Leadership & Committees

AVF Board of Directors

LEADERSHIP

Executive Committee

President
Glenn Jacobowitz, MD

President Elect
Ruth Bush, MD, JD

Vice President
Joe Raffetto, MD

Treasurer
Steve Elias, MD

Secretary/Admin Council Chair
Mark Iafrati, MD

AVF Past President
William Marston, MD

Board of Directors

Education Councilor
Alessandra Puggioni, MD

Membership Councilor
Kathleen Ozsvath, MD

Research Councilor
Faisal Aziz, MD

Communications Councilor / Activist
Mikel Sadek, MD

Recorder
Lori Pounds

Director
Jose Diaz, MD

Director
Jorge Ulloa, MD

Director
Makis Avgerinos, MD

Director
Misaki Kiguchi, MD

Administration Team

John Forbes
Executive Director
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Jeff Mendola, CFRE
Director, Mission Advancement
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Amy Murrin
AVF Staff
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Allie Woodward
AVF Staff
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COMMITTEES

Annual Program Committee

Arjun Jayaraj – Chair
Mikel Sadek – Past Chair
Angela Kokkosis – Chair Elect
Misaki Kiguchi
Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar
John Carson
Steven Elias
Faisal Aziz
Julianne Stoughton
Christine Shokrzadeh
Nasim Hedayati
Kathleen Ozsvath
Sheila Blumberg
Judith Lin
David Dexter
Rabih Chaer
Tomasz Urbanek
Alvaro Esteban Orrego
Alessandra Puggioni

Bylaws Committee

Mark Iafrati, MD – Chair
Ruth Bush, MD – Past Chair
Marc Passman
Bill Marston
Mark Iafrati

Continuing Education

Patrick Muck – Chair
Bill Marston
Tony Gasparis
Kumar Madassery
Mike Sadek
Steve Elias
Gina Sandvick-Fons
Michael Griffiths
David Dexter
Daniel Monahan
Alessandra Puggioni

DEI

Kathleen Ozsvath – Co-Chair
Ruth Bush – Co-Chair
Karem Harth – Co-Chair Elect
Sebastian Cifuentes – Co-Chair Elect
Misaki Kiguchi
Anil Hingorani
Shayna Brathwaite
Gloria Salazar
“Christine ” Shokrzadeh
Ashanga Yatawatta

Digital Media Committee

Eric Hager – Chair
Andrea Obi Past – Chair
Leigh Ann O’Banion – Chair Elect
Misaki Kiguchi
Yang Yang
Catherine Go
Matthew Smeds
Andy Moyal
Antonio Solano
Judith Lin
Ahsan Zil-E-Ali
Justin Robbins
Mikel Sadek

Distinguished Fellows Committee

Anthony Comerota – Past Chair
Cassius Chaar – Chair Elect
Peter Pappas
Nicos Labropoulos

Documents Review Committee

Lori Pounds – Chair and Recorder
Joann Lohr
Christine Shokrzadeh
Chuck Robb
Mark Iafrati

Early Career Committee

Eric Hager – Chair
Misaki Kiguchi – Past Chair
Karem Harth
John Carson
Robert Attaran
Nasim Hedayati
Pamela Kim
Avi Bunnell
Michael Vasquez
Kathleen Ozsvath
Steve Elias
Alessandra Puggioni

Ethics Committee

Peter Henke – Chair
Elna Masuda – Past Chair
Harold Welch
BK Lal
Mark Iafrati

Finance Committee

Steve Elias – Chair and Treasurer
Glenn Jacobowitz – President
Joe Raffetto – Past Treasurer & Vice President
Ruth Bush – President Elect
Mark Iafrati – Secretary/Admin Council Chair
William Marston – AVF Past President

Guidelines Committee

Rafael Malgor – Chair
Chandu Vemuri – Past Chair
Nicolas Mouawad – Chair Elect
Linda Le
Leo Sullivan
Eleftherios Xenos
Alessandra Puggioni
Yana Etkin
Taimur Saleem
Alun Davies
Nathan Tomita
Mike Sadek
Sergio Gianesini
Faisal Aziz

Health Policy Committee

Greg Snyder – Chair
Sheila Coogan – Past Chair
Hal Welch
Dan Monahan
Eleftherios Xenos
Nicolas Mouawad
Alessandra Puggioni
Loay Kabbani
Chris Paprzycki
Amani Politano
Harry Ma
Mark Iafrati

International Committee

Tomasz Urbanek – Chair
Alvaro Esteban Orrego – Chair Elect
Jorge Ulloa
Sameh Dimitri
Rebeca Reachi
Sebastian Cifuentes
Sergio Gianesini
Victor Canata
Rashad Bishara
Alejandro Gonzalez Ochoa
Lourdes Reina Gutierrez
Alex Kaczorowska
Erica Mendoza
Lowell Kabnick
Kathleen Ozsvath

Membership Committee

Windsor Ting – Chair
Mona Li – Past Chair
Pamela Kim – Chair Elect
Anil Hingorani
Victor Canata
Linda Le
Pavel Kibrick
Young Erben
Lorraine Loretz
Juan Carlos Jimenez
Sherry Scovell
Kathleen Ozsvath

Mission Advancement Committee

William Marston – Chair
Hal Welch – Past Chair
Patrick Muck – Chair Elect
Glenn Jacobowitz
Tony Gasparis
Ruth Bush
Steve Elias
Catherine Jennings
Tara Dunn
Kristie Burns
Eric Cohen
Denysse Castaneda
Lynn Oster
Danny Foldes
Sandra Lesenfants
Lowell Kabnick

Newsletter Committee

Steven Elias – Editor / Chair / Councilor
Edgar Guzman – Chair-Elect
Andrea Obi
Eric Hager
Anil Hingorani
Nicolas Mouawad
Natalie Sridharan
Colleen Moore
Sebastian Cifuentes
Robert Attaran

Patient Education Committee

Emily Malgor – Chair
Beverley Chan – Past Chair
John Blebea
Sandra Dickerson
Mona Li
Daniel Tarver
Kate Gates
Amani Politano
Keith Thompson
Ravinder Bachireddy
Alessandra Puggioni

Research Committee

Andrea Obi – Chair
Windsor Ting – Past Chair
Ulka Sachdev – Chair Elect
Peter Henke
Andre Van Rij
Limael Rodriguez
Eri Fukaya
Cassius Chaar
Khanh Nguyen
Scott Robinson
Kush Desai
Adam Gwozdz
Benjamin Jacobs
Faisal Aziz

Strategic Planning Committee

William Marston – Chair
Glenn Jacobowitz – President
Joe Raffetto – Vice President
Ruth Bush – President Elect
Mark Iafrati – Secretary/Admin Council Chair
Antonios Gasparis – Member
Steve Elias – Treasurer
Harold Welch – Member
Jorge Ulloa – Member