On Friday, November 18, ASA President Kathy Ensor gaveled to order the final 2022 meeting of the ASA Board of Directors. The board met at the ASA headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.
Prior to opening the meeting, the board launched ASA Giving Day with a live presentation on social media. Additionally, the board participated in the inaugural IDEA Forum, a part of the ASA Leadership Institute, at the end of the Friday afternoon session. Other highlights of the board meeting follow.
Action
The board decided JSM 2023 in Toronto will be an in-person meeting.
Reports and Discussions
- Teri Utlaut, chair, and Erin Wiley, member of the Committee on Membership Retention and Recruitment, reported on focus group meetings conducted by the committee and provided the board with key takeaways from members involved in these focus groups.
- ASA Director of Science Policy Steve Pierson provided his regular report on the ASA’s advocacy efforts. Pierson updated the board on the status of a data science and literacy bill and science and statistical agency budgets. He announced that the ASA received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support assessing the health of the federal statistical system.
- Donna LaLonde, ASA director of strategic initiatives and outreach, announced a plan to update the College GAISE report. These Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education have been valuable and are due for an update.
- Associate Executive Director and Director of Operations Steve Porzio summarized the financials through September 30. He said the ASA would end the year in the red due to lower than budgeted revenues in meetings and membership.
- ASA Treasurer Ruixiao Lu reported on the ASA’s investments. She noted investments took a significant hit, reflecting the market downtown. Lu also updated the board on the activities of the Investments Committee, Budget Committee, and Audit Committee.
- ASA President Kathy Ensor provided a final update on and assessment of 2022 initiatives, including expanding the role of the ASA in data science and AI, developing the Leadership Institute, and highlighting the impact statisticians are having in many areas.
- ASA President-Elect Dionne Price outlined her planned initiatives to promote the practice and profession of statistics during 2023 with foci related to professional development, communication, and education.
- The board heard from our partners in The Nova Collective—who are assisting it in its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts—especially with regard to the Antiracism Task Force’s recommendations.
- Mark Glickman, chair of the Data Science and AI Committee, updated the board on the work of the committee since it launched this fall, including a draft of an update to the ASA Statement on the Role of Statistics in Data Science. A revised statement proposal will come to the board in the spring.
- ASA Board members Ruixiao Lu, Ji-Hyun Lee, and Alex Hanlon updated the board on plans for developing collaborations with professional societies that focus on oncology research.
- ASA Vice Presidents Matilde Sanchez-Kam and Scarlett Bellamy presented the annual reports of the Professional Issues and Visibility Council and Education Council, respectively. For each ASA committee or other entity within the councils, they reviewed the activities from the past year and future plans and brought forward any concerns these entities have.
- The board discussed plans for JSM 2023 in Toronto and for the ASA’s smaller meetings.
- Brittany Segundo and Michelle Schwalbe from the National Academics Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics briefed the board on the committee’s activities and discussed ways the ASA can engage with it.
The board will have its next meeting March 31 to April 1 at the ASA office in Alexandria, Virginia.
2022 Board of Directors
Kathy Ensor, President
Dionne Price, President-Elect
Scarlett Bellamy, Vice President (completing the term of Dionne Price)
Matilde Sanchez-Kam, Second-Year Vice President
Nick Horton, First-Year Vice President
Ji-Hyun Lee, Third-Year Council of Chapters Representative
Alexandra Hanlon, Second-Year Council of Chapters Representative
Kendra Schmid, First-Year Council of Chapters Representative
Rebecca Hubbard, Third-Year Council of Sections Representative
Kate Calder, Second-Year Council of Sections Representative
Michelle Shardell, First-Year Council of Sections Representative
Alexandra Schmidt, International Representative
Bin Nan, Publications Representative
Ruixiao Lu, Treasurer
Ron Wasserstein, Executive Director and Board Secretary2023 Board of Directors
Dionne Price, President
Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, President-Elect
Kathy Ensor, Past President
Matilde Sanchez-Kam, Third-Year Vice President
Nick Horton, Second-Year Vice President
Jenny Thompson, First-Year Vice President
Alexandra Hanlon, Third-Year Council of Chapters Representative
Kendra Schmid, Second-Year Council of Chapters Representative
Melinda Holt, First-Year Council of Chapters Representative
Kate Calder, Third-Year Council of Sections Representative
Michelle Shardell, Second-Year Council of Sections Representative
Jana Asher, First-Year Council of Sections Representative
Ingrid Van Keilegom, International Representative
Bin Nan, Publications Representative
Ruixiao Lu, Treasurer
Ron Wasserstein, Executive Director and Board Secretary
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