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

Chiquita A. Collins, PhD, MA 
Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion & Chief Diversity Officer
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences
Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

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

Past Chair
J. Renee Navarro, MD, PharmD
Vice Chancellor of Diversity and Outreach
Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

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

Regional 

Central Region
Christopher Smyre, MD
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Department of Family and Community Medicine Director of Research and Innovation, Office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Northeast Region
Renee Williams, MD, MHPE, FACG
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Chair, Saul J. Farber Program in Health Equity
Director, GME Education
New York University Grossman School of Medicine

Southern Region
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

Western Region
Takesha Cooper, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Vice Chair of Education, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
UC Riverside 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) 
Guadalupe (Lu) Federico, PhD
Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs and Development
University of Arizona College 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