The following individuals comprise the first ACE Board of Directors, as listed in the original bylaws. 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 |
National Eye Institute (Bethesda, 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 |
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) |
| 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, DDS, MPH |
NYS Department of Health (Albany, NY) |
| Jennifer L. Kelsey, PhD |
Yale University (Haven, CT) |
| Abraham M. Lilienfeld, MD, MPH |
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) |
| Curtis L. Meinert, PhD |
University of Maryland (Baltimore, MD) |
| Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr., MD, DrPH |
Stanford University Medical School (Palo Alto, CA) |
| Leonard M. Schuman, MD |
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) |
| Milton Terris, MD |
New York Medical College (New York, NY) |
