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
      John West  
    Digital Library Board Chair
      Jack Davidson  
    Publications Board Co-Chair
      Wendy Hall  
      Divesh Srivastava  
    SIG Governing Board Chair
      Jens Palsberg  
    SGB Council Representative
      Jeanna Matthews  
      Vivek Sarkar  
      Thomas Zimmermann  
    Past President
      Gabriele Kotsis  
    Member-at-Large
      Nancy Amato  
      Tom Crick  
      Susan Dumais  
      Rashmi Mohan
      Mehran Sahami  
      Alejandro Saucedo
      Michelle Zhou  

  • Audit Committee

  • Awards Committee

    Co-Chair
      Roy Levin
    ACM A. M. Turing Award
      Michael  Kearns  
    ACM Prize in Computing
      Shwetak N  N  Patel  
    ACM Athena Lecturer Award
      Elisa Bertino  
    ACM Distinguished Service Award
      Miguel  Castro
    ACM Frances E. Allen Award for Outstanding Mentoring
      Mary Jane Jane Irwin  
    ACM Gordon Bell Prize
      Barbara Chapman
    ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling Award
      John Taylor
    ACM Policy Award
      Lorraine Kisselburgh  
    ACM Headquarters Liaison
      Jade Morris

  • ACM Executive Committee

    President
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    Vice-President
      Elisa Bertino  
    Secretary/ Treasurer
      John West  
    SIG Governing Board Chair
      Jens Palsberg  
    Past President
      Gabriele Kotsis  

  • ACM Risks Forum

    Chair
      Peter Neumann

  • Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE)

    Chair
      Marty Wolf  
    Vice Chair
      Catherine Flick  

  • History Committee

    Chair
      Barbara Owens  
    Past Chair
      Charles House  

  • Investment Committee

    Chair
      Stuart Feldman  

  • Digital Library Board

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

  • Education Board

    Co-Chair
      Alison Derbenwick Miller  
      Elizabeth Hawthorne  
    Vice-Chair
      Briana Morrison  
    Past Chair
      Chris Stephenson  
    Member-at-Large
      Diana Burley  
      Thomas Cortina  
      Judith Gal-Ezer  
      Amruth Kumar  
      Paul Leidig  
      Andrew McGettrick  
      Briana Morrison  
      Fay Cobb Payton  
      Susan Reiser  
      Mihaela Sabin  
      Cara Tang  
    CSTA
      Jake Baskin  
    ACM Headquarters (ACM CEO)
      Yan Timanovsky
    Advisor
      Jane Prey  

  • Education Advisory Committee

    Member
      Megan Bowen
      Leigh Ann Delyser  
      Ellen Hause
      David Joyner  
      Alvaro Monge  
      Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende
      Tamara Pearson  
      Christian Servin  
      Venky Shankararaman
      Jodi Tims  
      Cindy Tucker  
      Ellen Walker  
      Stuart Zweben  
    Chair, Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges
      Markus Geissler
    Headquarters Liaison
      Yan Timanovsky  
    Advisor
      Alison Clear  
      Robert Schnabel  
    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  

  • Education Policy Committee

  • Practitioner Board

    Chair
      Terry Coatta  
    Vice Chair
      Marlene Mhangami
    Member
      Juan Miguel De Joya  
      Scott Hanselman  
      Sabrina Hsueh
      Grace Huang
      Bruke Kifle
      Rashmi Mohan
      Philip Roth  
      Harald Storrle  
      Sophie Watson
    Past Chair
      Stephen Ibaraki
    DSP Committee Chair
      Gavin Doherty  

  • Local Mentoring Committee

    Chair
      Andrew Conklin
    Member
      Edward Freedman
      Sonia Garcha
      Karl Herleman
      Steve Nouri
      Shyamala Prayaga
      Marc Temkin
      Grace Ufeoshi

  • Publications Board

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

  • SIG Governing Board

    SIGACCESS Chair
      Matt Huenerfauth  
    SIGACT Chair
      Tal Rabin  
    SIGAda Chair
      S Tucker Taft  
    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
      Yiran Chen  
    SIGDOC Chair
      Huiling Ding
    SIGecom Chair
      Michal Feldman  
    SIGEnergy Chair
      David Irwin
    SIGEVO Chair
      Peter A.N. Bosman
    SIGGRAPH President
      Mona Kasra
    SIGHPC Chair
      Christine Harvey  
    SIGIR Chair
      Vanessa Murdock
    SIGITE Chair
      Ray Trygstad  
    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
      Jeffrey S Foster  
    SIGSAC Chair
      Xiaofeng Wang
    SIGSAM Chair
      Clément Pernet  
    SIGSIM Chair
      Andreas Tolk  
    SIGSOFT Online Chair
      Thomas Zimmermann  
    SIGSPATIAL Chair
      John Krumm
    SIGUCCS Chair
      Melisa Tanger-Brown  
    SIGWEB Chair
      Eelco Herder

  • SGB Executive Committee

    SIG Governing Board Chair
      Jens Palsberg  
    SGB EC Vice Chair for Operations
      Neha Kumar  
    SIG Development Advisor
      Brad Lawrence
    Conference Advisor
      Lili Qiu  
    New SIG Advisor
      Lisa Brown  
    SIG Viability Advisor
      Adrienne Decker  
    SIG Awards Advisor
      Natalie Enright Jerger  
    Publications Advisor
      Jonathan Aldrich  
    SIG Board Past Chair
      Jeff Jortner  
    SGB Council Representative
      Jeanna Matthews  
      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  

  • ACM India Council

    President
      Venkatesh Raman
    Vice President
      Supratik Chakraborty
    Secretary/ Treasurer
      Meenakshi D'Souza
    Member
      Shweta Agrawal
      Ranjita Bhagwan  
      Viraj Kumar  
      Ponnurangam Kumaraguru  
      Sachin Lodha
      Sudip Misra  
      Balaraman Ravindran
      Rijurekha Sen
      Rajeev Shorey
      Yogesh Simmhan  
      R. Venkateswaran
    Past President
      Jayant Haritsa  
    ACM India Executive Director
      Hemant Pande
    ACM India COO
      Chandrashekhar Sahasrabudhe

  • ACM China Council

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council

    Co-Chairs
      Stephanie Ludi  
    Past Chairs
      Lisa Smith
    Members
      Daniel Acuña
      Hemangee Kapoor  
      Cristiano Maciel  
      David Patterson  
      Timothy Pinkston  
      Chris Stephenson  
      Alain Tchana
      Sophie Watson
      Sachiko Yoshihama
    Liaisons
      Yolanda Rankin  

  • ACM-W Committee Leadership

    ACM HQ Liaison
      Pat Ryan

  • ACM Technology Policy Council

    Chair
      James Hendler  
    Vice Chair
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
    Chair, US Technology Policy Committee
      Larry Medsker  
    Chair, Europe Technology Policy Committee
      Chris Hankin  
    Chair, TechBriefs Committee
      Stuart Shapiro  
    SIG Representatives
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
      Jeanna Matthews  
    At-Large Members
      Virgilio Almeida  
      Vinton Cerf  
      Paola Inverardi  
      P J Narayanan  
      Barbara Simons  
      Daniel Weitzner  
    Ex-Officio Members
      Adam Eisgrau
      Vicki Hanson  
      Yannis Ioannidis  
      Pat Ryan

  • U.S. Technology Policy Committee Leadership

    Chair
      Larry Medsker  
    Vice Chair
      Jody Westby
    Immediate Past Chair
      Jeremy Epstein  
    Former Chairs
      Charles Brownstein
      Edward Felten  
      James Hendler  
      Stuart Shapiro  
      Barbara Simons  
      Eugene Spafford  
    Accessibility Subcommittee Chair
      John Murray  
    AI & Algorithms Subcommittee Co-Chairs
      Jeanna Matthews  
      Jonathan Smith  
    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  
    Elected At-Large Members
      Ricardo Baeza-Yates  
      Joshua Kroll  
    Europe Technology Policy Committee Chair, ex officio
      Chris Hankin  
    ACM CEO, ex officio
      Vicki Hanson  
    ACM COO, ex officio
      Pat Ryan
    ACM President, ex officio
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    ACM Director of Global Public Policy, ex officio
      Adam Eisgrau

  • ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee

    Chair
      Chris Hankin  
    Vice Chair
      Paola Inverardi  
    Immediate Past Chair
      Oliver Grau  
    Founding Chair
      Fabrizio Gagliardi  
    Executive Committee
      Fabrizio Gagliardi  
      Oliver Grau  
      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, Interim Chair
      Andrew McGettrick  
    Members-at-Large
      Tom Crick  
      Wendy Hall  
      Andrew McGettrick  
      Enrico Nardelli  
      Gurkan Solmaz  
      Julie Williamson  
    ACM President, ex officio
      Yannis Ioannidis  
    ACM Europe Council Chair, ex officio
      Rosa Badia  
    ACM Technology Policy Council Chair, ex officio
      James Hendler  
    ACM Technology Policy Council Vice Chair, ex officio
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
    ACM US Technology Policy Committee Chair, ex officio
      Larry Medsker  
    ACM-W Committee Liaison, ex officio
      Ruth Lennon  
    ACM Chief Executive Officer, ex officio
      Vicki Hanson  
    ACM Director of Global Policy, ex officio
      Adam Eisgrau

  • TechBriefs Committee

    Chair
      Stuart Shapiro  
    Members
      Michel Beaudouin-Lafon  
      James Hendler  
      Bran Knowles  
      Andrew McGettrick  
      Larry Medsker  
      John Murray  
      Kashyap Tumkur  
      Moshe Vardi  

  • ACM Representatives to Other Organizations

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

  • Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)

    Executive Director
      Jake Baskin  

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