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    GDI Leadership

    The GDI Steering Committee guides strategy with elected officers and representatives, fostering leadership and broad perspectives in its work.

    The GDI Steering Committee (PDF) plays a vital role in guiding the operations and strategic direction of the group. Elected officers serve two-year terms and include a chair, chair-elect, immediate past chair, and four regional representatives.

    In alignment with our commitment to excellence in academic medicine, the steering committee also includes two issue-based representatives, appointed by the GDI chair, to bring a broad range of perspectives to the group. Additionally, the committee benefits from the insights of five liaisons representing the Council of Deans (COD), the Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA), the Group on Student Affairs Committee on Student Diversity Affairs (COSDA), and two resident representatives from the Organization of Resident Representatives (ORR).

    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 and Vice-Chair of Faculty Equity, Engagement, and Empowerment
    Associate Dean, Community Engagement, Equity, and Inclusion
    Associate Director for Education and Training
    Emory University School of Medicine

    Regional

    Central Region
    Tonya C. Bailey, PhD, (CDE)
    Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and 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 and Community Engagement
    LSU Health New Orleans, School of Medicine
    Professor, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

    Western Region
    Paloma F. Cariello, MD, MPH
    Associate Dean for Academic Culture and Community
    Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases
    University of Utah School of Medicine

    Group Liaisons

    Council of Deans
    Carolyn Meltzer, MD
    Dean
    Keck School of Medicine of USC

    Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA)
    Jamila Hackworth, EdD
    Associate Director, Office of Academic Affairs and Career Development
    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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

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

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

    Issue-Based

    LGBT Issue-Based
    Franklin Trimm, MD
    Assistant VP of Medical Affairs
    Associate Dean, Health Advancement
    Title IX Deputy Coordinator
    Professor of Pediatrics
    Frederick P. Whiddon College of 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

    GDI AAMC Partners

    Michelle Oliva, PMP
    Director of Constituent Engagement

    Elizabeth Torres, MPA
    Constituent Engagement

    Katina Beale
    Sr. Administrative Associate

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