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, 2025-2026 (effective Nov. 5, 2025)
Michael Waldrum, MD, MSc, MBA
Chair
ECU Health
Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA
Chair-elect
University of Wisconsin
Julie A. Freischlag, MD
Immediate Past Chair
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
David J. Skorton, MD
President and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges
Robert A. Barish, MD, MBA
University of Illinois Chicago
Monica L. Baskin, PhD, MS
Virginia Commonwealth University
David N. Bernstein, MD, PhD, MBA, MEI
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ralph Boyd, JD
SOME (So Others Might Eat)
Allison Brashear, MD, MBA
University at Buffalo
Michael Dandorph, MBA
Tufts Medicine
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Michael L. Good, MD
University of Utah
Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS, MBA
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Dennis Murphy, MHA
Indiana University Health
Rachel S. Nash, MD
Cooper University Health Care
Dana Gelb Safran, ScD, ScM
National Quality Forum
Johnothan Smileye, Jr., MD
Mass General Brigham
Marc M. Triola, MD
NYU
Gloria R. Xue, MS
Indiana University
Board 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.