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    Leadership - GIA

    National Officers 2025-2026

    Officers are elected each in the spring, typically at the annual AAMC Conference for Institutional Advancement business meeting and serve until the end of the next spring conference.

    Chair

    Catherine Mello
    Director, Alumni Relations
    University of Nebraska Medical Center
    catherine.mello@unmc.edu

    Chair-Elect

    Patrice Guilfoyle, APR
    Director of Communications, Office of Communications and Marketing
    University of Mississippi Medical Center
    pguilfoyle@umc.edu

    Immediate Past Chair

    Daniel C. Pollay, Jr.
    Executive Director, Government & Community Relations
    Weill Cornell Medicine
    dcp2003@med.cornell.edu

    Vice Chair, Alumni Relations and Development

    Shashea Adams-Guess
    Associate Vice President, Planning & Advancement Strategy and Operations
    Office of Institutional Advancement
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Shashea.Adams@UTSouthwestern.edu

    Vice Chair, Communications, Community Relations, and Marketing

    James A. Molnar
    Supervisor, Web and Digital Media
    College of Medicine and Life Sciences
    The University of Toledo
    james.molnar@utoledo.edu

    2025-2026 Awards for Excellence Chair

    Awards Chair

    Mark Kemball
    Senior Director, Alumni Engagement
    OSHU Foundation
    Oregon Health & Science University
    kemballm@ohsu.edu

    2025-2026 Discipline Chairs

    Alumni Relations Chair

    Alyssa Grovemiller
    Director, Alumni and Constituent Engagement
    The Ohio State University College of Medicine
    grovemiller.1@osu.edu

    Alumni Relations Representative

    Annie Song Torres
    Senior Director of Alumni Affairs
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Annie.torres@bcm.edu

    Communications and Community Relations Chair

    Vladimir Oge, MPH
    Director, Strategic Initiatives
    Office of Strategic Initiatives
    University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
    vladimir.oge@medsch.ucr.edu

    Community Relations Representative

    Brian Schill
    Director | Office of Alumni & Community Relations
    School of Medicine & Health Sciences
    University of North Dakota
    brian.schill@und.edu

    Communications Representative

    Joanna Palmer
    Executive Director, Media Relations & Medical Communications
    University of Miami Health System and Miller School of Medicine
    Joanna.Palmer@med.miami.edu

    Development Chair

    Thomas F. White
    Executive Director
    Perelman School of Medicine
    University of Pennsylvania
    tfwhite@upenn.edu

    Development Representatives

    George Rattin
    Executive Director of Development
    Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
    george​.rattin​@rosalindfranklin​.edu
     
    Jenn Foss
    Development Program Direct, M Health Fairview
    University of Minnesota Foundation
    foss@umn.edu

    Marketing Chair

    Ryann Monahan
    Executive Director, Marketing and Communications
    Carle Illinois College of Medicine 
    ryann@illinois.edu

    Marketing Representative

    Michael Buller
    Vice President, Branded Content & Creative Services
    Department of Communications & Marketing
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Michael_Buller@dfci.harvard.edu