The Membership Board oversees the recruitment and retention of members on the national level, and provides resources and management support for a robust national network of regional and local professional activities through ASM Branches and Student and Postdoctoral Chapters.  The Board supports the professional development of its members, including those who are underrepresented in the sciences, by providing services such as career placement, mentoring, networking opportunities, and professional training.  In addition, the Board maintains the Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives, thereby preserving the historic contributions of microbiologists and the Society for future generations.


2012-2013 Membership Board

Chair, Membership Board
Victor J. DiRita, Ph.D. (’15)
University of Michigan

5641 Medical Sciences II

1150 Catherine Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Phone: 734-763-3531

Fax: 734-764-3562

E-mail:  vdirita@umich.edu

Chair, ASM Distinguished Lecturer Committee
Gerri Hall, Ph.D. (’15)
Medical Director in Clinical Microbiology
Cleveland Clinic, L 40/ Clinical Microbiology
Department of Clinical Pathology
Institute of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
9500 Euclid Avenue 
Cleveland, OH  44195-5140
Phone: 216-444-5990
Fax: 216-445-6984
E-mail: hallg@ccf.org

Chair, Branch Organization Committee

Michael G. Schmidt, Ph.D. (’14)
Director, Office of Special Programs and
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Microbiology and Immunology 
Medical University of South Carolina
173 Ashley Avenue BSB 206 B
PO Box 250504
Charleston, SC  29425-0504
Phone: 843-792-9532 
Fax: 843-792-2464
E-mail: schmidtm@musc.edu

Chair, Career Development Committee
Eleanor M Jennings, M.S., Ph.D.
Project Environmental Scientist
Aerobic/ Anaerobic Environmental Microbiology
Remediation Practice Network
200 Orchard Ridge Drive, Suite 101
Gaithersburg, MD   20878

Phone: 301-258-9780

Fax: 301-869-8728
Email:  eleanor.jennings@urs.com

Chair, Career Development Grants for Postdoctoral Women Committee
Millicent (“Mimi”) Goldschmidt, Ph.D. (’14)
School of Dentistry
The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
7500 Cambridge
Houston, TX  77054
Phone: 713-486-4554
E-mail: millicent.e.goldschmidt@uth.tmc.edu

Chair, Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives Committee
James A. Poupard, Ph.D. (’13)
3612 Earlham Street
Philadelphia, PA  19129
Phone: 215-438-1368
Email:  japmicro@aol.com

Chair, Student Membership Committee
Wade Bell, Ph.D. (’15)
Professor of Biology
Virginia Military Institute
203 Science Building
Lexington, VA  24450-2802
Phone: 540-464-7432
Fax: 540-464-7761
Email:  bellwe@vmi.edu

Chair, Underrepresented Members Committee
Maureen S. Wright, Ph.D. (’14)
USDA-ARS-SRRC
1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard
New Orleans, LA  70124
Phone: 504-286-4294
Fax: 504-286-4419
E-mail: maureen.wright@ars.usda.gov


Ex officio Member:

John Meyers
Director, Membership Services 
ASM Headquarters 
1752 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036 
Phone: 202-942-9253 
Fax: 202-942-9346 
E-mail: jmeyers@asmusa.org