Finance & Audit Committee

The Finance & Audit Committee assists the Board with its responsibility to oversee ASHG financial management, helping to ensure prudent stewardship of the Society’s funds and drive ASHG’s long-term financial health and vision. It reviews and proposes ASHG annual budgets for the Board’s review and approval and monitors and reports to the Board on overall systems of internal control, integrity of financial statements, compliance with laws, and external audit.

Committee Group: Financial Stewardship, along with Investment Committee

2023 Committee Members

• Chair, Treasurer: Susan Slaugenhaupt, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital CHAIR
• President-elect: Bruce Gelb, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai
• Treasurer-elect: Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, Columbia University
• Past President: Charles Rotimi, PhD, NHGRI
• Han Chen, PhD, The Univ of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• Gillian Hooker, PhD, Concert Genetics
• Peter Kang, MD, University of Minnesota Medical School
• Bruce Korf, MD/PhD, Univ Alabama at Birmingham