ACM Boards and Committees

ACM offers opportunities for members to volunteer at all levels of the organization. Volunteers have a direct and critical impact on ACM’s governance through ACM Council, the highest governing authority, and numerous boards, committees and task forces.

 

  • ACM Council

    President
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    Vice President
      Elisa Bertino  
    Secretary/ Treasurer
      Rashmi Mohan
    Publications Board Co-Chair
      Wendy Hall  
      Divesh Srivastava  
    SIG Governing Board Chair
      Neha Kumar  
    SGB Council Representative
      Jens Palsberg  
      Vivek Sarkar  
      Thomas Zimmermann  
    Past President
      Gabriele Kotsis  
    Member-at-Large
      Tom Crick  
      Alison Derbenwick Miller  
      Odest Jenkins  
      John Kim
      Tanara Lauschner
      Alejandro Saucedo
      Michelle Zhou  

  • Audit Committee

    Chair
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    Member
      Elisa Bertino  
      Rashmi Mohan

  • Awards Committee

    Co-Chair
      Roy Levin
      Gabriele Kotsis  
    ACM A. M. Turing Award
      Pat  Hanrahan  
    ACM Prize in Computing
      Peter Druschel
    ACM Athena Lecturer Award
      Briana  Bettin
    ACM Charles P. "Chuck" Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award
      Dahlia  Malkhi  
    ACM Distinguished Service Award
      P J  Narayanan  
    ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
      Gustavo Alonso  
    ACM Gordon Bell Prize
      Barbara Chapman
    ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award
      Jelani  Nelson
    ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award
      Tim Bell  
    ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
      Sergey  Yekhanin
    ACM Policy Award
      Lorraine Kisselburgh  
    ACM Software System Award
      Theo  Ezell Schlossnagle  
    Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award
      Chris  L. Hankin  
    ACM Fellows
      Michael J Franklin  
      Nuria Oliver  
    ACM Headquarters Liaison
      Jade Morris

  • ACM Executive Committee

    President
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    Vice-President
      Elisa Bertino  
    Secretary/ Treasurer
      Rashmi Mohan
    SIG Governing Board Chair
      Neha Kumar  
    Past President
      Gabriele Kotsis  

  • ACM Risks Forum

    Chair
      Peter Neumann

  • Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE)

    Chair
      Marty Wolf  
    Vice Chair
      Catherine Flick  
    Secretary
      Keith Miller  
    Past Chair
      Don Gotterbarn  
    Educational Coordinator
      Michael Kirkpatrick  
    Social Media Coordinator
      Karla Carter  
    Technical Coordinator
      Bo Brinkman  
    Code Outreach Coordinator
      Catherine Flick  
    Publications Liaison
      Jesmin Jahan Tithi
    Member
      Sally Applin
      Richard Blumenthal  
      Emanuelle Burton
      Kenneth Christensen
      Shannon French
      Frances Grodzinsky  
      Kai Kimppa  
      Evelyn Lulis
      Helena Mentis  
      Thomas Owens
      Norberto Patrignani
      Tom Yeh

  • History Committee

    Chair
      Kim Tracy  
    Past Chair
      Barbara Boucher Owens  
    Member
      Vicki Almstrum  
      Troy Astarte
      David Brock
      Jonathan Grudin  
      Carol Hutchins
      David Kasik  
      Anna Loup
      Sachin Maheshwari
      Andrew McGee
      Mara Mills
      Dag Spicer
      John Tucker
      Jeffrey Yost
    SGB Liaison
      Kim Tracy  

  • Investment Committee

    Chair
      Stuart Feldman  
    Member
      Erik Altman  
      John West  

  • Digital Library Board

    Chair
      Jack Davidson  
    Member
      Phoebe Ayers  
      Stephen Downie
      Michael Ley  
      Michael Nelson  
      George Neville-Neil  
      Natasha Noy  
      Cherri Pancake  
      Theo Schlossnagle  
      Harald Störrle  
      Julie Williamson  

  • Education Board

    Co-Chair
      Alison Derbenwick Miller  
      Briana Morrison  
    Past Chair
      Elizabeth Hawthorne  
    Member-at-Large
      Alison Clear  
      Thomas Cortina  
      Judith Gal-Ezer  
      Amruth Kumar  
      Paul Leidig  
      Fay Cobb Payton  
      Tamara Pearson  
      Susan Reiser  
      Mihaela Sabin  
      Cara Tang  
    CSTA
      Jake Baskin  
    ACM Headquarters (Education Manager)
    Yan Timanovsky  
    Advisor
      Chris Stephenson  

  • Education Advisory Committee

    Member
      Amadeo Arguelles  
      Brett Becker  
      David Joyner  
      Stephanie Ludi  
      Joseph Maguire  
      Shuhan Majid
      Janice Mak
      Alvaro Monge  
      Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende
      Christian Servin  
      Venky Shankararaman
      Cindy Tucker  
      Stuart Zweben  
    Chair, Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges
      Markus Geissler
    NDC Committee Representative
      Jodi Tims  
      Stuart Zweben  
    SIGCSE Representative
      Rodrigo Duran
    SIGCAS Representative
      Richard Blumenthal  
    SIGCHI Representative
      Olivier St-Cyr  
    SIGGRAPH Representative
      Susan Reiser  
    SIGHPC Representative
      Steven Gordon  
    SIGPLAN Representative
      Matthias Hauswirth  
    SIGITE Representative
      Christian Servin  
    Headquarters Liaison
    Yan Timanovsky  

  • Education Policy Committee

  • Practitioner Board

    Chair
      Sophie Watson
    Vice Chair
      Marlene Mhangami
    Past Chair
      Terry Coatta  
      Stephen Ibaraki
    DSP Committee Chair
      Gavin Doherty  
    Local Mentoring Committee Chair
      Andrew Conklin
    Professional Development Committee Chair
      Stephen Ibaraki
    Member
      Andrew Conklin
      Juan Miguel De Joya  
      Scott Hanselman  
      Sabrina Hsueh
      Bruke Kifle
      Hemant Pande
      Philip Roth  
      Harald Störrle  

  • Distinguished Speaker Committee

    Member
      Mashhuda Glencross  
      Madhavan Mukund
      Alexandre Renteria
      Yogesh Simmhan
      Leonel Sousa  
      Pedro Trancoso
      Bebo White

  • Local Mentoring Committee

    Chair
      Andrew Conklin
    Member
      Riya Charaya
      Edward Freedman
      Sonia Garcha
      Steve Nouri
      Marc Temkin
      Grace Ufeoshi

  • Minigraphs Committee

    Chair
      Hemant Pande
    ACM HQ Liaison
      Yan Timanovsky  

  • Professional Development Committee

    Chair
      Stephen Ibaraki
    Past Chair
      Eve Andersson  
    Member
      Susan Black
      Juan Miguel De Joya  
      Don Gotterbarn  
      Scott Hanselman  
      Dominic Holt
      Bradley Jensen  
      Bruke Kifle
      Srikantan Moorthy
      Will Tracz  
      Sophie Watson

  • Publications Board

    Co-Chair
      Wendy Hall  
      Divesh Srivastava  
    Member
      Tom Crick  
      Jack Davidson  
      Michael Heroux  
      Michael  Kirkpatrick  
      James Larus  
      Marc Najork  
      Beng Chin Ooi  
      Mauro Pezzè  
      Francesca Rossi  
      Robert Schnabel  
      Stuart Taylor
      Bhavani Thuraisingham  
      Adelinde Uhrmacher  
      Philip Wadler  
      John West  
      Min Zhang
    SGB Liaison
      Jonathan Aldrich  
    ACM HQ Liaison
      Scott Delman  

  • SIG Governing Board

    SIGACCESS Chair
      Matt Huenerfauth  
    SIGACT Chair
      Funda Ergun
    SIGAI Chair
      Sanmay Das  
    SIGAPP Chair
      Tei-Wei Kuo  
    SIGARCH Chair
      Natalie Enright Jerger  
    SIGBED Chair
      Xue (Steve) Liu  
    SIGBio Chair
      May Dongmei Wang  
    SIGCAS Chair
      Michelle Trim  
    SIGCHI President
      Neha Kumar  
    SIGCOMM Chair
      Matthew Caesar
    SIGCSE Chair
      Alison Lynne Clear  
    SIGDA Chair
      Wanli Chang
    SIGDOC Chair
      Huiling Ding
    SIGecom Chair
      Michal Feldman  
    SIGEnergy Chair
      David Irwin
    SIGEVO Chair
      Peter A.N. Bosman
    SIGGRAPH Chair
      Eakta Jain  
    SIGHPC Chair
      Christine Harvey  
    SIGIR Chair
      Vanessa Murdock
    SIGITE Chair
      Christian Servin  
    SIGKDD Chair
      Wei Wang  
    SIGLOG Chair
      Catuscia Palamidessi
    SIGMETRICS Chair
      Mor Harchol-Balter  
    SIGMICRO Chair
      Reetuparna Das
    SIGMIS Chair
      Damien Joseph  
    SIGMM Chair
      Alberto Del Bimbo  
    SIGMOBILE Chair
      Lili Qiu  
    SIGMOD Chair
      Divyakant Agrawal  
    SIGOPS Chair
      Haibo Chen  
    SIGPLAN Chair
      Andrew Myers  
    SIGSAC Chair
      XiaoFeng Wang
    SIGSAM Chair
      Clément Pernet  
    SIGSIM Chair
      Andreas Tolk  
    SIGSOFT Online Chair
      Marsha Chechik
    SIGSPATIAL Chair
      John Krumm
    SIGUCCS Chair
      Melisa Tanger-Brown  
    SIGWEB Chair
      Eelco Herder

  • SGB Executive Committee

    SIG Governing Board Chair
      Neha Kumar  
    SGB EC Vice Chair for Operations
      Christine Harvey  
    SIG Development Advisor
      Brad A. A. Lawrence
    SGB Conference Advisor
      Lili Qiu  
    New SIG Advisor
      Vijaykrishnan Narayanan  
    SIG Viability Advisor
      Adrienne Decker  
    SIG Awards Advisor
      Natalie Enright Jerger  
    Publications Advisor
      Jonathan Aldrich  
    SIG Board Past Chair
      Jens Palsberg  
    SGB Council Representative
      Vivek Sarkar  
      Thomas Zimmermann  
    ACM Headquarters SIG Liaison
      Donna Cappo

  • Regional Councils

  • ACM Europe Council

    Chair
      Rosa Badia  
    Vice Chair
      Panagiotis Papadimitratos  
    Secretary/ Treasurer
      Bran Knowles  
    Past Chair
      Chris Hankin  
    Member
      Anastasia Ailamaki  
      Michael Caspersen  
      Manuel Hermenegildo  
      Eshcar Hillel
      Rute Sofia  
    ACM Europe Education Committee Chair
      Judith Gal-Ezer  
    ACM President, ex officio
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    Informatics Europe (IE) Liaison
      Jean-Marc Jezéquél  
    European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics ((ERCIM) Liaison
      Han La Poutre

  • ACM India Council

    President
      Meenakshi D'Souza
    Vice President
      Ponnurangam Kumaraguru  
    Secretary/ Treasurer
      Sachin Lodha
    Member
      Shweta Agrawal
      Aritra Banik
      Ranjita Bhagwan  
      Maria Choudhary
      Amey Karkare
      Viraj Kumar  
      Sudip Misra  
      Shourya Roy
      Vipul Shah
      Yogesh Simmhan  
      Revathi Venkataraman
      R. Venkateswaran
    Past President
      Venkatesh Raman
    ACM India COO
      Chandrashekhar Sahasrabudhe
    ACM India COO Designate
      Ranga Rajagopal

  • ACM China Council

    Chair
      Huadong Ma

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council

    Co-Chairs
      Stephanie Ludi  
    Past Chairs
      Lisa Smith
    Co-Chair, ACM-W
      Rukiye Altin  
      Bushra Anjum
    Members
      Daniel Acuña
      Hemangee Kapoor  
      Cristiano Maciel  
      Timothy Pinkston  
      Alain Tchana
      Sophie Watson
      Sachiko Yoshihama
    Liaisons
      Yolanda Rankin  

  • ACM-W Committee Leadership

    Co-Chair
      Rukiye Altin  
      Bushra Anjum
    ACM HQ Liaison
      Pat Ryan

  • ACM Technology Policy Council

    Chair
      Virginia Dignum
    Past Chair
      James Hendler  
    Vice Chair / SIG Representative
      Jeanna Matthews  
    Chair, US Technology Policy Committee
      Larry Medsker  
    Chair, Europe Technology Policy Committee
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
    Chair, TechBriefs Committee
      Jody Westby
    SIG Representatives
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
    At-Large Members
      Virgilio Almeida  
      Vinton Cerf  
      Paola Inverardi  
      P J Narayanan  
      Barbara Simons  
      Daniel Weitzner  
    Ex-Officio Members
      Vicki Hanson  
      Yannis Ioannidis  
      Pat Ryan

  • U.S. Technology Policy Committee

    Chair
      Larry Medsker  
    Vice Chair
      Jody Westby
    Past Chair
      James Hendler  
      Charles Brownstein
      Edward Felten  
      Stuart Shapiro  
      Barbara Simons  
      Eugene Spafford  
    Accessibility Subcommittee Chair
      John Murray  
    AI & Algorithms Subcommittee Co-Chairs
      Jeanna Matthews  
    Digital Governance Subcommittee Chair
      Simson Garfinkel  
    Intellectual Property Subcommittee Chair
      Paul Hyland
    Law Subcommittee Chair
      Andrew Grosso  
    Privacy Subcommittee Chair
      Brian Dean
    Security Subcommittee Co-Chairs
      Carl Landwehr  
      Alec Yasinsac  
    Voting Subcommittee Co-Chairs
      Andrew Appel  
      Douglas Jones  
    Members-at-Large
      Joshua Kroll  
    Europe Technology Policy Committee Chair, ex officio
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
    ACM CEO, ex officio
      Vicki Hanson  
    ACM COO, ex officio
      Pat Ryan
    ACM President, ex officio
      Yannis Ioannidis  

  • ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee

    Chair
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
    Executive Committee
      Chris Hankin  
      Manuel Hermenegildo  
      Paola Inverardi  
    Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee, Chair
      Alejandro Saucedo
    Autonomous Systems Subcommittee, Chair
      Gerhard Schimpf  
    Climate Change Subcommittee, Chair
      Bran Knowles  
    Cybersecurity Subcommittee, Chair
      Chris Hankin  
    Data Science Subcommittee, Chair
      Andrew McGettrick  
    Members-at-Large
      Manuel Hermenegildo  
      Paola Inverardi  
      Enrico Nardelli  
      Gürkan Solmaz  
    ACM President, ex officio
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    ACM Europe Council Chair, ex officio
      Rosa Badia  
    Senior Advisor, ex officio
      Fabrizio Gagliardi
    ACM Technology Policy Council Chair, ex officio
      Virginia Dignum
    ACM Technology Policy Council Vice Chair, ex officio
      Jeanna Matthews  
    ACM US Technology Policy Committee Chair, ex officio
      Larry Medsker  
    ACM Chief Executive Officer, ex officio
      Vicki Hanson  
    ACM Chief Operating Officer, ex officio
      Patricia Ryan
    Past Chair
      Chris Hankin  

  • TechBriefs Committee

    Chair
      Jody Westby
    Past Chair
      Stuart Shapiro  
    Members
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
      Jean Camp  
      Sorelle Friedler  
      Andrew Grosso  
      James Hendler  
      Bran Knowles  
      Andrew McGettrick  
      Larry Medsker  
      John Murray  
      Kashyap Tumkur  

  • ACM Representatives to Other Organizations

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
      Alexander Wolf  
    Computing Sciences Accreditation Board, Inc. (CSAB)
      Scott Murray  
    Computing Research Association (CRA)
      Eugene Spafford  

  • Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)

    Executive Director
      Jake Baskin  

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