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About us

ASBMB Council

The ASBMB Council serves as an advisory board to the president and the executive director for setting priorities and strategic directions, overseeing resource allocations and ensuring that all activities align with the mission of the society.

The Council is comprised of the president, president-elect or past-president, treasurer, secretary and nine councilors. Six councilors are elected by the membership, and three are appointed by the president with the approval of the Council.

The elected president serves for one year as president-elect, two years as president and one year as past-president. The secretary and treasurer are each elected for three-year terms. In addition, the treasurer serves one year as treasurer-elect prior to taking office as treasurer. Councilors are elected for three-year terms and can be re-elected or reappointed to serve one additional term.

Officers

Joan W. Conaway

  • President (2024–2026)
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ann Stock

Ann Stock

  • Past president (2024–2025)
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
George Carman

  • Secretary (2022–2025)
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Russell DeBose–Boyd

  • Treasurer (2024–2027)
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Councilors

Suzanne Barbour

  • (2022–2025)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joan Broderick

  • (2022–2025)
  • Montana State University
Philip Cole

Philip Cole

  • (2024–2027)
  • Harvard Medical School
Charles Craik

  • (2023–2026)
  • University of California, San Francisco
Martha Cyert

  • (2024–2027)
  • Stanford University
Catherine Drennan

  • (2023–2026)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edward Eisenstein

  • (2024–2027)
  • University of Maryland
Matthew S. Gentry

  • (2022–2025)
  • University of Kentucky
Kayunta Johnson–Winters

  • (2023–2026)
  • University of Texas-Arlington

Committee chairs & Editors in chief

The chair of the Publications Committee, the editors of the society’s journals and the chairs of appointed committees also meet with the Council but have no vote.

Vahe Bandarian

  • Chair, Meetings Committee (2022–2025)
  • University of Utah
Susan J. Baserga

  • Chair, Women in Biochemistry and Microbiology Committee (2019–2025)
  • Yale University
Ileana Cristea

  • Editor, Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ & Cellular Proteomics (2024–2029)
  • Princeton University
Nicholas O. Davidson

  • Co-Editor, Journal of Lipid Research (2019-2024)
  • Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Walid Houry

  • Chair, Publications Committee (2024–2029)
  • University of Toronto
Pamela Mertz

  • Chair, Student Chapters (2023–2026)
  • St. Mary's College of Maryland
Lea Vacca Michel

  • Chair, Maximizing Access Committee (2023–2026)
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
Kerry-Anne Rye

  • Co-Editor, Journal of Lipid Research (2019-2024)
  • University of New South Wales
Christina Swords

Christina Swords

  • Chair, Science Outreach and Communication Committee (2022–2025)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alex Toker

Alex Toker

  • Editor, Journal of Biological Chemistry (2021–2025)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Nathan L. Vanderford

  • Chair, Education and Professional Development Committee (2023–2026)
  • University of Kentucky
Ann West

  • Chair, Public Affairs Advisory Committee (2023–2024)
  • University of Oklahoma