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
The 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

Ann Stock
- ASBMB President (2022–2024)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

George Carman
- Secretary (2022–2025)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Joan W. Conaway
- President-elect (2023–2024)
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Russell DeBose–Boyd
- Interim treasurer (2023–2024)
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Voting members

Suzanne Barbour
- (2022–2025)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Joan Broderick
- (2022–2025)
- Montana State University

Charles Craik
- (2023–2026)
- University of California, San Francisco

Catherine Drennan
- (2023–2026)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Matthew S. Gentry
- (2022–2025)
- University of Kentucky

Kayunta Johnson–Winters
- (2023–2026)
- University of Texas-Arlington

Audrey Lamb
- (2021–2024)
- University of Texas at San Antonio

James Ntambi
- (2021–2024)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kelly Ten Hagen
- (2021–2024)
- National Institutes of Health
Non-voting members

Vahe Bandarian
- Chair, Meetings Committee (2022–2025)
- University of Utah

Susan J. Baserga
- Chair, Women in Biochemistry and Microbiology Committee (2019–2025)
- Yale University

A. L. Burlingame
- Editor, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics (2019–2023)
- University of California, San Francisco

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

Edward Eisenstein
- Chair, Membership Committee (2019–2025)
- University of Maryland

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

Stephen Miller
- Executive Director
- ASBMB

Saumya Ramanathan
- Chair, Education and Professional Development Committee (2022–2025)
- Fisk University

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

Christina Swords
- Chair, Science Outreach and Communication Committee (2022–2025)

Alex Toker
- Editor, Journal of Biological Chemistry (2021–2025)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Sandra Weller
- Chair, Publications Committee (2021–2026)
- University of Connecticut Health Center

Ann West
- Chair, Public Affairs Advisory Committee (2023–2024)
- University of Oklahoma