ABFM is governed by a Board comprised of the following membership:
Position | Name | Institution/Agency | Term Length |
---|---|---|---|
Chair | Thad Calabrese | New York University | 2020 |
Chair-Elect | Jonathan Justice | University of Delaware | 2020 (Chair 2021) |
Vice-Chair | Robert Bland | University of North Texas | 2020 (Chair-Elect 2021) (Chair 2022) |
Immediate Past Chair | Justin Marlowe | University of Chicago | 2020 |
Secretary/Archivist | Robert Buschman | Georgia State University | 2020 |
Treasurer | Hai (David) Guo | Florida International University | 2019 |
Newsletter Editor | Kenneth Hunter | City of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, & North Carolina State University | 2019 |
Executive Committee | Whitney Afonso | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 2018-2020 |
Executive Committee | Beverly Bunch | University of Illinois-Springfield | 2018-2020 |
Executive Committee | Joseph Cordes | George Washington University | 2018-2020 |
Executive Committee | Gang Chen | University at Albany, SUNY | 2019-2021 |
Executive Committee | Peter van der Hoek | Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, & Ternopil National Economic University, Ukraine | 2019-2021 |
Executive Committee | Wie Yusuf | Old Dominion University | 2019-2021 |
Executive Committee | Carla Flink | American University | 2020-2022 |
Executive Committee | Justin Ross | Indiana University | 2020-2022 |
Executive Committee | Wenli Yan | Virginia Commonwealth University | 2020-2022 |
Current Officers
Executive Committee At-Large Members
Selection of Officers & Executive Committee
Elected Members
Members elect a nine-member Executive Committee and the following Officers: Chair, Chair-Elect, Vice-Chair and Immediate Past-Chair. Executive Committee members serve three-calendar-year terms, staggered so that three members are elected annually.
Chair of ABFM is a four-year progressive term, starting with election as Vice-Chair. The incumbent promotes to Chair-Elect for the second year, then Chair for the third year. The incumbent also serves one year in an advisory capacity as Immediate Past-Chair.
Appointed Members
The following positions are appointed by and serve at the discretion of the Chair:
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Archivist
- Newsletter Editor
- Membership Chair
- Student Paper Award Coordinator
- Conference Committee Chair
Elected members can serve in these capacities.