Catherine Roberts

Dr. Catherine A. Roberts is the Executive Director of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).

This professional society of about 30,000 members advances research and creates connections through
publishing (journals, books, and the database of the mathematics literature MathSciNet), conferences, professional programs, and advocacy.

She earned her doctorate in applied mathematics from Northwestern University and has several research publications analyzing nonlinear Volterra integral equations. She spent a decade as the Editor-in-Chief of the multidisciplinary journal Natural Resource Modeling and has a deep interest in the power of mathematical modeling to help us understand environmental challenges.

After over two decades as a college professor, Dr. Roberts now brings her problem-solving acumen to bear on larger issues facing the larger mathematics community