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    Steering Committee - GFA

    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