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

Webmaster

Boo Shan Tseng

boo.tseng 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