Governance & Policies

AABB is governed by its Board of Directors composed of the president, president-elect, past president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, as well as elected at-large directors, appointed directors, and directors who serve ex-officio.

Consistent with its commitment to optimal standards of care for patients and donors, the Association closely adheres to operating principles and practices that promote ethics and transparency.

2024-2025 AABB Board of Directors

Meghan Delaney, DO, MPH

President

Children’s National Hospital

Aaron A. R. Tobian, MD, PhD

Past President

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Jose Cancelas, MD, PhD, CABP

President-Elect

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

Richard Schäfer, MD, FRSB

Vice President

University of Freiburg

Delisa English, MBA

Secretary

The Blood Connection

John Hagins

Treasurer and At-Large Director Position 2

The Community Blood Center

Pampee Young, MD, PhD

At-Large Director Position 1

American Red Cross

Dawn Ward, MD, CABP

At-Large Director Position 3

UCLA Health, David Geffen School of Medicine

Don Siegel, PhD, MD

At-Large Director Position 4

University of Pennsylvania

Raymond Goodrich, PhD

At-Large Director Position 5

Colorado State University

Melissa Cushing, MD

At-Large Director Position 6

Weill Cornell Medicine

Nancy Dunbar, MD

At-Large Director Position 7

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Harpreet Sandhu, CLS (AAB), MBA, MS

At-Large Director Position 8

Stanford Blood Center

Sally A. Campbell-Lee, MD, CABP

At-Large Director Position 9

University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Suzanne Thibodeaux, MD, PhD, CABP(H)

At-Large Director Position 10

Washington University School of Medicine

Wen Lu, MD

Director (Transfusion Medicine Section Representative)

Mayo Clinic

Ronit Reich-Slotky, PhD, MSc, CABP

Director (Cellular Therapies Section Representative)

Hackensack University Medical Center

José Mauro Kutner

Appointed Director

Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein

Caroline Wesonga Wangamati, MSc, MA, BCom

Appointed Director

Coalition of Blood for Africa

Debra BenAvram, FASAE, CAE

Ex-Officio Director

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