Leadership

The Epidemiology Foundation Board of Directors oversee the mission and vision of the Foundation. The Board is charged with developing the capacity and functionality of the Foundation to receive, administer, and expend funds for charitable, scientific and educational purposes consistent with the mission and activities of ACE. The Board's dedicated volunteer leaders includes epidemiologists who work in education, research, government, industry and nongovernmental organizations.

President
Michele R. Forman, PhD, FACE, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Secretary/Treasurer
Sunday Clark, ScD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York, New York

Directors
Stephen Andrew Deppen, MA, MS, PhD, Vanderbilt University
Steven J. Jacobsen, MD, PhD, FACE, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute 
Reza Jafarzadeh, PhD, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Russell S. Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 
Syed Ahsan Raza​, MD, MSc, PHDc, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Edward J. Trapido, Sc.D, FACE, LSUHSC School of Public Health, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Stephen Waring, DVM, PhD, FACE, Essentia Institute of Rural Health, Duluth, Minnesota
Jewel L. Wright, PhD, Department of Health and Human Services

Executive Director
Meagan Bowker, CAE, Albany, New York

     
(l.) Foundation President Dr. Ed Trapido presents a Foundation baseball cap to ACE President Dr. Pauline Mendola.
(r.) Foundation Board Member, Dr. Russ Kirby answers questions about the mission and work of the Foundation.