The Group on Faculty Affairs Steering Committee is responsible for the leadership and management of GFA affairs and for approving all committee appointments. The Committee consists of three officers (Chair, Chair-Elect, and Immediate Past Chair) and seven at-large members. In addition, liaisons may be appointed from other AAMC Groups and Councils with approval of the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee meets twice a year and convenes monthly for conference calls.
The Chair presides over all GFA and Steering Committee meetings, appoints committee chairs, and performs necessary duties and functions in order to provide appropriate leadership to the GFA. In the absence of the Chair, the Chair-Elect shall fulfill the functions of the Chair.
Committee Member Roles and Expectations
Chair
Lisa Cain, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, McGovern Medical School
Professor, Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry
Associate Vice President of Faculty Affairs and Development
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Chair-Elect and Communications Committee Chair
Guadalupe (Lu) Federico, PhD
Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs and Development
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Past Chair and Nominating Committee Chair
Elza Mylona, PhD, MBA
Vice Dean, Faculty and Academic Affairs
Professor, Department of Medical Education
University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine
Professional Development Committee Chair
Sheila Crow, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Professional Development
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Program Planning Committee Chair
Jamilah Hackworth, EdD
Associate Director for the Office of Academic Affairs and Career Development, Division of Adolescent and Transition Medicine
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
Research & Scholarship Committee Chair
Michele Kutzler, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Members-At-Large
Jennifer Apps, PhD
Associate Professor, Psych. & Behavioral Med.
Assistant Provost of Faculty Affairs
Medical College of Wisconsin
Johnson George, MBA, PMP, CAHIMS
Assistant Dean – Administration and Faculty Affairs
UTHSC - McGovern Medical School
Jacqueline Hill, PhD, MPH, CHES
Director, Office of Faculty Development
Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City
COD Liaison
Akinlolu O. Ojo, MD, PhD, MBA
Executive Dean
University of Kansas School of Medicine
CFAS Liaison
Aviad “Adi” Haramati, PhD
Professor of Integrative Physiology in the Departments of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Medicine (Nephrology)
Georgetown University Medical Center
AAMC Partner
Michelle Oliva, PMP
Director, Constituent Engagement
Association of American Medical Colleges