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Leadership - WGSA

Chair

Karen Restifo, MD, JD (November 2018 – April 2020)
Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Vice-Chair

Teresa A. Vigil, MD 
Professor, Department of Pediatrics 
Assistant Dean of Students, Office of Medical Student Affairs
University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Immediate Past Chair

Cherie Singer, PhD (June 2018 – April 2020)
Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs
University of Nevada School of Medicine

Executive Secretary/Treasurer  

Richard Amini, MD (July 2019 – July 2021)
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

Committee on Admissions (COA) Representative

Leila E. Harrison, Phd, MA, Med (July 2019 - July 2022)
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Recruitment
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Committee on Student Affairs (COSA) Representative

Jeffrey Druck, MD (July 2019 - November 2022)
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Committee on Student Diversity Affairs (COSDA) Representative

Cherie Singer, PhD (November 2018 - November 2021)
Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs
University of Nevada School of Medicine

Committee on Student Financial Assistance (COSFA) Representative

Wendy Clark (November 2017 – November 2020)
Financial Aid Administrator
University of Utah School of Medicine

Committee on Student Records (COSR) Representative

Davette De La O-Sandoval, MBA (November 2019 – November 2022)
Manager of Student Success/MD Registrar    
University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Members-at-Large

Tejal M Parikh, MD (April 2020 - April 2022)
Assistant Dean, Admissions
Director, Life Cycle Block
Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine 
University of Arizona, College of Medicine-Tucson

Western Organization of Student Representatives (OSR) Liaison

Christina Chopra (November 2019 – November 2020)
MD Candidate
California University of Science and Medicine

GSA-PDI Liaison

Susan Kaib, MD
Associate Dean, Student Affairs
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix