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Mona Miller

May 31, 2017

The American Society of Human Genetics has appointed Mona Miller as executive director. She will be responsible for representing the ASHG on a day-to-day basis, for guiding and implementing its broad agenda in consultation with the president and board, and for interacting on an ongoing basis with society committees. Miller currently serves as the deputy executive director for programs and finance at the Society for Neuroscience. She has previously served as the society's senior director of communications and public affairs, the senior officer of public affairs at the Pew Charitable Trusts, and as communications director to former Senator Barbara Mikulski.

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