GDI Steering Committee

The GDI Steering Committee officers include a Chairperson, Chairperson-Elect, Immediate-Past Chairperson, Central Region Representative, Northeast Region Representative, Southern Region Representative, Western Region Representative, Group on Student Affairs (GSA) Chair, GSA-Committee on Diversity Affairs (CODA) Chair, Council of Deans (COD) Representative, Four Issue-based Representatives, and an AAMC Group Executive Secretary.

Meetings

The GDI Steering Committee meets three times a year—winter (January/February), summer (June/July) and fall (October/November during the AAMC Annual Meeting).

Members

National Chair
Maria L. Soto-Greene, M.D.
Vice Dean and Professor
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School

National Chair-Elect
David Acosta, M.D., FAAFP
Associate Dean of Multicultural Affairs
University of Washington School of Medicine

Past National Chair
Cynthia E. Boyd, M.D., MBA
Associate Vice-President, Chief Compliance Officer
Director, Medical Staff Operations,
Rush University Medical Center

Central Region Representative
Wanda D. Lipscomb Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs,
Diversity and Outreach
Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine

Northeast Region Representative
Gary C. Butts, M.D.
Associate Dean
Diversity Programs, Policy and Community Affairs
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University

Southern Region Representative
Jonathan S. Appelbaum, M.D.
Director, Internal Medicine Education
Florida State University College of Medicine

Western Region Representative
Valerie Romero-Leggott, M.D.
Vice President for Diversity, UNM Health Sciences Center
Associate Professor, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine
University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Group on Student Affairs (GSA) Chair
Michael G. Kavan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Creighton University School of Medicine

GSA-Committee on Diversity Affairs (CODA) Chair
Karen A. Lewis, M.S.
Assistant Vice President for Student Services,
Enrollment Management, and Registrar
Meharry Medical College

Council of Deans (COD) Representative
Jose M. de la Rosa, M.D.
Regional and Founding Dean
Texas Tech Univ Health Sciences Center
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine

Issue-based Representatives
Deborah W. Davis
Chief Operating Officer
MCV Hospitals
Virginia Commonwealth University

Francis G. Lu, M.D.
Luke & Grace Kim Endowed Professor in Cultural Psychiatry
Director of Cultural Psychiatry and Associate Director of Residency Training
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
UC Davis Health System

John Paul Sanchez, M.D.
MPH PGY4, Emergency Medicine
Jacobi/Montefiore Medical Center

*One additional issue-based representative to be announced

AAMC Group Executive Secretary
Juan Amador