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