Board of Directors
The AAMC is governed by a 19-member Board of Directors.
- The Chair, Chair-elect, and Immediate Past Chair
- The President/CEO
- The Chair and Chair-Elect of each AAMC membership Council (Faculty and Academic Societies, Deans, Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems)
- Nine at-large members to include a student, a resident, a junior faculty member, and two public members
Board Members, 2023-2024 (effective Nov. 7, 2023)
Lee Jones, MD
Chair
Rush University (effective Oct. 21, 2024)
Julie A. Freischlag, MD
Chair-elect
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
LouAnn Woodward, MD
Immediate Past Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
David J. Skorton, MD
President and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges
Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA
Yale University
Robert A. Barish, MD, MBA
University of Illinois Chicago
Catherine L. Coe, MD
University of North Carolina
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA
University of Miami
Martha E. Gaines, JD, LLM
University of Wisconsin
Danny Jacobs, MD, MPH
Oregon Health & Science University
Cara V. James, PhD
Grantmakers In Health
Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS, MBA
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Dennis Murphy, MHA
Indiana University Health
Aditya Narayan
Stanford University
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA
Harvard University
Adam C. Thompson-Harvey, MD
University of Virginia
Marc M. Triola, MD
NYU
Michael Waldrum, MD, MSc, MBA
ECU Health
Board Members, 2024-2025 (effective Nov. 12, 2024)
AAMC Announces 2024-2025 Board of Directors
learn moreBoard Nominations
The Board of Directors accepts nominations of interested individuals throughout the year. Please express your interest and previous governance experience via a short email.