Committees

Awards Committee
President-Elect (Chair), Immediate Past President, three immediate past Karl Meyer Awardees:

Jennifer Kohler, PhD, 2027 President-Elect 
Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita, PhD, 2025 Immediate Past-President
Taroh Kinoshita, 2023 Karl Meyer Awardee
Kevin Campbell, 2024 Karl Meyer Awardee
Laura Kiessling, 2025 Karl Meyer Awardee

Education Committee
BoD appointed, 3-yr terms, renewable

Chair 2026: Nick Riley (2025-27) 

Adnan Halim (2025-27)     

Sean Stowell (2024-26)
Lisa Willis (2024-26)

Vitor Pamin (2025-27) 
Katrine Schjoldager (2024-26)
Ryan Weiss (2024-26)

Nominations Committee
Immediate Past President (Chair), one BoD-appointed member, two elected members:

Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita, Immediate Past-President
Mike Tiemeyer, 2026-2028 (elected 2025)
Matt Macauley, 2025-2026 (BoD appointed 2024) 
Robert Haltiwanger, 2025-2026 (elected 2024)

Program Committee (2026)
Current President (Chair), and members to be chosen by current President 

Chair: Karin Hoffmeister (President)   

Members:    
Sean Stowell   Eric Sundberg
Heyu Ni   Jennifer Kohler
Hans Wandall   Daniel Kolarich

Jennifer Curtis
Steven Townshead
Stephanie OVS
Ramon Sun

  

Morihisa Fujita
Pascale Gagneux
Debra Mohnen
Robert Mealer

Glycopalooza Committee:

Junior Co-Chairs:
Kate Rosenbalm
Leandre Glendenning
Tim Veth

Publications Committee
Glycobiology EIC (Chair) and Associate Editors, President, three Board-appointed (5 yrs) members:

Chair:  Karen Colley (Editor-in-Chief)  
Jeffrey Esko, Associate Editor Christine Szymanski, Associate Editor
Anne Imberty, Associate Editor Karin Hoffmeister (President 2026)
Ken Kitajima, Associate Editor Chad Slawson (2023-27) BoD appt
Sriram Neelamegham, Associate Editor Iain Wilson (2024-28) BoD appt 
Pamela Stanley, Associate Editor
 Stacy Malakar (2025-29) BoD appt 

Editorial Board

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Social Media Committee

BoD appointed, 3-yr terms, renewable

Elisa Fadda (2024-2026)
Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen (2023-2028)

FASEB Committee Representation
SFG nominating committee selects nominees for Presidential consideration, SFG President appoints, subject to SFG Board approval, and appointments are subject to FASEB approval.

Board of Directors:  Pamela Marino (2021-2025)
Audit Committee:  Vacant
Dataworks! Advisory Committee:  Vacant
Development Committee:  Parastoo Asadi (2023-2026)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee:  Vacant
Excellence in Science Committee: Natasha E. Zachara (2020-2026)
Executive Officers Advisory Committee: Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita (2025)
Finance Committee:  Vacant
Howard Garrison Advocacy Program Selection and Oversight Committee:  Vacant
Leadership Development Committee:  Vacant
Meetings Committee:  Vacant 
Protection of Human Subjects Committee:  Vacant
Publications Committee:  Vacant
Science Policy Committee:  Michael Tiemeyer (2023-2026)
Science Research Conferences Advisory Committee: Christine Syzmanski (2023-2026)
FASEB Journal Editorial Board: Gerardo Vasta (2017- present)
FASEB BioAdvances Editorial Board: Jerry Hart (2019-present), Pamela Stanley (2019-present)