ASBMB Council
About the 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.
Committee members
ASBMB is governed by a Council 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 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.
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

Toni M. Antalis
- ASBMB President (2020–2022)
- University of Maryland School of Medicine

Gerald Hart
- Past president
- University of Georgia

Joan W. Conaway
- Treasurer (2019–2022)
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Wei Yang
- Secretary (2019–2022)
- National Institutes of Health
Voting members

Suzanne Barbour
- (2019-2022)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Joan Broderick
- (2019-2022)
- Montana State University

Charles Craik
- (2020–2023)
- University of California, San Francisco

Matthew S. Gentry
- (2019-2022)
- University of Kentucky

Susanna Greer
- (2020–2023)
- American Cancer Society

Audrey Lamb
- (2018-2021)
- University of Texas at San Antonio

James Ntambi
- (2018-2021)
- University of Wisconsin, Madison

Takita Felder Sumter
- (2020–2023)
- Winthrop University

Kelly Ten Hagen
- (2018-2021)
- National Institutes of Health
Non-voting members

Cheryl Bailey
- Chair, Education and Professional Development Committee (2019–2022)
- Mount Mary University

Susan J. Baserga
- Chair, Women in Biochemistry and Microbiology Committee (2019–2022)
- Yale University

A. L. Burlingame
- Editor, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
- University of California, San Francisco

Nicholas O. Davidson
- Co-Editor, Journal of Lipid Research (2019-2024)
- Washington University School of Medicine

Edward Eisenstein
- Chair, Membership Committee (2019–2022)
- University of Maryland

Sonia C. Flores
- Chair, Minority Affairs Committee (2017–2020)
- University of Colorado School of Medicine

Lila Gierasch
- Editor, Journal of Biological Chemistry
- University of Massachusetts

Terri Goss Kinzy
- Chair, Public Affairs Advisory Committee (2019-2022)
- Western Michigan University

Daniel M. Raben
- Chair, Meetings Committee (2019–2022)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Rajini Rao
- Chair, ASBMB Today Editorial Advisory Board (2019–2021)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Kerry-Anne Rye
- Co-Editor, Journal of Lipid Research (2019-2024)
- University of New South Wales

Sandra Weller
- Chair, Publications Committee (2016–2021)
- University of Connecticut Health Center

Nicole C. Woitowich
- Chair, Committee on Science Outreach and Communication (2019–2022)
- Northwestern University

Barbara A. Gordon
- Executive Director
- ASBMB