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Interested in helping the GIA Steering Committee plan for the 2019 National Professional Development Conference? Join a Conference Advisory Group! Email your corresponding discipline chair for more details.
Read about the roles and responsibilities [PDF to handle at later date] of the GIA Conference Advisory Group Members.
GIA Development Conference Advisory Group
J. Steven Barnes
Associate Dean for Development
Vanderbilt
Amanda Billings
Vice President for Development
UT Southwestern Dallas
Donna Clare
Director of Development
Johns Hopkins Health System
Travis Leiker
Director of Development and Alumni Giving
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mark Notestine
President, Medical and Health Sciences Foundation and Associate Vice Chancellor, Development
East Carolina University
Amanda Ochs
Director of Annual Funds and Prospect Research
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Adam Scally
Senior Major Gifts Officer
NY Presbyterian
Allison Searson
Director of Annual Giving
University of Vermont Foundation
Kobie Smith
Director of Development
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Jeff Taylor
Senior Director of Development, UC College of Medicine and UC Health
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Ashley Teran
Director of Development, UCI Health Advancement
UC Irvine
Brian Thomas
Chief Development Officer
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Carlee Thomas
Director of Development
University of Central Florida
Jeff Turocy
Senior Director of Development
NYU Langone Health
Sharon White
Associate Director, Central Annual Giving
Duke Health
Rise Wilson
Associate Vice President, Development and Alumni Affairs
University of Florida Health
GIA Communications Conference Advisory Group
Holly Auer
Director of Communications, Penn Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Marian C. Callaway
Director, Strategic Communications
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Patrick Holmes
Associate Director of Strategic Communications
Oregon Health Sciences University
Brooke Tyson Hynes
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Tufts Medical Center
Geri Kelley
Communications Director
Michigan State University
Jennifer McCarrel
Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Maria Ober
Assistant Dean of Communications
Boston University School of Medicine
Carole Whitaker
Assistant Dean for Medical Communications and Planning
University of Vermont
GIA Marketing Conference Advisory Group
Melisa Best
Communications and Marketing Associate
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Michael Buller
Director, Content & Creative Services
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Pattie Cuen
Director, Brand Strategy
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cynthia Floyd Manley
Director, Content Strategy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Marc Kaplan
Associate Dean, Marketing and Communications
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Jeremy Katzman
Director of Public Relations and Marketing Communications
Nova Southeastern University
Jacqueline Kozloski
Director, Health Communications and Marketing
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James Molnar
Web and Digital Media Specialist
College of Medicine and Life Sciences – The University of Toledo
Beth Smith
Director of Integrated Marketing and Communications
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
GIA Alumni Conference Advisory Group
Kristin Wann Anderson
Executive Director of Alumni Relations
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Courtney B. Hain
Director of Alumni Relations
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Cynthia Hernandez
Associate Director
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Heather Holcomb
Director of Medical Alumni Affairs
University of Florida College of Medicine
Seth Flynn
Executive Director, Alumni Relations
Medical College of Wisconsin
Jacqueline Kleppe
Director, Collegiate and Community Relations, University of Iowa Health Care
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Ann Eleece Kouns
Associate Director, Medical Alumni Relations
University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Julie Robbs
Director of Alumni Affairs
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Clara Sharp
Director of Alumni Strategy and Engagement
Weill Cornell Medicine
GIA Public Affairs Conference Advisory Group
Mason L. Essif
Executive Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Weill Cornell Medicine
Audrey Goodnight
Director, Events and Protocol, Advancement and Engagement
University of Nevada, Reno
Patricia Hansen
Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Jerry Kooiman
Assistant Dean, External Relations
Michigan State University
Megan Manlove
Manager, Media Relations and Public Affairs
Penn State Health
Penn State College of Medicine