National Officers 2024-2025
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
Daniel C. Pollay, Jr.
Executive Director, Government & Community Relations
Weill Cornell Medicine
dcp2003@med.cornell.edu
Chair-Elect
Catherine Mello
Alumni Director
University of Nebraska Medical Center
catherine.mello@unmc.edu
Immediate Past Chair
Amanda J. Bassett
Director of Development, Alumni Affairs & Giving
Yale School of Medicine
Amanda.Bassett@yale.edu
Vice Chair, Alumni Relations, and Development
Michelle Oster
Associate Vice President and Managing Director
Wisconsin Medicine Advancement Group
Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Michelle.Oster@supportuw.org
Vice Chair, Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs
Patrice Guilfoyle, APR
Director of Communications, Office of Communications and Marketing
University of Mississippi Medical Center
pguilfoyle@umc.edu
2024-2025 Awards for Excellence Chair
The Awards for Excellence (AFE) Chair is an annually appointed position and oversees the GIA AFE Program.
Awards Chair
Claire Bassett
Chief Communications Officer
Baylor College of Medicine
claire.bassett@bcm.edu
2024-2025 Discipline Chairs
Four Discipline Chairs are appointed annually and represent the five GIA disciplines:
Alumni Relations Chair
Mark Kemball
Senior Director, Alumni Engagement
Oregon Health & Science University
kemballm@ohsu.edu
Communications and Public Affairs Chair
Amy Albo
Publisher & Director, Marketing and Communications
University of Utah Health
amy.albo@hsc.utah.edu
Development Chair
Shashea Adams-Guess
Associate Vice President, Advancement Strategy and Operations
Office of Institutional Advancement
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Shashea.Adams@UTSouthwestern.edu
Marketing Chair
James A. Molnar
Supervisor, Web and Digital Media
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
The University of Toledo
james.molnar@utoledo.edu
2024-2025 Discipline Representatives
Discipline Representatives are appointed annually and represent the five GIA disciplines:
Alumni Relations Representative
Alyssa Grovemiller
Director, Alumni and Constituent Engagement
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
grovemiller.1@osu.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 Representatives
Adam Scally
Director of Major Gifts
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
ads2010@nyp.org
George Rattin
Executive Director of Development
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
george.rattin@rosalindfranklin.edu
Marketing Representative
Kendall Givens-Little
Director of Strategic Communications
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
givenslk@greenvillemed.sc.edu
Public Affairs Representative
Vladimir Oge, MPH
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Office of Strategic Initiatives
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
vladimir.oge@medsch.ucr.edu