Executive Committee
Chair: George L. Bakris MD, President
William B. White, MD, President-Elect
Sandra J. Taler, MD, Vice President
Secretary (currently vacant)
Franz H. Messerli, MD, Treasurer
Henry R. Black, MD, Immediate Past President
Torry Mark Sansone, ASH Executive Director, ex-officio

Finance Committee
Chair: Franz H. Messerli MD, Treasurer,
George L. Bakris, MD, President
Secretary (currently vacant)

Compensation Committee
Chair: Franz H. Messerli, MD, Treasurer
George L. Bakris, MD, President
Henry R. Black, MD, Immediate Past President

Chapter Board of Governors
Steven A. Atlas, MD, President, Eastern Regional Chapter
Henry R. Black, MD, ASH President, ex-officio
Prakash Deedwania, MD, President, California Chapter
Gilbert M. Eisner, MD, President, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Alan Gradman, MD, President, Delaware Valley Chapter
Leopoldo Raij, MD, President, Carolinas, Georgia & Florida Chapter
Gary E. Sander, MD, PhD, President, Gulf Central Regional Chapter
Addison A. Taylor, MD, PhD, President, Texas Chapter
Steven A. Yarows, MD, Acting President, Midwest Chapter

Continuing Medical Education(CME) Committee
Chair:  Robert A. Phillips, MD, PhD
Jerry G. Back, MD
Jan N. Basile, MD
Prakash Deedwania, MD
William J. Elliott, MD, PhD
Ali G. Gharavi, MD
Friedrich C. Luft, MD
Michael A. Moore, MD
L. Michael Prisant, MD
Allan B. Schwartz, MD
James Underberg, MD

Membership Committee
Chair: Daniel T. Lackland, DrPH
William J. Elliott, MD, PhD
Bonita Falkner, MD
Pamela J. Fall, MD
Michael E. Ernst, PharmD
Kenneth A. Jamerson, MD
Shawna D. Nesbitt, MD, MS
Alan B. Schwartz, MD
Matthew R. Weir, MD

Public Policy & Advocacy Committee
Chair: William B. White, MD
Jordan R. Asher, MD
Donald J. DiPette, MD
John M. Flack, MD
Addison A. Taylor, MD, PhD
Jackson T. Wright, Jr. MD, PhD
Steven A. Yarows, MD

Scientific Awards Committee
Chair: Norman K. Hollenberg, MD, PhD
Aram V. Chobanian, MD
William C. Cushman, MD
Brent M. Egan, MD
Haralambos Gavras, MD
Ernesto L. Schiffrin, MD, PhD
James R. Sowers, MD

Chapter Relations Committee
Chair: George L. Bakris, MD, President
William B. White, MD, President-Elect
Franz H. Messerli, MD, Treasurer
Secretary (currentlyl vacant)
Torry Mark Sansone, ex-officio, without voting privileges

Corporate Affairs Committee/Corporate Members
BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
DAIICHI SANKYO
FOREST LABORATORIES INC.
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
GLAXOSMITHKLINE PHARMACEUTICALS
MERCK US HUMAN HEALTH
NICOX, INC.
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
PFIZER, INC.
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS

Nominating Committee
Four (4) Most Current, Available Past Presidents
Chairman: Henry R. Black, MD, 2008-2010 ASH PresidentSuzanne Oparil, MD, 2006-2008 ASH President
Thomas D. Giles, MD, 2004-2006 ASH President
Haralambos Gavras, MD, 2002-2004 ASH President

Current ASH President
George L. Bakris, MD, 2010-2012 ASH President, non-voting Member

Chapter President
One Chapter President to be elected by the ASH Chapter Board of Governors for a term of two (2) years

Elected Members
Four (4) members elected by the Regular Members, each of whom shall serve as voting members for a one (1)-year term, unless subsequently elected for one (1) additional term
F. Wilford Germino, MD
Richard H. Grimm, Jr., MD, PhD
Shawna D. Nesbitt, MD
Christopher S. Wilcox, MD, PhD

Publications Committee
Chair: L. Gabriel Navar, PhD
Jan N. Basile, MD
Stanley S. Franklin, MD
Suzanne Oparil, MD
Ernesto L. Schiffrin, MD, PhD
Ex officio:
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Society of Hypertension (JASH), Myron H. Weinberger, MD
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Clinical Hypertension (JCH), Michael A. Weber, MD

Hypertension Community Outreach - National Committee
Chair: Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
Co-Chair: Steven Yarows, MD
Angela Brown, MD
Benita Bland, MD
Jerome Robinson, MD
Barry Carter, PHARMD
Hector Ventura, MD
Gilda Caputo-Hansen – Staff Liaison

Hypertension Community Outreach - Local Committee
Chair: Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
Co-Chair: Steven Yarows, MD
Aloysius Cuyjet, MD
Joseph Diamond, MD
Icilma Fergus, MD
Merle Myerson, MD, EdD
Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD
Joseph Ravenelle, MD
James Underberg, MD
Gilda Caputo-Hansen – Staff Liaison

Hypertension Writing Group
Chair: Barry J. Materson, MD, MBA
Henry R. Black, MD
Joseph L. Izzo, Jr., MD
Suzanne Oparil, MD
Michael A. Weber, MD

ASH 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting Program Committee
Chair: William B. White, MD
Co-Chair: George L. Bakris, MD

Compliance Committee
Chair: Aram V. Chobanian, MD
Sheldon G. Sheps, MD
Donald G. Vidt, MD

Education Committee
Chair: Jan N. Basile, MD

Practice Committee
Chair: Steven A. Yarows, MD
Jerry G. Back, MD
Susan P. Steigerwalt, MD
Peter Dews, MD
Evan Pagett, MD

Research & Training Committee
Co-Chair: William J. Elliott, MD, PhD
Co-Chair: Daniel Levy, MD

Hypertension Community Outreach
Chair: Keith C. Ferdinand, MD

Accreditation Program
Chair: Robert A. Phillips, MD, PhD