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.

2026-2027 AABB Board of Directors

Richard Schäfer, MD, FRSB

President

University of Freiburg

Jose Cancelas, MD, PhD, CABP

Past President

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

Delisa English, MBA

President-Elect

The Blood Connection

Sally A. Campbell-Lee, MD, FCAP, CABP

Vice President

University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

John Hagins

Secretary

The Community Blood Center

Melissa Cushing, MD

Treasurer and At-Large Director Position 6

Weill Cornell Medicine

Pampee Young, MD, PhD

At-Large Director Position 1

American Red Cross

Tanya Petraszko, MD, FRCPC

At-Large Director Position 2

Canadian Blood Services

Audra L. Taylor, MS, SBB(ASCP)

At-Large Director Position 3

BioBridge Global

Don Siegel, PhD, MD

At-Large Director Position 4

University of Pennsylvania

Raymond Goodrich, PhD

At-Large Director Position 5

Colorado State University

Caroline Wesonga Wangamati, MSc, MA, BCom

At-Large Director Position 7

Coalition of Blood for Africa

Harpreet Sandhu, CLS (AAB), MBA, MS

At-Large Director Position 8

Stanford Blood Center

Sean Stowell, MD

At-Large Director Position 9

Alyssa Ziman, MD

At-Large Director Position 10

UCLA Health, David Geffen School of Medicine

Wen Lu, MD

Director (Transfusion Medicine Section Representative)

Mayo Clinic

Eapen Mayo, MD

Director (Cellular Therapies Section Representative)

Suzanne Thibodeaux, MD, PhD, CABP(H)

Appointed Director

Washington University School of Medicine

Soraya Amar, MD

Appointed Director

Debra BenAvram, FASAE, CAE

Ex-Officio Director

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