National Officers 2020-2021
Officers are elected 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
Lisa Worley
Assistant Vice President, Medical Communications & Media Relations
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
UHealth, the University of Miami Health System
lworley2@med.miami.edu
Chair-Elect
Charles “Chip” Roberts
Assistant Vice President for Development
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Charles.Roberts@ucf.edu
Vice Chair, Alumni Relations and Development
Lisa Aaronson
Associate Vice President, Multimedia and Brand Management
Rush University Medical Center
lisa_aaronson@rush.edu
Vice Chair, Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs
Vincent A. Rhodes, PhD, APR
Assistant Vice President Marketing & Communications
Eastern Virginia Medical School
rhodesva@evms.edu
Immediate Past Chair
Karen Peterson
Assistant Dean for Alumni/External Relations
Executive Director, Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association
University of Wisconsin – Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health
karen.peterson@wisc.edu
2020-2021 Awards for Excellence Chair
The Awards for Excellence (AFE) Chair is an annually appointed position and oversees the GIA AFE Program
Awards Chair
Allison Otu
Executive Director, Corporate & Community Relations
University of Arizona College Health Sciences College of Medicine – Phoenix
allisonotu@email.arizona.edu
2020-2021 Discipline Chairs
Four Discipline Chairs are appointed annually and represent the five GIA disciplines:
Alumni Relations Chair
Amanda J. Bassett
Director of Alumni Relations
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Amanda.J.Bassett@dartmouth.edu
Communications and Public Affairs Chair
Claire Bassett
Chief Communications Officer
Baylor College of Medicine
bassett@bcm.edu
Development Chair
Sharon White
Director, Leadership Annual Giving
Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs
sharon.white@duke.edu
Marketing Chair
MéLisa P. Best
Communications and Marketing Associate
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Department of Medical Education
melisa.best@mssm.edu
2020-2021 Discipline Representatives
Six Discipline Representatives are appointed annually and represent the five GIA disciplines:
Alumni Relations Representative
Sarah Rothschild
Director of Constituent Relations
UVA Medical Alumni Association and UVA Medical School Foundation
seb8f@virginia.edu
Communications Representative
Geri A. Kelley
Communications Director
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
kelleyg3@msu.edu
Development Representatives
Heather Renshaw Vučetin
Vice President, Development
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Heather.Vucetin@cshs.org
Angela Wimmer
Vice Chancellor of Institutional Advancement
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
awimmer@uams.edu
Marketing Representative
Michael Buller
Senior Director, Content & Creative Services
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Michael_buller@dfci.harvard.edu
Public Affairs Representative
Megan Manlove
Director of Content and Communications
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
mmanlove@hmc.psu.edu