GIA Steering Committee
National Officers: April 2008 - March 2009
Officers are elected annually at the AAMC/GIA National Professional
Development Conference in March, and the position runs through to the
next National Professional Development Conference. They are available
to serve as a resource on academic medicine issues upon request by the
GIA members. See bios of the current
officers.
Chair
Tom Fortner
Director, News and Communications
University of Florida Health Science Center
tfortner@ufl.edu
Chair-Elect
Larry Schafer
Vice President, Development
New-York Presbyterian Hospital and
Vice Provost, Development
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
lwschafe@med.cornell.edu
Vice Chair, Marketing, Public Relations and Public Affairs
Dale Triber Tate
Executive Director, Communications and Government Relations
UCLA Health Sciences
UCLA Medical Center
dtate@mednet.ucla.edu
Vice Chair, Alumni and Development
Karen D. Skiba
Director, Mayo Alumni Center
Mayo Clinic
kskiba@mayo.edu
Immediate Past Chair
Kathleen Kane, J.D.
Executive Vice President, Development & External Affairs
City of Hope National Medical Center
kkane@coh.org
Executive Secretary-Treasurer
Chris Tucker
Assistant Vice President, Institutional Advancement
Office of Communications
Association of American Medical Colleges
ctucker@aamc.org
AAMC Administrative Support
Sandra Dunmore
Senior Program Assistant
Office of Communications
Association of American Medical Colleges
sdunmore@aamc.org.
Discipline Chairs: April 2008 - March
2009
Discipline Chairs are elected at the National Professional Development
Conference (NPDC) in the spring, and serve their term until the next NPDC.
Five discipline chairs are elected representing each of the five GIA disciplines:
alumni affairs, development, marketing, public affairs and public relations.
Please feel free to contact them with suggestions on speakers and topics
to be presented at both the Annual Meeting (held in the fall), and the
National Professional Development Conference (held in the spring), or
volunteer your services as a Discipline Representative.
Development Chair
Candler Gibson
Director of Development
Johns Hopkins Heart Institute
Johns Hopkins Medicine
cgibso11@jhmi.edu
Alumni Chair
Gwen M. Smith-Johnson
Director of Alumni Affairs and Student Connections
Baylor College of Medicine
gjohnson@bcm.edu
Public Relations Chair
Richard Puff
Director of Public Relations and Communications
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
richard.puff@uc.edu
Public Affairs Chair
Jonathan Sender
Director, Federal Relations and Strategic Communications
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
jonathan.sender@uwmf.wisc.edu
Marketing Chair
Sue Jablonski
Chief Communications Officer
The Ohio State University Medical Center
sue.jablonski@osumc.edu
Discipline Representatives: April 2008
- March 2009
Discipline Representatives are selected by the Discipline Chairs to assist
with planning the Annual Meeting and the National Professional Development
Conference. They serve one year term beginning at the spring NPDC until
the next NPDC.
Development Representative
Jancy Houck
Associate Vice President for Development and Director of Medical Development
Yale University School of Medicine
jancy.houck@yale.edu
Alumni Representative
Patricia Comey
Director of Alumni Relations
Drexel University College of Medicine
patricia.m.comey@drexel.edu
Public Relations Representive
Joni Westerhouse
Executive Director for Medical Communications, Office of Medical Public
Affairs
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
westerhousej@wustl.edu
Public Affairs
Michael E. Knecht
Senior Vice President for University Affairs
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School
knechtmi@umdnj.edu
Marketing Representative
Janet M. Caldwell
Associate Vice President for Marketing & Communications
Meharry Medical College
jcaldwell@mmc.edu
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