HISTORY
ABSA Biosafety Honor Awards
Everett Hanel, Jr. Presidential Award
1994 - Dianne O Fleming
2002 - Joseph Van Houten
2006 - Richard Rebar
2013 - Tom Boyle
2016 - Brian Petuch
2018 - Jessica McCormick-Ell
2025 - Maureen O'Leary
Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award
2001 - Dianne O Fleming
2015 - Benjamin Fontes
2016 - Paul Meechan
Richard C. Knudsen Publication Award
2007 - Mark Czarneski
John H. Richardson Award
2002 - Benjamin Fontes, Yale University
2025 - Andrew B. Maksymowych, University of Pennsylvania
Robert I. Gross Student Award
2016 - Vincent Manna, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford NJ
The Hashimoto Recognition Award (the HASH)
2015 - Kim Heard, Yale University
2015 - Barbara Owen, Merck & Co
2015 - Jacqueline Wagner, Princeton University
Past Executive Council
Members 2025- 2027 Executive Council
Sean Fitzgerald, President
Su-Hwi Hung-Cunliffe, Past-President
Sarah Capasso, President-Elect
Fatima Ijaz, Secretary
Michelle Frondelli, Treasurer
Julia Kontos, Councilor-at-Large
Anthony Spano, Councilor-at-Large
Marcia Pindling-Watkins, Councilor-at-Large
Members 2023- 2025 Executive Council
Su-Hwi Hung-Cunliffe, President
Amy Ryan, Past-President
Sean Fitzgerald, President-Elect
Fatima Ijaz, Secretary
Michelle Frondelli, Treasurer
Laura Newton, Councilor-at-Large
Brian Petuch, Councilor-at-Large
Marcia Pindling-Watkins, Councilor-at-Large
2021- 2023 Executive Council
Amy Ryan, President
Marta Figueroa, Past-President
Su-Hwi Hung-Cunliffe, President-Elect
Tamara McNair, Secretary
Michelle Frondelli, Treasurer
Laura Newton, Councilor-at-Large
Brian Petuch, Councilor-at-Large
Marcia Pindling-Watkins, Councilor-at-Large
2019- 2021 Executive Council
Marta Figueroa, President
Laura Newton, Past-President
Amy Ryan, President-Elect
Tamara McNair, Secretary
Anthony Gresko, Treasurer
Brian Petuch, Councilor-at-Large
Marcia Pindling-Watkins, Councilor-at-Large
2017- 2019 Executive Council
Laura Newton, President
Barbara Owen, Past-President
Marta Figueroa, President-Elect
Thomas Boyle, Secretary
Amy Ryan, Treasurer
Brian Petuch, Councilor-at-Large
2015- 2017 Executive Council
Barbara Owen, President
Amy Ryan, Past-President
Laura Newton, President-Elect
Thomas Boyle, Secretary
Brian Eggert, Treasurer
Marta Figueroa, Councilor-at-Large
2013 - 2015 Executive Council
Amy Ryan, President
Su-Hwi Hung-Cunliffe, Past-President
Barbara Owen, President-Elect
Deborah Ferry, Secretary
Brian Eggert, Treasurer
Laura Newton, Councilor-at-Large
2011 - 2013 Executive Council
Su-Hwi Hung-Cunliffe, President
Deborah Ferry, Past-President
Amy Ryan, President-Elect
Barbara Owen, Secretary
Kimberly Heard, Treasurer
Melisa Lauer, Councilor-at-Large
2009 - 2011 Executive Council
Deborah Ferry, President
Michael Laemmerhirt, Past-President
Su-Hwi Hung-Cunliffe, President-Elect
Amy Ryan, Secretary
Scott Finkernagel, Treasurer
Craig Welence, Councilor-at-Large
2007 - 2009 Executive Council
Michael Laemmerhirt, President
Thomas Boyle, Past-President
Deborah Ferry, President-Elect
Scott Finkernagel, Secretary
Brian Petuch, Treasurer
Amy Ryan, Councilor-at-Large
2005 - 2007 Executive Council
Thomas Boyle, President
Paul Meechan, Past-President
Michael Laemmerhirt, President-Elect
Richard Rebar, Secretary
Brian Petuch, Treasurer
Scott Finkernagel, Councilor-at-Large
2003 - 2005 Executive Council
Paul Meechan, President
Leslie Delpin, Past-President
Thomas Boyle, President-Elect
Janice Flesher, Secretary
Michael Laemmerhirt, Treasurer
Richard Brack, Councilor-at-Large
2001 - 2003 Executive Council
Leslie Delpin, President
Joseph Gyuris, Past-President
Paul Meechan, President-Elect
Michael Laemmerhirt, Secretary
Thomas Boyle, Treasurer
Steven Feinstein, Councilor-at-Large
1999 - 2001 Executive Council
Joseph Gyuris, President
Harriet Izenberg, Past-President
Leslie Delpin, President-Elect
Thomas Boyle, Secretary
Paul Meechan, Treasurer
Michael Laemmerhirt, Councilor-at-Large
1997 - 1999 Executive Council
Harriet Izenberg, President
Richard Rebar, Past-President
Joseph Gyuris, President-Elect
Dr. Paul Meechan, Secretary
Leslie Delpin, Treasurer
Thomas Boyle, Councilor-at-Large
1995 - 1997 Executive Council
Richard Rebar, President
Diane Fleming, Past-President
Harriet Izenberg, President-Elect
Leslie Delpin, Secretary
Thomas Milazzo, Treasurer
Joseph Gyuris, Councilor-at-Large
1993 - 1995 Executive Council
Diane Fleming, President
Joseph Van Houten, Past-President
Richard Rebar, President-Elect
Roberta Rahl, Secretary
Harriet Izenberg, Treasurer
Ron Bolesta, Councilor-at-Large
1991 - 1993 Executive Council
Joseph Van Houten, President
Diane Fleming, President-Elect
Laura Newton, Treasurer/Secretary
Kathy Benoit & Penny Hauser, Membership
1989 - 1991 Executive Council
Joseph Van Houten, President
Past Symposia
2025 Virtual Symposium
2024 Pfizer
2023 Merck & Co., Inc.
2022 Center for Discovery and Innovation, Nutley NJ
2021 Virtual Symposium
2020 Virtual Symposium
2019 Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University
2018 Princeton University
2017 Plum Island, NY
2016 Sanofi Aventis, Bridgewater NJ
2015 Rutgers University, International Center for Public Health, NJ
2014 Adventure Aquarium, Camden, NJ
2013 Rutgers University
2012 Princeton University
2011 Princeton University
2010 GlaxoSmithKline
2009 University of Massachusetts Amherst
2008 Yale University
2007 Rutgers University
2006 Merck & Co., Inc.
2005 Sanofi Aventis
2004 University of Pennsylvania
2003 Micro-Clean, Inc.
2002 Bristol-Myers Squibb
2001 University of Connecticut
2000 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
1999 University of Delaware
1998 SmithKline Beecham
1997 Johnson and Johnson Co.
1996 University of Pennsylvania
1995 Merck & Co., Inc.
1994 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
1993 Boehringer Inghelheim GmbH.
1992 Hoffmann - La Roche, Inc.
1991 New York Blood Center, Inc.
1990 Pfizer, Inc.
1989 SmithKline & French
1988 Schering-Plough Corp.