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
Johnson George, MBA, PMP, CAHIMS
Assistant Dean, Administration & Faculty Affairs
Office of Administration and Faculty Affairs
McGovern Medical School
Chair-Elect
Jamila Hackworth, EdD
Associate Director of the Office of Academic Affairs and Career Development
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Past Chair and Nominating Committee Chair
Lisa Cain, PhD, MBA
Associate Vice President of Faculty Affairs and Development
University of Texas Health
Associate Dean for Professional Development and Faculty Affairs
Professor, Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences
University of Texas Health School of Dentistry
Communications Committee Chair
Jennifer Apps, PhD
Assistant Provost of Faculty Affairs
Associate Professor, Psych. & Behavioral Med.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Professional Development Committee Chair
Sheila Crow, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Professional Development
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Program Planning Committee Chair
Beatriz Tapia, MD, MPH, CPH
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Associate Professor, Population Health and Biostatistics
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Research & Scholarship Committee Chair
Michele Kutzler, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Member-At-Large
Stefanie Carter, EdD
Interim Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs
Director, Faculty Development
Assistant Professor, Medical Education
Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
Member-At-Large, Professional Staff
Ashleigh Moses, MSSW, MA
Assistant Director for Faculty Academic Affairs
Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
COD Liaison
Amy P. Murtha, MD
Dean
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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