ASHEcon is a non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors and officers. Directors and officers will meet at least annually and have rotating appointments.

Board of Directors

Officers

Leemore Dafny
President
Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration & Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University

John Cawley
President-Elect
Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs & Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Policy, Syracus University

Stephen Parente
Past President
Professor of Finance, Minnesota Insurance Industry Chair of Health Finance, & Associate Dean of the Carlson Global Institute, University of Minnesota

David Slusky
Executive Director
Professor of Economics, University of Kansas

Ellen Meara
Secretary
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University

Shooshan Danagoulian
Treasurer
Associate Professor of Economics, Wayne State University

Mireille Jacobson
Editor-in-Chief, AJHE Journal
Professor of Gerontology and Public Policy & Assistant Dean of Academic Initiatives, University of Southern California

Directors

W. David Bradford
Busbee Chair in Public Policy & Professor of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia

Christine Durrance
Professor of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin

Matt Eisenberg
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University

Darrell Gaskin
William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy, Johns Hopkins University

Jonathan Kolstad 
Henry J. Kaiser Chair & Professor of Economics & Professor of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Amanda Kowalski
Gail Wilensky Professor of Applied Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

Sara Markowitz
Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, Emory University

Shelley White-Means
Professor and Director of the Consortium for Health Education, Economic Empowerment and Research, University of Tennessee

Brad Rice
Economist and Managing Principal, Analysis Group

Past Presidents

Stephen Parente, 2024-2025

Kosali Simon, 2023-2024

Kate Bundorf, 2022-2023

David Cutler, 2021-2022

Martin Gaynor, 2020-2021

Janet Currie, 2019-2020

Loren Baker, 2018-2019

Jon Gruber, 2017-2018

Mark Pauly, 2015-2016

Frank Sloan, 2013-2014

Randy Ellis, 2011-2012

Mike Grossman, 2009-2010

Jody Sindelar, 2007-2008

Joe Newhouse, 2005-2006