National Officers 2021-2022
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
Charles “Chip” Roberts
Assistant Vice President for Development
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Charles.Roberts@ucf.edu
Chair-Elect
Vincent A. Rhodes, PhD, APR
Assistant Vice President Marketing & Communications
Eastern Virginia Medical School
rhodesva@evms.edu
Vice Chair, Alumni Relations, and Development
Amanda J. Bassett
Director of Alumni Relations
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Amanda.J.Bassett@dartmouth.edu
Vice Chair, Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs
Daniel C. Pollay, Jr.
Executive Director, Government & Community Relations
Weill Cornell Medicine
dcp2003@med.cornell.edu
Immediate Past Chair
Lisa Worley
Associate Vice President, Medical Communications and Media Relations
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
UHealth, the University of Miami Health System
lworley2@med.miami.edu
2021-2022 Awards for Excellence Chair
The Awards for Excellence (AFE) Chair is an annually appointed position and oversees the GIA AFE Program.
Awards Chair
Sharon White
Director, Leadership Annual Giving
Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs
sharon.white@duke.edu
2021-2022 Discipline Chairs
Four Discipline Chairs are appointed annually and represent the five GIA disciplines:
Alumni Relations Chair
Sarah Rothschild
Director of Constituent Relations
UVA Medical Alumni Association and UVA Medical School Foundation
seb8f@virginia.edu
Communications and Public Affairs Chair
Geri A. Kelley
Communications Director
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
kelleyg3@msu.edu
Development Chair
Heather Renshaw Vučetin
Vice President, Development
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Heather.Vucetin@cshs.org
Marketing Chair
Michael Buller
Senior Director, Content & Creative Services
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Michael_buller@dfci.harvard.edu
2022-2021 Discipline Representatives
Discipline Representatives are appointed annually and represent the five GIA disciplines:
Alumni Relations Representative
Catherine Mello
Director, Alumni Relations
University of Nebraska Medical Center
catherine.mello@unmc.edu
Communications Representative
Wal Ozello, MS
Director of Marketing and Communications
College of Medicine | The Ohio State University
wal.ozello@osumc.edu
Development Representatives
Thomas F. White
Executive Director, The Fund for Penn Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
tfwhite@upenn.edu
Michelle Oster
Managing Senior Director of Development
Medical Advancement Group
UW Department of Surgery
Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
Michelle.Oster@supportuw.org
Marketing Representative
Cynthia Floyd Manley
Interim Director, Digital Engagement
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
cynthia.manley@vumc.org