ASA Committees 2023-2024

Standing Committees are Chaired by Elected officers and are named in UPPERCASE.  

Each Standing Committee has oversight of Board Approved Committees, named in Sentence Case.

Governance Standing Committee

  • Matthew Marcello (Secretary)

Constitution & Bylaws Committee

  • Daniel Spade (Chair)
  • John Amory
  • Tracy Clement
  • George Gerton
  • Robert Viger

Ethics Committee

  • Matthew Marcello (Chair)
  • To be assembled ad hoc

Development Standing Committee

  • Kyle Orwig (Director, Chair)
  • Jon Oatley (Director, Chair)
  • Omer Raheem (Co-Chair)
  • Betsy Cairo
  • Kevin Campbell
  • Martine Culty
  • Alan Diekman
  • George Gerton
  • Kate Loveland (Ex Officio, President)
  • Scott Lundy
  • Bernard Robaire
  • Ken Roberts (Ex Officio, Treasurer)
  • Susan Rothman
  • Peter Schlegel
  • James Smith
  • Wei Yan

Finance Standing Committee

  • The Board of Directors serves as committee of the whole.

Member Relations Standing Committee

  • Margarita Vigodner (Director)
  • Jennifer Hughes (Director)
  • Amin Herati (Director)
  • Sarah Moody (Senior Trainee Rep)
  • Karine De Mattos (Junior Trainee Rep)

Membership Committee

  • Martine Culty (Chair)
  • Jennifer Hughes (co-Chair)
  • Maria Christina Avellar
  • Karine de Mattos
  • Alan Diekman
  • Amin Herati
  • Sarah Moody
  • Kenley Joule Pierre
  • Kassim Traore
  • Margarita Vigodner

Trainee Affairs Committee

  • Ryan Flannigan (Chair)
  • Juliana Perobelli (Chair)
  • Sarah Moody
  • Karine de Mattos
  • Marcella Araujo
  • Juan Ferreira

Diversity Committee

  • Carolina Jorges (Chair)
  • Pablo Visconti (Chair)
  • Roland Akhigbe
  • Maria Christiana Avellar
  • Juan Ferreira
  • Banafahe Gholamhoseini
  • Peter Liu
  • Gayatri Mohanti
  • Hooman Sadri
  • Ana Maria Salicioni
  • Gunapala Shetty

Professional & Educational Resources Standing Committee

  • Tracy Clement (Director)
  • Mirella Meyer-Ficca (Director)
  • Cristian O’Flaherty (Director)

2024 Annual Meeting Program Committee

  • Tim Jenkins (Co-Chair)
  • Akanksha Mehta (Co-Chair)
  • Mark Sigman

Andrology Lab Workshop Committee

  • Suresh C. Sikka (Chair)
  • Manesh Kumar Panner Selvam (Vice Chair)
  • Anna-Marie Bort
  • Jorge Hallak
  • Matthew C. Hudnall
  • Charles Muller
  • Omer Raheem
  • Hooman Sadri-Ardekani

Future Meetings Committee

  • John McCarrey (Chair)
  • Alan Diekman
  • Carlinda Jorgez
  • Wei Yan

Basic Science Workshop Committee

  • Klementina Fon Tacer (Chair)

Women in Andrology Committee

  • Maria Battistone (Co-Chair)
  • Mirella Meyer-Ficca (Co-Chair)
  • Maria Christina W. Avellar
  • Shweta Bhagwat
  • Vanessa Brouard
  • Martine Culty
  • Klementia Fon Tacer
  • Jennifer R. Hughes
  • Gayatri Mohanty
  • Mary Samplaski
  • Celia Santi
  • Elizabeth Snyder

2025 ASA/International Congress of Andrology Meeting Committee

  • Csilla Krausz (Program Co-Chair)
  • Jacques Tremblay (Program Co-Chair)
  • John Amory
  • Peter Liu
  • Kate Loveland

Communication, Heritage, & Awards Standing Committee

  • Wei Yan (Director)
  • Alex Yatsenko (Director)

Communications Committee

  • Maria Christina W. Avellar (Chair)

Archives & History

  • Ralph Meyer (Chair)
  • Sally Perrault Darney
  • Barry T. Hinton
  • Kirk Lo
  • Luke Simon
  • Ronald S. Swerdloff

Awards Committee

  • Jacquetta Trasler (Chair)
  • John Amory (advisory/non-voting)
  • Michael Eisenberg
  • Brian Hermann
  • Kathleen Hwang
  • Dolores Lamb
  • Kirk Lo
  • Stephanie Page
  • Michael Palladino
  • Gail Prins
  • Bernard Robaire
  • Mary Samplaski
  • Robert Viger
  • Monika Ward

Extramural Liaison Standing Committee

  • Klementina Fon Tacer (Director)
  • Hooman Sadri (Director)

2024 North American Testis Workshop Program Committee

  • Kate Loveland (Chair)
  • Robert Viger (Vice Chair, 2026 Chair)
  • Rich Cardullo
  • Jannette Dufour
  • Klementina Fon Tacer
  • Barabara Hales
  • Robin Hobbs
  • Marie-Claude Hofmann
  • Masahito Ikawa
  • Tim Jenkins
  • Miles Wilkinson

Liaison Committee

  • Michael Eisenberg (Co-Chair)
  • Co-Chair needed

International Liaison Committee

  • Elisabetta Baldi (Co-Chair)
  • Patricia S. Cuasnicu (Co-Chair)
  • Maria Christina Avellar
  • Stepan S. Krasnyak
  • Brett Nixon
  • Christina Wang

Journal Committee

  • Daniel Cyr (Chair)
  • Sylvie Breton
  • Janette Dufour
  • Dolores Lamb

Public Affairs Committee

  • Maria Christina W. Avellar (Chair)

Nominations Standing Committee

  • Mark Sigman (Chair)
  • Maria Christina W. Avellar
  • Martine Culty
  • Jannette Dufour
  • Michael Palladino
  • Celia Santi
  • Robert Viger