Board of Directors
The AAMC is governed by a 19-member Board of Directors.
- The Chair, Chair-elect, and Immediate Past Chair
- The President/CEO
- The Chair and Chair-Elect of each AAMC membership Council (Faculty and Academic Societies, Deans, Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems)
- Nine at-large members to include a student, a resident, a junior faculty member, and two public members
Board Members, 2022-2023 (effective Nov. 15, 2022)

LouAnn Woodward, MD
Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Lee Jones, MD
Chair-elect
Georgetown University

Kirk A. Calhoun, MD
Immediate Past Chair
The University of Texas at Tyler

David J. Skorton, MD
President and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges

Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA
Yale University

Robert A. Barish, MD, MBA
University of Illinois Chicago

Catherine L. Coe, MD
University of North Carolina

Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA
University of Miami

Julie A. Freischlag, MD
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Martha E. (Meg) Gaines, JD, LLM
University of Wisconsin

Aviad Haramati, PhD
Georgetown University

Jennifer Hayashi
Tulane University

Danny Jacobs, MD, MPH
Oregon Health & Science University

Cara V. James, PhD
Grantmakers In Health (GIH)

Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS, MBA
The University of Texas Medical Branch

Dennis Murphy, MHA
Indiana University Health

Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH
Harvard University

Adam C. Thompson-Harvey, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin

Michael Waldrum, MD, MSc, MBA
ECU Health
Board Nominations
The Board of Directors accepts nominations of interested individuals throughout the year. Please express your interest and previous governance experience via a short email.