Leadership - GDI

The GDI Steering Committee manages the affairs of the Group.

The GDI Steering Committee (PDF) is composed of the Chair, Chair-Elect, Immediate-Past Chair, AAMC Constituent Director, Regional Participants, Group Liaisons, and Issue-Based Participants.

Chair
Ana E. Núñez, MD, FACP
Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota School of Medicine

Chair-elect
Sheryl L. Heron, MD, MPH, FACEP
Professor & Vice-Chair of Faculty Equity, Engagement & Empowerment
Associate Dean, Community Engagement, Equity & Inclusion
Associate Director for Education & Training
Emory University School of Medicine

Past Chair
Chiquita A. Collins, PhD 
Vice Dean for Inclusion and Diversity
Associate Professor, Department of Population and Health Sciences
Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Director of Constituent Engagement
Michelle Oliva, PMP
Director, Constituent Engagement
Association of American Medical Colleges

Regional 

Central Region
Tonya C. Bailey, Ph.D., (CDE)®
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and Community Engagement
Assistant Professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Northeast Region
Alden Landry, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Dean for the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
Associate Director and Advisor, Castle Society
Director of Health Equity Education
Harvard Medical School

Southern Region
Robert T. Maupin Jr., MD, FACOG
Associate Dean, Diversity & Community Engagement
LSU Health New Orleans, School of Medicine
Professor, Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Western Region
Paloma F. Cariello, MD, MPH
Associate Dean Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases
University of Utah School of Medicine

Group Liaisons

Council of Deans (COD) 
Joseph Kerschner, MD
Dean of the School of Medicine
Provost and Vice President
Professor of Otolaryngology, Microbiology and Immunology
Medical College of Wisconsin

Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA) 
Johnson George, MBA, PMP, CAHIMS
Assistant Dean – Administration and Faculty Affairs
McGovern School of Medicine

GSA-Committee on Student Diversity Affairs (COSDA) Chair
Donna Jackson, Ed. D.
Assistant Dean of Admissions and Director for Student Outreach Programs Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

ORR-Organization of Resident Representatives 
Johnothan Smileye, Jr., MD
Resident
Virginia Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

ORR-Organization of Resident Representatives 
Diana Rubio, MD
Resident Physician, Family Medicine
MedStar Health

Issue-Based 

LGBT Issue-Based 
Nelson F. Sanchez, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Associate Attending, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Weill Cornell Medicine

Disability Issue-Based 
Christopher Moreland, MD, MPH, FACP, FHM
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Associate Residency Program Director
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School