richard Baccante

Richard Baccante
Treasurer and Chief Financial Office
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Richard Baccante has been the Treasurer and CFO of AIP since March 1997. He received a B.S. degree from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from The George Washington University. more more

John Haynes

John Haynes
Vice President, Publishing

Dr. Haynes received a PhD in chemistry from the University of British Columbia, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford. After two decades in the STM publishing industry, including senior positions with Institute of Physics Publishing and Royal Society of Chemistry, he joined AIP in 2009 as vice president, publishing. He holds senior management responsibility for AIP's journal publishing program, which includes AIP and Member Society partner journals.

Catherine O'Riordan

Catherine O'Riordan
Vice President, Physics Resources Center

Catherine O'Riordan is the Vice President, Physics Resources Center for the American Institute of Physics. She directs a broad portfolio of programs and services that includes AIP’s Magazine Division, the Media and Government Relations Division, the Education Division, the Center for the History of Physics, the Statistical Research Division and the Careers Division. more more

Theresa C. Braun

Theresa C. Braun
Vice President, Human Resources

Theresa C. Braun holds the position of Vice President of Human Resources with AIP. Theresa has extensive experience in the field of Human Resources and worked in a variety of industries, including pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and staffing, before joining AIP in 1979. more more

Benjamin Snavely

Benjamin Snavely
Secretary

Benjamin Snavely has served as Corporate Secretary of the American Institute of Physics since May 1999. He received his B.S. degree from Swarthmore College, M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University, and Ph.D. in engineering physics from Cornell University. more more