About Us: Board of Directors
NCCPA's board of directors includes nominees from the following 13 participating organizations, as well as public and PA directors-at-large. The 2012 board of directors includes:
Patricia Cook, MD, FACP, Canada - NCCPA Chair
Wanda Gonsalves, PhD, South Carolina - American Academy of Family Physicians
John H. Stuemky, MD, FAAP, Oklahoma - American Academy of Pediatrics
John Davis, PA, Tennessee - American Academy of Physician Assistants
Paul Lombardo, MPS, PA-C, New York - American Academy of Physician Assistants
Frederick C. Blum, MD, FACEP, West Virginia - American College of Emergency Physicians
Timothy Evans, MD, PhD, FACP, Washington - American College of Physicians
Richard Turnage, MD, FACS, Arkansas - American College of Surgeons
John T. Hayden, MA, Michigan - NCCPA Treasurer - American Hospital Association
Claudette Dalton, MD, Virginia - American Medical Association
Joel A. Kase, DO, MPH, Maine - American Osteopathic Association
Victoria Kaprielian, MD, FAAFP, North Carolina - NCCPA Secretary - Association of American Medical Colleges
Mark Christiansen, PhD, PA-C, California - NCCPA Chair-Elect - Physician Assistant Education Association
Mary Warner, MMSc, PA-C, Connecticut - Physician Assistant Education Association
Ellen Harder, PA, Washington - Federation of State Medical Boards
Denni J. Woodmansee, PA-C, Virginia - NCCPA Executive Committee Member at Large - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
PA Directors-at-Large:
James D. Cannon, DHA, MBA, PA-C, Virginia
Erich Fogg, PA-C, MMSc, Maine
Jennifer R. Madonia, MS, PA-C, Connecticut
Varnell D. McDonald-Fletcher, EdD, PA-C, North Carolina
Public Directors-at-Large:
Linda Golodner, Washington, DC
Cynthia Griggs-Flournoy, FACHE, RHIA, MBA, Georgia
Director-at-Large:
Barbara Barzansky, PhD, MHPE, Illinois - Immediate Past Chair
Janet Lathrop, MBA, Georgia - NCCPA President