National Officers 2022-2023
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
Vincent A. Rhodes, PhD, APR
Assistant Vice President Marketing & Communications
Eastern Virginia Medical School
rhodesva@evms.edu
Chair-Elect
Amanda J. Bassett
Director of Alumni Engagement and Strategic Events
Office of Development & Alumni Engagement
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Geisel School of Medicine
Amanda.J.Bassett@dartmouth.edu
Immediate Past Chair
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
Heather Renshaw Vučetin
Vice President, Development
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Heather.Vucetin@cshs.org
Vice Chair, Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs
Michael Buller
Senior Director, Content & Creative Services
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Michael_buller@dfci.harvard.edu
2022-2023 Awards for Excellence Chair
The Awards for Excellence (AFE) Chair is an annually appointed position and oversees the GIA AFE Program.
Awards Chair
Daniel C. Pollay, Jr.
Executive Director, Government & Community Relations
Weill Cornell Medicine
dcp2003@med.cornell.edu
2022-2023 Discipline Chairs
Four Discipline Chairs are appointed annually and represent the five GIA disciplines:
Alumni Relations Chair
Catherine Mello
Director, Alumni Relations
University of Nebraska Medical Center
catherine.mello@unmc.edu
Communications and Public Affairs Chair
Wal Ozello, MS
Director of Marketing and Communications
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
wal.ozello@osumc.edu
Development Chair
Thomas F. White
Executive Director, The Fund for Penn Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
tfwhite@upenn.edu
Marketing Chair
Cynthia Floyd Manley
Director, Digital Content and Engagement
Strategic Marketing
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
cynthia.manley@vumc.org
2022-2023 Discipline Representatives
Discipline Representatives are appointed annually and represent the five GIA disciplines:
Alumni Relations Representative
Mark Kemball
Director for Alumni Relations
Oregon Health & Science University
kemballm@ohsu.edu
Communications Representative
Patrice Guilfoyle, APR
Director of Communications, Office of Communications and Marketing
University of Mississippi Medical Center
pguilfoyle@umc.edu
Development Representatives
Michelle Oster
Managing Senior Director of Development
Medical Advancement Group
UW Department of Surgery
Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
Michelle.Oster@supportuw.org
Shashea Adams-Guess
Assistant Vice President, Planning & Advancement Services
Office of Development and Alumni Relations
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Shashea.Adams@UTSouthwestern.edu
Marketing Representative
Emsley Vázquez-Colón
VP of Strategic Marketing and Communications
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine
evazquez@psm.edu
Public Affairs Representative
Geri A. Kelley
Communications Director
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
kelleyg3@msu.edu