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