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class=\"alignleft wp-image-179 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Keiko_Hirose_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Nominations Committee Chair<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\">(President: 2019-2020)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Keiko Hirose, M.D.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 216px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 51.3829%; height: 216px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-550 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Barbara-Shinn-Cunningham-Website-Pic-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong><strong>Secretary\/\r\n<\/strong><strong>Treasurer\r\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(2020-2023)<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span 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src=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Matt-Kelley-Website-Pic-e1585067554875-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong><strong>MidWinter Meeting Program Chair<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(2020-2023)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Matthew Kelley, Ph.D.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 48.6171%; height: 213px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2556 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/M.-Malmierca-headshot-e1603308979160-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Council Member\r\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(2020-2024)<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;\">Manuel Malmierca, M.D., Ph.D.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 238px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 51.3829%; height: 238px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-188 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/lisa_cunningham_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Council Member\r\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(2019-2022)<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lisa Cunningham, Ph.D.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 48.6171%; height: 238px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-552 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/John-Brigande-Website-Pic-e1585067573739-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Council Member\r\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(2020-2023)<\/span><\/span>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">John Brigande, Ph.D.<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0888bf; font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>ARO CONTINUES TO THRIVE BECAUSE OF STELLAR LEADERSHIP AND FOR THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL:<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 96.2578%; height: 716px;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 36.0694%; height: 237px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img class=\"wp-image-192 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ARO-2019-council-meeting-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"214\" \/><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 36.0694%; text-align: left; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">ARO Council meeting at the 2019 MWM.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 36.0694%; text-align: center; height: 342px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img class=\"wp-image-195 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/393ec81b-763d-4401-a75a-1db3f120a7ce-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"327\" \/><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 113px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 36.0694%; text-align: center; height: 113px;\">\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cb7333;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Past-Presidents-Website-Document.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/span> for a list of our esteemed ARO Past Presidents.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Some past and current presidents of ARO, MWM 2020. \u00a0 from left-to-right:\u00a0 Karen Steel, Ruth Litovsky, John Middlebroooks, Keiko Hirose, Charlie Liberman, and Matt Kelle<\/span><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">y.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 96.2293%; height: 236px;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 34px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 107.24%; height: 34px; background-color: #606363;\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Committees<\/span><\/h4>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 107.24%; height: 24px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>BYLAWS COMMITTEES:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 49.2248%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #cb7333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Council-Committee-Report_2020_21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Long Range Planning\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 58.0153%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #cb7333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Nominating<\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 6px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 107.24%; height: 10px;\" colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 107.24%; height: 24px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>STANDING COMMITTEES:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 49.2248%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #cb7333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TA-Committee-Report_2020_21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travel Award<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 58.0153%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #cb7333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Diversity-Minority-Committee-Report_2020_21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diversity and Minority Affairs<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 49.2248%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #cb7333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Committee-Report_2020_21-ERC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">External Relations\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 58.0153%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #cb7333; font-size: 12pt;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Finance-Committee-Report_2020_21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Finance & Investment<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 49.2248%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #cb7333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Int.-Committee-Report_2020_21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 58.0153%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #cb7333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ARO-Program-Committee.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Program<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 49.2248%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"http:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/JARO-Associate-Editors.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JARO Associate Editors<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 58.0153%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #cb7333;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ARO-Award-Committee.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Awards<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\r\n<td style=\"width: 49.2248%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #cb7333;\"><a style=\"color: #cb7333;\" href=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Accommodations-Committee-Report_2020_21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accommodations<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 58.0153%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #cb7333;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img class=\" wp-image-3000 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/aro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/volunteer-pic-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"107\" \/><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Interested in volunteering for an ARO committee? 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