Branch Officers

President

Dawn Jung Sun Nice Gardiner (formerly Birdsell)

Dawn.Gardiner at nau.edu

Northern Arizona University

President-Elect

Shazia Tabassum Hakim

stabassum at dinecollege.edu

Diné College

2026 Honoree for the ASM William A. Hinton Award for Advancement of a Diverse Community of Microbiologists

COMS Councilor

TBA

Secretary

Holly Martin

holly.martin at nevadastate.edu

Nevada State University

Treasurer

Helen Wing

helen.wing at unlv.edu

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Former Presidents

2024-2025Helen Wing
University of Nevada Las Vegas
2023-2024Frank Duca & Koenraad Van Doorslaer
University of Arizona
2022-2023Ian Hogue
Arizona State University
2021-2022Amy Stone
Touro University
2019-2021Dawn Jung Sun Nice Birdsell
Northern Arizona University
2018-2019Brian Hedlund and Kurt Regner
University of Nevada Las Vegas
2017-2018VK Viswanathan
University of Arizona
2016-2017Joseph Blattman
Arizona State University