The CROI Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit professional education organization that operates exclusively for the charitable and educational purpose of organizing, promoting, and presenting the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI).

CROI Foundation

The Board of Directors:
  • Works closely with the CROI Scientific Program Committee (CROI PC) and the CROI Organizer to accomplish the mission of CROI
  • Approves nominations for members of the CROI PC and for the CROI PC Chair and Vice Chairs
  • Ensures that the CROI PC is responsible for the scientific program content of CROI
  • Enters into and oversees the management-services agreement with the CROI Organizer
  • Has the sole and absolute discretion to veto any policies, procedures, or actions taken or proposed to be taken by the CROI PC or the CROI Organizer that would pose a substantial risk of preventing the Corporation at any time from qualifying or continuing to qualify as a 501(c)(3) organization or that might cause the loss of such qualification
  • Oversees the long-term financial and administrative integrity of CROI

Composition of the CROI Foundation BOD

The Board of Directors comprises 2 Permanent Directors (cofounders of CROI), 3 Standing Directors (current CROI Chair and 2 Vice Chairs), at least 1 but no more than 4 Chair Directors (past CROI Chairs), and at least 1 but no more than 3 PC Representative Directors (nominated by the CROI PC).

The CROI Foundation Board and Program Committee serve in a volunteer capacity and are not compensated for their roles in oversight and governance of the organization.

CROI Foundation Board Members

CROI Conference - Headshot - Constance A. Benson, MD
Constance A. Benson, MD
President
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California, USA
CROI Conference - Headshot - John M. Coffin, MD
John M. Coffin, PhD
Secretary-Treasurer
Tufts University
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
CROI Conference - Headshot - Elaine J. Abrams, MD
Elaine J. Abrams, MD
 
University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York, USA
CROI Conference - Headshot - Susan P. Buchbinder, MD
Susan P. Buchbinder, MD
San Francisco Department of Public Health
San Francisco, California, USA
CROI Conference - Headshot - Judith S. Currier, MD
Judith S. Currier, MD
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA
CROI Conference - Headshot - Scott M. Hammer, MD
Scott M. Hammer, MD
 
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York, USA
CROI Conference - Headshot - Sharon L. Hillier, Ph.D.
Sharon L. Hillier, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
CROI Conference - Headshot - James A. Hoxie, MD
James A. Hoxie, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CROI Conference - Headshot - John W. Mellors, MD
John W. Mellors, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
CROI Conference - Headshot - Robert T. Schooley, MD
Robert T. Schooley, MD
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California, USA

Duties of the Board of Directors:

  • Works closely with the CROI Scientific Program Committee (CROI PC) and the CROI Organizer to accomplish the mission of CROI
  • Approves nominations for members of the CROI PC and for the CROI PC Chair and Vice Chairs
  • Ensures that the CROI PC is responsible for the scientific program content of CROI
  • Enters into and oversees the management-services agreement with the CROI Organizer
  • Has the sole and absolute discretion to veto any policies, procedures, or actions taken or proposed to be taken by the CROI PC or the CROI Organizer that would pose a substantial risk of preventing the Corporation at any time from qualifying or continuing to qualify as a 501(c)(3) organization or that might cause the loss of such qualification
  • Oversees the long-term financial and administrative integrity of CROI