Founding Directors
The following individuals comprise the first ACE Board of Directors, as listed in the 1979 Articles of Incorporation. Among this distinguished group, the actual signators were Drs. Garagliano, Lillienfeld, and Meinert
| Philip S. Brachman, MD | Center for Disease Control (Atlanta, GA) |
| Fred Ederer, MA | The EMMES Corporation (Potomac, MD) |
| Lila R. Elveback, PhD | Mayo Clinic and Medical School (Rochester, MN) |
| Harry A. Feldman, MD | Syracuse University Medical Center (Syracuse, NY) |
| Cedric Garland , Dr PH | University of California (San Diego) |
| Saxon Graham, PhD | State University of New York at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY) |
| Samuel W. Greenhouse, PhD | George Washington University (Washington, DC) |
| Michel A. Ibrahim, MD, PhD | University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) |
| Dwight T. Janerich, PhD | Department of Health (Albany, NY) |
| Jennifer L. Kelsey, PhD | Columbia University (New York, NY) |
| Abraham M. Lilienfeld, MD, MPH | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore,MD) |
| Curtis L. Meinert, PhD | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore,MD) |
| Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr., MD | Stanford University Medical School |
| Leonard M. Schuman, MD | University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) |
| Milton Terris, MD | New York Medical College (New York, NY) |