ASM Committees

Committees are the life's blood of ASM. These critical roles are filled from the ranks of ASM members. You can volunteer to join a committee on an annual basis.

American Academy of Microbiology
Governors
  • Arturo Casadevall, Chair (‘23)
  • Vanessa Sperandio, Chair-elect (’26)
  • Carey-Ann Burnham (’24)
  • Gail Cassell (’24)
  • Lynn Enquist (’24)
  • Mary Estes (’24)
  • Susan Golden (’25)
  • Jay-Terrence Lennon (’23)
  • Denise Monack (’23)
  • Barbara Murray (’23)
  • Susan Sharp ('25)
  • Susan Weiss (’25)
  • Henry Williams ('23)
  • Stefano Bertuzzi (ex officio)

Subcommittee on Elections
  • Ann Arvin, Chair ('24)
  • Hazel Barton ('24)
  • Mya Breitbart (’26)
  • Angela Caliendo (’25)
  • Sonya Dyhrman ('24)
  • Ferric Fang ('24)
  • Elodie Ghedin ('24)
  • N. Louise Glass (’26)
  • Michael J. Imperiale (’26)
  • Peter Lipke (’26)
  • Kirsten Nielsen (’26)
  • Melissa Miller ('24)
  • Nancy Moran (’25)
  • Peter Palese (’25)
  • Robin Patel (’25)
  • Lucia Rothman-Denes ('24)
  • Hank Seifert (’26)
  • Photini Sinnis (’26)
  • Steven W. Wilhelm (’26)
  • Brenda Anne Wilson (’26)

Awards
  • Irving Nachamkin, Chair (’23)
  • Gladys Alexandre (’25)
  • Esther Babady (’25)
  • James Bliska ('23)
  • Lazslo Csonka ('23)
  • Cameron Currie ('23)
  • Robert Heinzen ('23)
  • Zhengli Shi (’24)

Academy Leadership Nominating Subcommittee
  • Lynn Enquist, Chair ('23)
  • Oladele Ogunseitan (’25)
  • Fred Tenover (’24)
  • Amy Cheng Vollmer ('23)
  • Dyann Wirth ('23)

 

ASM Press Committee
  • Renée Tsolis (’25), Chair
  • Miriam Braunstein (’25)
  • David Hendrixson (’25)
  • Melissa Kendall (’25)
  • Leigh Knodler (’25)
  • Miriam Markum (’25)
  • Eric Martens (’25)
  • Jay Mellies (’25)
  • Manuela Raffatellu (’25)
  • Marvin Whiteley (’25)
  • Stefano Bertuzzi (ex officio)

Clinical and Public Health Microbiology Committee
  • Melissa Miller, Chair ('23)
  • Linoj Samuel, Vice-Chair ('23)
  • Esther Babady ('24)
  • Allen Bateman (’25)
  • Karissa Culbreath ('24)
  • Jennifer Dien Bard (’25)
  • Omai Garner ('25)
  • D. Jane Hata (’25)
  • J. Kristie Johnson ('23)
  • Preeti Pancholi ('23)
  • Matthew Pettengill ('24)
  • Audrey Schuetz ('23)
  • Susan Butler-Wu (ex officio) ('23)
  • Christina Wojewoda (CAP Guest) ('23)
  • Stefano Bertuzzi (ex officio)
  • Peggy McNult (ex officio)

Subcommittees

Clinical and Microbiology Mentoring
  • Kristie Johnson, Chair (’23)
  • Samia Naccache, Vice-Chair (’23)
  • LaTonzia Adams (’23)
  • Zenda Berrada (’25)
  • Patricia Cernoch (’23)
  • Nicole Green (’23)
  • Neil Greene (’24)
  • Mondraya Howard (’23)
  • Kurt Jude (’25)
  • Debra Myers (’23)
  • Perceus Mody (’25)
  • Phyu Thwe (’24)
  • Wilson Vientos (’25)

Coding and Reimbursement
  • Omai Garner, Chair (’25)
  • Joseph Yao, Vice-Chair (’25)
  • Adrienne Bambach (’23)
  • Amy Peace Brewer (‘23)
  • Stephen Cavalieri (’23)

Evidence-based (Laboratory Medicine) Practice Guidelines
  • Esther Babady, Chair (’24)
  • Ahmed Babiker ('25)
  • Diane Cianciminio-Bordelon ('25)
  • Tessa Karre ('25)
  • Brian Mochon ('25)
  • Amity Roberts ('25)
  • Kileen Shier ('25)

Laboratory Practices for Microbiology
  • Audrey N. Schuetz, Chair (’23)
  • Laura Filkins, Vice-Chair (‘23)
  • Neil Anderson (’23)
  • Carrie Anglewicz (’25)
  • Styliani (Stella) Antonara (‘23)
  • Peera Hemarajata (’23)
  • Romney Humphries (’23)
  • Kurt Jerke (’25)
  • Stephanie Mitchell (’23)
  • Maria Navas ('25)
  • Elizabeth Palavecino (’23)
  • Rosemary She ('25)
  • Sean Zhang ('25)

Personnel Standards and Workforce Subcommittee
  • Jennifer Dien Bard, Chair ('25)
  • April Abbott (’25)
  • Allison Eberly ('25)
  • Melissa Gitman ('25)
  • Amy Leber (’25)
  • Paul Luethy ('25)
  • Kyle Rodino ('25)

Professional Development
  • Matthew Pettengill, Chair (’24)
  • Erin Graf, Vice-Chair (’24)
  • Alexandra Bryson ('24)
  • Adam Caulfield ('24)
  • Richard Davis ('25)
  • Allison Tsan (’23)

Subcommittee on Postgraduate Educational Programs
  • D. Jane Hata, Chair (’25)
  • Joan Miguel Balada-Llasat (’23)
  • Gregory Berry (’25)
  • Laurel Glaser (’24)
  • Jocelyn Hauser (’25)
  • Reeti Khare (’25)
  • Paige Marie Kulling Larkin (’24)
  • Anu Maharjan (’24)
  • Raquel Martinez (’25)
  • Morgan Pence (’25)
  • Anthony Tran (’25)

American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM)
  • Karissa Culbreath, Chair (’24)
  • Nathan Ledeboer, Vice Chair (’24)
  • April Bobenchik (’25)
  • Blake Buchan (’25)
  • William Glover (’24)
  • Mark Gonzalez (’23)
  • Andrea Linscott (’23)

ABMM Exam Development Subcommittee
  • Blake Buchan, Chair (’25)
  • Wade Aldous (’24)
  • Kendall Bryant (’25)
  • Sanchita Das (’24)
  • Laura Filkins (’24)
  • Brian Mochon (’24)
  • Robert Tibbetts (’24)

ABMM Item Development Subcommittee
  • Nathan Ledeboer, Chair (’24)
  • Violeta Chavez (’24)
  • Richard Davis (’24)
  • Matthew England (’25)
  • Mark Gonzalez (’24)
  • Sophonie Jean (’24)
  • Paul Luethy (’25)
  • Ren Ping (’25)

ABMM Validation Subcommittee
  • Michael Backlund (’23)
  • Drew Bell (’24)
  • Stephanie Carnes (’24)
  • Lauren Cooper (’23)
  • Hannah Creager (’24)
  • Allison Eberly (’24)
  • Madiha Fida (’24)
  • Jessica Forbes (’24)
  • Heather Glasgow (’24)
  • Evann Hilt (’24)
  • Jessica Kafka (’24)
  • Subhashinie Kariyawasam (’23)
  • Rose Lee (’24)
  • Natalie Marshall (’24)
  • Isabella Martin (’24)
  • Rebekah Martin (’23)
  • Thomas McDonald (’23)
  • Ninad Mehta (’24)
  • Kaitlin Mitchell (’23)
  • Melissa Richard-Greenblatt (’24)
  • Kyle Rodino (’23)
  • Rebecca Rolon (’23)
  • Thomas McDonald (’24)
  • Nicholas Moore (’24)
  • Mimi Precit (’24)
  • Travis Price (’24)
  • Nicole Putnam (’24)
  • Eric Ransom (’24)
  • Jason Smedberg (’24)
  • Kenneth Smith (’23)
  • Emily Snavely (’24)
  • Vincent Streva (’23)
  • Giannoula Tansarli (’23)
  • Cecilia Thompson (’23)
  • Phyu Thwe (’23)
  • Rebecca Yee (’24)

 

Communications Committee
  • Tara C. Smith, Chair (‘25)
  • Helene Andrews-Polymenis (‘24)
  • Peter Chien (‘24)
  • Islam Hussein (‘24)
  • Alan Landay (‘24)
  • Jeffrey Maloy (‘23)
  • Mark Martin (‘24)
  • Kishana Taylor (’24)
  • Stefano Bertuzzi (ex officio)
  • Catherine Ort-Mabry (ex officio)

Education Committee
  • Shelley Payne, Chair (’25)
  • Michael Ibba (’24)
  • Michael Johnson (’25)
  • Amy Seigesmund (’24)
  • Aleksandra Sikora (’23)
  • Stefano Bertuzzi (ex officio)
  • Irene Hulede (ex officio)

Subcommittees

Career Development Grants for Postdoctoral Women
  • Aleksandra Sikora (’23), Chair
  • Hector C. Aguilar (’23)
  • Myron Christodoulides (’23)
  • Heidi Kaplan (’23)
  • Jyl Matson (’23)

Graduate and Postdoctoral Education
  • Michael Ibba, Chair (’24)
  • William Navarre (’24)

Minority Education
  • Michael Johnson (’25), Chair
  • Jorge Vidal (’24)
  • Michael Johnson (’23)
  • Laura Sanchez (’23)

Undergraduate Education
  • Amy Siegesmund, Chair (’24)
  • Jordan Moberg-Parker (’23)

 

Journals Committee

*all Committee Members are Editors of Chiefs

  • Patrick Schloss (’23), Chair
  • Cesar A. Arias (’25)
  • Andreas Bäumler (’27)
  • Arturo Casadevall (’25)
  • Christina Cuomo (’26)
  • Corrella Detweiler (’25)
  • Graeme Forrest (‘27)
  • Jack Gilbert (’25)
  • Felicia Goodrum (’27)
  • Michael Imperiale (’25)
  • Sue Lovett (’26)
  • Stanley Maloy (’23)
  • Alexander J. McAdam (’25)
  • Irene Newton (’23)
  • George O’Toole (’25)
  • Gemma Reguera (’26)
  • Stacey Shultz-Cherry (‘27)
  • Stefano Bertuzzi (ex officio)
  • Melissa Junior (ex officio)

Boards of Editors

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Cesar A. Arias (’25), Editorin-Chief
  • Helen Boucher (’24)
  • Alessandra Carattoli (‘24)
  • Boudewijn de Jonge (’25)
  • Andreas H. Groll (’25)
  • Benjamin Howden (’25)
  • Miguel Angel Martínez (’25)
  • Ryan Shields (’25)
  • Jared A. Silverman (’25)
  • Pranita Tamma (’24)
  • Anne-Catrin Uhlemann (’25)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Gemma Riguera (’24), Editorin-Chief
  • Gladys Alexandre (’24) 
  • Johanna Björkroth (’23)
  • Charles M. Dozois (’25)
  • Irina Druzhinina (’23)
  • Edward G. Dudley (’25)
  • Christopher A. Elkins (’23)
  • Danilo Ercolini (’24)
  • Karyn Johnson (’23)
  • Knut Rudi (’25)
  • Jeremy Semrau (’25)
  • Alfons J. M. Stams (’25)

Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • Graeme Forrest ('27), Editor in Chief
  • Mary Kazanecki Klassen- Fischer ('23)
  • Johann D. D. Pitout ('24)
  • Bobbi Pritt ('25)
  • Audrey Schuetz, Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Editor ('23)
  • Christopher Staley ('25)

EcoSal Plus
  • Susan Lovett, Editor-in-Chief ('26)
  • Sankar Adhya ('23)
  • Andreas Baumler ('23)
  • Harris Bernstein ('26)
  • Karen Bush ('26)
  • Michael Ehrminn ('23)
  • Olivier Espeli ('23)
  • Deborah Hinton ('23)
  • James Karp ('23)
  • Gregory Phillips ('23)
  • David Rasko ('23)
  • James Slauch ('23)
  • Seth Walk ('23)

Infection and Immunity
  • Andreas J. Bäumler ('27), Editor-in-Chief
  • Igor E. Brodsky ('24)
  • Sabine Ehrt ('24)
  • De'Broski R. Herbert ('23)
  • Denise M. Monack ('24)
  • Mairi C. Noverr ('24)
  • Karen Ottemann ('24)
  • Guy H. Palmer ('25)
  • Anthony R. Richardson ('24)
  • Craig R. Roy ('23)
  • Jeroen Saeij ('24)

Journal of Bacteriology
  • George O'Toole ('26), Editor- in-Chief
  • Anke Becker ('25)
  • Laurie Comstock ('24)
  • Michael Galperin ('23)
  • Tina M. Henkin ('24)
  • Roberto Kolter ('23)
  • Conrad W. Mullineaux ('25)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Alexander J. McAdam ('25), Editor-in-Chief
  • Carey-Ann D. Burnham ('24)
  • John Dekker ('24)
  • Daniel J. Diekema ('23)
  • Bradley W. Fenwick ('24)
  • Kimberley Hanson ('24)
  • Randall Hayden ('25)
  • Colleen S. Kraft, Minireview Editor ('24)
  • Nathan A. Ledeboer ('24)
  • Erin McElvania ('25)
  • Erik L. Munson ('23)
  • Bobbi Pritt ('24)
  • Sandra S. Richter ('24)
  • Patricia Simner ('25)
  • Christine Turenne ('25)
  • Yi-Wei Tang ('23)

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
  • Stanley Maloy, Editor-in- Chief ('23)
  • Loretta Brancaccio-Taras ('23)
  • Miriam Segura-Totten ('23)
  • R. Allen Helm ('23)

Journal of Virology
  • Felicia Goodrum, co-Editor- in-Chief ('27)
  • Stacey Shultz-Cherry, co- Editor-in-Chief ('27)
  • Lawrence Banks ('25) Carolyn Coyne, Minireview Editor ('25)
  • Felicia Goodrum ('24)
  • Britt Glaunsinger, Minireview Editor ('25)
  • Mark T. Heise ('23)
  • Jae U. Jung ('25)
  • Frank Kirchhoff ('24)
  • Susana López ('23)
  • J.-H. James Ou ('24)
  • Colin R. Parris ('24)
  • Theodore C. Pierson, Minireview Editor ('25)
  • Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Cover Editor [and Editor] ('25)
  • Joanna L. Shisler ('23)
  • Guido Silvestri ('23)
  • Kanta Subbarao ('25)
  • Bryan R. G. Williams ('23)

mBio
  • Arturo Casadevall ('25), Editor-in-Chief
  • Vinayaka Prasad ('25), Minireview Editor
  • Jacob Yount ('24), Minireview Editor

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
  • Corrella Detweiler ('25), Editor in Chief
  • Melissa Lodoen ('23)
  • Stanley Perlman ('24)
  • Kumaran Ramamurthy ('25)
  • Federico Rey ('25)
  • Amy Schmid ('25)
  • Michael G. Thomas ('23)
  • Blanton Tolbert ('25)
  • Julia A. Vorholt ('24)

Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Irene L. G. Newton, Editor- in-Chief ('23)
  • David A. Baltrus, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Vincent Bruno, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Christina Cuomo, Senior Editor ('23)
  • John J. Dennehy, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Steven R. Gill, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Julia Maresca, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Jelle Matthijnssens, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Catherine Putonti, Senior Editor ('23)
  • David Rasko, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Antonis Rokas, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Simon Roux, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Jason Stajich, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Kenneth Stedman, Senior Editor ('23)
  • Frank J. Stewart, Senior Editor ('23)
  • J. Cameron Thrash, Senior Editor ('23)

Microbiology Spectrum
  • Christina Cuomo, Editor-in-Chief ('26)
  • Alexandre Alanio, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Matt Anderson, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Tomefa Asempa, Senior Editor ('24)
  • John Atack, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Lea Atanasova, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Jennifer Auchtung, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Esther Babady, Senior Editor ('26)
  • Silvia Bulgheresi, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Lindsey Price Burbank, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Samuel Campos, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Swaine Chen, Senior Editor ('26)
  • Weihua Chen, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Jan Claesen, Editor-in-Chief ('26)
  • Ronald Peter de Vries, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Kristen DeAngelis, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Vincent Denef, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Jennifer Dien Bard, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Tim Downing, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Mariola Edelmann, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Kathryn Elliott, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Aude A. Ferran, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Anat Florentin, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Steven A. Frese, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Academic Gao Beile, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Neha Garg, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Young Go Yun, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Joanna Goldberg, Senior Editor ('26)
  • Henrique Gustavo Goldman, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Jeffrey Gralnick, Senior Editor ('26)
  • Kim. M. Handley, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Kevin Hockett, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Kate Howell, Senior Editor ('24)
  • F. Erik Hom, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Wang Hui, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Giuseppe Ianiri, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Paul Jensen, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Tulip Jhaveri, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Manjula Kalia, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Petros Karakousis, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Cezar Khursigara, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Jasna Kovac, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Ayush Kumar, Senior Editor ('24)
  • William Lainhart, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Christopher LaRock, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Chan Lee Soo, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Nilton Lincopan, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Wesley Scott Long, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Rebekah Martin, Editor-in- Chief ('24)
  • Angel Miguel Martinez, Senior Editor ('24)
  • JJ Miranda, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Hermine Mkrtchyan, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Heba Mostafa, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Vasant Muralidharan, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Ujjwal Neogi, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Kang Ning, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Amanda Oglesby, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Ade Oladeinde, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Eleanor Powell, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Bonnie Chase Prokesch, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Courtney J. Robinson, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Adriana Rosato, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Henning Seedorf, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Claire Shannon-Lowe, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Gaurav Sharma, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Rosemary She, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Louise Kileen Shier, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Alison Sinclair, Senior Editor ('26)
  • Wendy Szymczak, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Xiaoyu Tang, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Kevin Robert Theis, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Daria Can Tyne, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Michelle Allison Veach, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Slavena Vylkova, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Michael Woodworth, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Zech Zhenjiang Xu, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Aixin Yan, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Mee-Ngan F Yap, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Laxmi Yeruva, Senior Editor ('24)
  • Kunyan Zhang, Senior Editor ('24)

Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • TBD, Editor in Chief
  • Eric J. Bennett ('23)
  • Myriam Gorospe ('23)
  • William C. Hahn ('24)
  • Nicholas Proudfoot ('23)
  • Andre Veillette ('23)

mSphere
  • Michael Imperiale ('25), Editor-in-Chief
  • Ira Blader, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Patricia Bradford, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Sarah D'Orazio, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Paul Duprex, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Katherine McMahon, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Aaron Mitchell, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Susannah Tringe, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Vincent B. Young, Senior Editor ('24)

mSystems
  • Jack A. Gilbert ('25), Editor- in-Chief
  • Ileana M. Cristea, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Pieter C. Dorrestein, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Jonathan A. Eisen, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Julie A. Huber, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Janet K. Jansson, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Rob Knight, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Katherine S. Pollard, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Jeroen Raes, Senior Editor ('25)
  • Katrine Whiteson, Senior Editor ('25)

Meetings Strategy Committee
  • Victor DiRita, Interim Chair
  • Stefano Bertuzzi (ex officio)
  • Jennifer Tomb (ex officio)

Subcommittees

ASM Conference on Biofilms Program Committee
  • Sheyda Azimi (’22)
  • Ehud Banin (’22)
  • Courtney Dial
  • Jean-Pierre
  • Fabrice Alain Filloux (’22)
  • Derek Fleming (’22)
  • William Fuqua (’22)
  • Jennifer Lynn Greenwich (’22)
  • Maria Hadjifrangiskou (’22)
  • Susan HauBler
  • Birthe Kjellerup (’22)
  • Michal Natan
  • Dean A. Rowe-Magnus (’22)
  • Kendra Rumbaugh (’22)
  • Mark Schembri (’22)
  • Paul Stoodley (’22)
  • Karen L. Visick (’22)
  • Benjamin Wucher (’22)

ASM Conferences Committee
  • Theodore Bruno (’23)
  • Jeanne Jordan (’23)
  • Frederick Nolte (’23)

ASM Microbe Program Committee
  • Yvette McCarter, Co-Chair (’23)
  • Pamela A. Brown (’24)
  • Cornelia Clancy (’24)
  • Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler (’24)
  • Sanchita Das (’24)
  • Boghuma Kabisen Titanji (’24)
  • Karine Gibbs (’23)
  • Nkrumah Grant (’23)
  • Jennifer Guthrie (’24)
  • Birthe Kjellerup (’23)
  • Britt Koskella (’23)
  • Vincent Lee (’24)
  • Seema Mattoo (’24)
  • Ivan Nikel Pablo (’23)
  • Krisztina Papp-Wallace (’23)
  • Tatiana Pinto (’23)
  • Michael Pucci (’23) 
  • Gowri Satyanarayana (’23)
  • Lisa Stempak (’24)
  • Lindsay Stevenson (’24)
  • Edward Swords (’23)
  • Eric Wenzler (’24)
  • Aaron Thomas Whiteley (’23)
  • Rebecca Yee (’24)
  • Mariana Castanheira, Track Leader (’24)
  • Kathryn Elliott, Track Leader (’23)
  • Erica Majumder, Track Leader (’23)
  • Krishana Rao, Track Leader (’23)
  • Robert Tibbetts, Track Leader
  • Yvette McCarter, Co-Chair (’23)

Biothreats Program Committee
  • Jean-Pierre Fabrice (’23)

Clinical Virology Symposium Program Subcommittee
  • Ana Maria Cardenas (’23)
  • Jeanne Jordan (’23)
  • Frederick Nolte (’23)
  • Kirsten St. George (’23)

Membership Committee
  • Steven Specter (’23), Chair
  • Briana Burton (‘24)
  • Joanna Karczewska-Golec (’24)
  • Tomislav Mestrovic (’25)
  • Matt Tuttle (’23)
  • Christopher Woods (’24)
  • Stephen Young (’23)
  • Stefano Bertuzzi (ex officio)
  • Janet Hedrick (ex officio)

Subcommittees

ASM Distinguished Lecturers
  • Briana Burton (’24), Chair
  • Francisco Diez-Gonzalez (’23)
  • Karl Klose (’23)
  • Nancy Miller (’24)

Branch Organization
  • Stephen Young (’23), Chair
  • Merrilee Anderson (’24)
  • Wade Bell (’25)
  • Bonnie Jo Bratina (’23)

Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives
  • Tomislav Mestrovic (’24), Chair
  • Melanie Armstrong (’25)
  • Joan Bennett (’23)
  • Franklin R. Champlin (’23)
  • Shahana Kazmi (’23) 
  • Karen B. Scholtohf (’24)

Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities
  • Luis Martinez, Acting Chair
  • Members TBD

Status of Women in Microbiology
  • Melanie Mormile, Acting Chair
  • Members TBD

Sustainable Development
  • Chris Woods (’24), Chair
  • Diane Flayhart (’24)
  • Vanessa Moeder (’24)
  • Lamorde Mohammed (’24)
  • Cathy Petti (’24)
  • Estee Torok (’24)

Public and Scientific Affairs Committee
  • Stacey Schultz-Cherry (’25), Chair
  • Nisha Garg (’25)
  • Bill Goldman (’25)
  • Erica Hartmann (’25)
  • Margie Lee (’25)
  • Linoj Samuel (ex officio)
  • Stefano Bertuzzi (ex officio)
  • Allen Segal (ex officio)x