National Officers 2023-2024
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
Amanda J. Bassett
Director of Development, Alumni Affairs & Giving
Yale School of Medicine
Amanda.Bassett@yale.edu
Chair-Elect
Daniel C. Pollay, Jr.
Executive Director, Government & Community Relations
Weill Cornell Medicine
dcp2003@med.cornell.edu
Immediate Past Chair
Vincent A. Rhodes, Ph.D., APR
Associate Vice President/Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
Eastern Virginia Medical School
rhodesva@evms.edu
Vice Chair, Alumni Relations, and Development
Catherine Mello
Director, Alumni Relations
University of Nebraska Medical Center
catherine.mello@unmc.edu
Vice Chair, Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs
Claire Bassett
Chief Communications Officer
Baylor College of Medicine
claire.bassett@bcm.edu
2023-2024 Awards for Excellence Chair
The Awards for Excellence (AFE) Chair is an annually appointed position and oversees the GIA AFE Program.
Awards Chair
Thomas F. White
Executive Director, The Fund for Penn Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
tfwhite@upenn.edu
2023-2024 Discipline Chairs
Four Discipline Chairs are appointed annually and represent the five GIA disciplines:
Alumni Relations Chair
Mark Kemball
Director, Alumni Engagement
Oregon Health & Science University
kemballm@ohsu.edu
Communications and Public Affairs Chair
Patrice Guilfoyle, APR
Director of Communications, Office of Communications and Marketing
University of Mississippi Medical Center
pguilfoyle@umc.edu
Development Chair
Michelle Oster
Associate Vice President & Managing Director
Wisconsin Medicine Advancement Group
Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
Michelle.Oster@supportuw.org
Marketing Chair
Emsley Vázquez-Colón
VP of Strategic Marketing and Communications
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine
evazquez@psm.edu
2023-2024 Discipline Representatives
Discipline Representatives are appointed annually and represent the five GIA disciplines:
Alumni Relations Representative
Jayme Crawford
Alumni and Collegiate Relations Manager | Outreach and Engagement
University of Iowa Health Care Marketing and Communications College of Medicine
jayme-crawford@uiowa.edu
Communications Representative
Amy Albo
Publisher & Director, Marketing and Communications
University of Utah Health
amy.albo@hsc.utah.edu
Development Representatives
Shashea Adams-Guess
Assistant Vice President, Planning & Advancement Services
Office of Development and Alumni Relations
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Shashea.Adams@UTSouthwestern.edu
Adam Scally
Director of Major Gifts | NYP Office of Development
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
ads2010@nyp.org
Marketing Representative
James Molnar
Supervisor, Web and Digital Media
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
The University of Toledo
james.molnar@utoledo.edu
Public Affairs Representative
Vladimir Oge, MPH
Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives
Office of Strategic Initiatives
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
vladimir.oge@medsch.ucr.edu