ASA Committees 2024-2025

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

  • Charles “Chip” Muller (Secretary)

Constitution & Bylaws Committee

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

Ethics Committee

  • Charles “Chip” Muller (Chair)
  • To be assembled ad hoc

Development Standing Committee

  • Alexander Pastuszak (Director, Chair)
  • Hooman Sadri (Director, Chair)
  • Betsy Cairo
  • Kevin Campbell
  • Martine Culty
  • Alan Diekman
  • George Gerton
  • Scott Lundy
  • Kyle Orwig (Ex Officio, President) 
  • Bernard Robaire
  • Ken Roberts (Ex Officio, Treasurer)
  • Susan Rothmann
  • 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)
  • Morgan Feuz (Senior Trainee Representative)
  • Maria Camila Hoyos Sanchez (Junior Trainee Representative)

Membership Committee

  • Jennifer Hughes (Chair)
  • Maria Christina Avellar
  • Martine Culty
  • Alan Diekman
  • Amin Herati
  • Kenley Joule Pierre
  • Kassim Traore
  • Margarita Vigodner

Trainee Affairs Committee

  • Juliana Perobelli (Chair)
  • Richard Pilsner (Chair)
  • Sarah Moody
  • Karine de Mattos
  • Marcella Araujo
  • Juan Ferreira

    Professional & Educational Resources Standing Committee

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

    2026 Program Committee

    • Scott Lundy (Program Co-Chair)
    • Celia Santi (Program Co-Chair)
    • Juan Andino
    • Patricia Cuasnicú
    • Sue Hammoud
    • Mirella Meyer-Ficca
    • Cathy Nam
    • Robert Viger
    • Pablo Visconti

    Andrology Lab Workshop Committee

    • Suresh C. Sikka (Chair)
    • Manesh Kumar Panner Selvam (Vice Chair)
    • Maria Christina Avellar
    • Jorge Hallak
    • Matthew C. Hudnall
    • Charles “Chip” Muller
    • Hooman Sadri-Aredekani

    Future Meetings Committee

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

    Basic Science Workshop Committee

    • Klementina Fon Tacer (Chair)
    • Mirella Meyer-Ficca (Co-Chair)
    • Tracy Clement
    • Chris Geyer
    • Mariana Ianello Giasetti
    • Ana Lima
    • Makoto Nagano
    • Cristian O’Flaherty
    • Victor Ruthig
    • Eoin Whelan
    • Morgan Feuz (trainee)
    • Maria Camila Hoyos Sanchez (trainee)

    Local Arrangements Committee

    • Pierre Comizzoli (Chair)

    Women in Andrology Committee

    • Klementina Fon Tacer (Chair)
    • Maria Teves (Co-Chair)
    • Maria Christina Avellar
    • Maria Battistone
    • Shweta Bhagwat
    • Vanessa Brouard
    • Tracy Clement
    • Martine Culty
    • Carolina Jorgez
    • Kate Loveland
    • Mirella Meyer-Ficca
    • Gayatri Mohanty
    • Bernard Robaire
    • Celia Santi
    • Mary Samplaski
    • Elizabeth Snyder

    Communication, Heritage, & Awards Standing Committee

    • Maria Agustina Battistone (Director)

    Communications Committee

    • Maria Christina W. Avellar (Chair)

    Archives & History

    • Ralph Meyer (chair)
    • Sally Perrault Darney
    • George Gerton
    • Bernard Robaire
    • Ronald S. Swerdloff
    • Jacquetta Trasler

    Awards Committee

    • Miles Wilkinson (Chair)
    • John Amory (advisory/non-voting)
    • Michael Eisenberg
    • Brian Hermann
    • Kathleen Hwang
    • Dolores Lamb
    • Kirk Lo
    • Stephanie Page
    • Gail Prins
    • Bernard Robaire
    • Eric Seaman

    Extramural Liaison Standing Committee

    • Jannette Dufour (Director)
    • Klementina Fon Tacer (Director)

    North American Testis Workshop Program Committee

    • Robert Viger (Chair)
    • Monika Ward (Vice-chair)
    • Jannette Dufour
    • Tony Defalco
    • Geraldine Delbes
    • Brian Hermann
    • Sarah Kimmins
    • Polina Lishko
    • Scott Lundy
    • Erika Matunis
    • Jon Oatley
    • Rodolfo Rey
    • Jacques Tremblay

    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
    • Marie-Claude Hofmann
    • Dolores Lamb

    Public Affairs Committee

    • Maria Christina W. Avellar (Chair)

    Nominating Standing Committee

    • John Amory (Chair)
    • Kate Loveland 
    • Patricia Cuasnicu
    • Marie-Claude Hofmann
    • Mark Sigman
    • Elizabeth Snyder
    • Pablo Visconti

    Updated 24 June 2025