Delaney has been a board-certified PA for 39 years. For most of her career, she practiced at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas, providing care to a diverse and marginalized population of Dallas County residents. During her years in clinical practice, Delaney specialized in Adult Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, and Cardiology. She became the first PA to serve as the Director of Parkland’s Medicine Specialty Services, providing leadership and oversight to over 100 PAs and nurse practitioners.

Delaney has extensive experience in volunteer leadership as an elected member of state and national boards. She has served as president of the Texas Academy of PAs (TAPA), director at large for the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), and governor-appointed member of the Texas PA State Medical Board. She also served on the leadership team of Parkland’s Advanced Practice Provider Council and the PA Standardization and Review Committee. She serves a member of the LBGT Caucus and PALH Caucus. Delaney holds professional memberships with the AAPA LBGT Caucus and the PA Foundation’s Women in Philanthropy.

Delaney has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Baylor University (Biology) and the University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions. She earned a Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. In 2021, she received a Doctor of Medical Science degree from A.T. Still University of Health Sciences.

She is a resident of Allen, Texas, and currently splits her time between Texas and California

Kenney-Moore has more than 30 years of experience in teaching, service, administration and patient care. She was one of the founding faculty members of the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine PA Program dating back to 1995, and was the first PA at the University to achieve the rank of full Professor.

She has a long history of volunteer service with NCCPA, participating in test development activities in a variety of roles including item writer, PANRE committee vice-chair, Pathway II committee chair and senior member of a special projects group. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of PAs, past president of the Oregon Society of PAs (OSPA) and the only non-physician trustee on the Board of the Oregon Medical Association (OMA,) where she serves on the Board’s Executive Committee as Vice President.

Her clinical experience as a board certified PA has been in a variety of primary care clinical settings, most recently as a volunteer at a free clinic serving uninsured and underserved patients. She has published in national journals and has served as a peer reviewer for Academic Medicine. Dr. Kenney-Moore has been recognized for teaching and service throughout her career, including being awarded Oregon PA of the Year by OSPA.

She received the Master Faculty Award from PAEA, and in 2024 she was chosen PA Citizen of the Year by the OMA. Dr. Kenney-Moore holds a bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science from California State Polytechnic University and a PA Program Certificate from the University of Southern California School of Medicine. She earned a master’s degree in Post-Secondary, Adult and Continuing Education and a doctoral degree (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership from Portland State University.”

He has worked to improve health in resource-poor areas in some of the most remote and isolated areas across five continents. Bradford spent two years as a Peace Corps Medical Officer in Malawi, Africa. He has also worked in Edinburgh Scotland, Kabul, Afghanistan and in the Pacific on Midway and Shemya Islands. He also lived and worked in the Solomon Islands. He has practiced in urgent care, general medicine, occupational health and emergency medicine in rural Montana, Wyoming and Alaska.

He is a resident of Missoula, Montana, and currently splits his time between clinics in Yellowstone National Park and Prudhoe Bay region of Alaska.

Bradford earned a nursing degree from Montana State University and a master’s degree in PA Studies from the University of Utah.

Black, an association consultant, has over 20 years of managerial experience with national, statewide and community-based programs in nonprofit, health-related and educational associations and organizations. For 27 years, she worked for the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) and last served as its director of affiliate relations. There, she helped 52 state affiliates become and remain optimally effective associations. She previously held senior-level positions with the Georgia Pharmacy Association and American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.

She brings an abundance of board experience to NCCPA, having served on the American Society of Association Executives Certified Association Executive Commission and having led the boards of the Georgia Society of Association Executives (GSAE) and its foundation.

She is a member of the American Public Health Association and the American Society for Training and Development. She has maintained her CAE (Certified Association Executive) designation since 1998.

Black received a Bachelor’s in Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in health services administration from The George Washington University.

LCDR Cade is native to Scotia, South Carolina, and a graduate of Charleston Southern University where she completed her Bachelor of Science in Professional Biology with minor in Spanish. She is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina where she completed her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies in 2012.

Professionally, she has served as a member of various health professional boards and committees. She served as Vice President of Naval Association of Physician Assistants in 2018-2020. She has been a consultant to the Duke University Nursing program and an instructor for Organon.

Over the years, she has been a clinical instructor, preceptor and mentor to many physician assistant students, medical students and others interested in the health profession.

She currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Commander in United States Navy. She deployed to Djibouti, Africa to support Operation Enduring Freedom with the EMF in 2014. She deployed to Marine Rotational Force-Darwin with CLB-1 as the Battalion Surgeon/OIC for LCE component. She was assigned with Emergency Resuscitative Surgical Services attending Navy Trauma Training Course in Los Angeles, California and obtained certification for Advanced Trauma training.

She served as the Department Head of Kearny Mesa and Senior Medical Officer of the clinic in 2022.

She is married and a mother of two daughters. She enjoys her family adventures and involvement in mentorship for recruitment and retention.

Gehring, an assistant professor of medicine at The George Washington University (GWU), has extensive experience working with PAs. He currently has dual roles as the division director of hospital medicine and the medical director of the PA program, where he supervises PA students during internal medicine inpatient rotations and instructs first-year PA students. He also helped develop the PA hospitalist service at GWU Hospital and served as their primary supervising physician for seven years.

Gehring holds professional memberships with the Society of General Internal Medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He also serves GWU’s Medical Records Committee.

He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and licensed to practice medicine in the District of Columbia.

He is a graduate of the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine and completed his residency at the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia.

Grant comes to the board with over 24 years of clinical experience in primary care, urgent care, and emergency medicine throughout California. He serves in the CA Army National Guard as an Aeromedical PA and hold the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Grant has worked in PA education for more than two decades. He is the founding Program Director of the developing entry-level PA Program at Chamberlain University Phoenix. His research areas have included infectious disease, hypertension, and PA education. Grant has held many leadership roles. He served on the CA Physician Assistant Board for 11 years as the vice president and president of the Board, has managed clinical PA operations at the local, state, and regional levels, has led a graduate pilot fellowship in Emergency Medicine, and held various leadership roles in education and the military.

Grant is the recipient of multiple military and civilian awards for distinguished service. He was the AAPA Veterans Caucus Uniformed PA of the Year in 2023. Grant began his medical career as a US Army medic and graduated from the Inter-service (US Military) PA Program in 1999. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Nebraska and completed his Doctorate at the University of Lynchburg.

Gryzbowski is a physician and clinical instructor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM).

She has held leadership positions at several state organizations including serving as president, vice president and a board member for the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association (POMA) and President of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physician Society (POFPS). On a national level, she has served as the Family Practice Representative and a member of the BOS Task Force for the AOA Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists, current Chair of the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians (AOBFP), Foundation Member of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP). She has also served on a number of committees for each organization.

She is the recipient of several professional awards including the Presidential Medallion and the Presidential Award of Merit from POMA, the Diversity Award from the Pennsylvania Diversity Council, the Raymond J. Saloom, DO Memorial Award and the Frederick J. Solomon, DO Award of Merit from the POFPS and the Fellowship Award from ACOFP.

She continues to practice as a family medicine physician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

She received her degree in PA studies from the Penn State University and also received a Bachelor of Science degree from King’s College. She later earned a Doctor of Osteopathy degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

As Chair and Program Director of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center PA Studies program in Dallas, Howell-Stampley advocates for the integration of PAs into clinical practice, maintains program accreditation standards and processes, develops new initiatives, plans curriculum development and enhancement, and ensures effective program operations and outcomes. She previously served nine years as the Medical Director of the General Internal Medicine Clinic at UT Southwestern. There, she led the general internal medicine ambulatory practice in its efforts to become patient-centered, and focused the practice on providing high quality, evidence-based medical care.

Her career spans more than 25 years and includes numerous honors. She has served on multiple boards including the Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians and the Dallas County Medical Society.

She is a graduate of the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine and holds Master of Business Administration degree in Healthcare Organization Leadership from the University of Texas – Dallas.

Kendall steps into her role as a Physician Director at Large, bringing extensive experience in clinician engagement and talent management. She serves as Chief of Clinician Engagement and Talent Management for US Acute Care Solutions (USACS), where she also chairs the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and co-chairs the Social Issues and Equity in Medicine Committee.

Since joining USACS in 2006, Kendall has held leadership positions, including Director of Emergency Services, Medical Director and Regional Vice President. She also served as President of the East Region.

Kendall holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University-Bloomington and a medical degree from Indiana University. She completed her residency in emergency medicine at Carolinas Medical Center, where she was chief resident, and earned an Executive MBA from Queens University of Charlotte in 2012. She is a Certified Physician Executive through the American Association of Physician Leadership. Residing in Charlotte, N.C., Kendall lives with her husband, teenage twins and four cats.

Killeen has been a PA for over 38 years, first beginning his career at Norwalk Hospital Department of Pediatrics in Connecticut. Followed by assistant professor of the George Washington University PA program. Currently, he continues to demonstrate his commitment to PA education by precepting countless PA students as adjunct faculty at the Sacred Heart University PA program.

Today he offers integrative health care to pediatric patients and their families in the Ridgefield, Connecticut specializing in General Pediatrics. Killeen is a graduate of The Colorado State University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration on Early Childhood Education. He obtained a Certificate of Completion as a Child Life Specialist, Johns Hopkins University Children’s Center. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Child Health and Physician Assistant studies from the University of Colorado Health Science Center.

Over the course of his career Killeen has authored several works, appearing in the Journal of the American Academy of PAs (JAAPA), the Journal of Family Practice, Advance for Physician Assistants and others. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, including Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of PAs (2012) and White House Commendations “Joining Forces” Strengthening Our Military Families by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama (2011). Killeen has held a number of professional posts since beginning his career, as president of the Student Academy of the American Academy of PAs (1986) and served as president of the American Academy of PAs (2010). He is the only PA to have held both presidents of the student and graduate of American Academy of PAs. He was integral to the development of PA specialty organizations and the development of the NCCPAs Certificate of Added Qualifications while he was president of the Society of Physician Assistants in Pediatrics from 1997-1998.

Linda has educated, supervised and partnered with Certified PAs throughout her medical career.

She has also served on the boards of the Emergency Medicine Foundation, National Emergency Medicine Political Action Committee, and National Trauma Institute.

As former Board President of the American College of Emergency Physicians, she led the organization to invest more in PAs as partners in the practice of emergency medicine. As an advisor member to the board of the Society of Emergency Medicine PAs (SEMPA), she oversaw growth of the organization in both size and influence – specifically, advising members on how to raise standards of practice in an inclusive and collaborative way. For her dedication and leadership, she was selected to be a Diplomat of SEMPA.

Linda received a medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed her residency at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania.

Michaud comes to the board with 16 years of experience as a clinical PA, having worked primarily in emergency medicine and adult internal medicine/geriatrics. She currently practices in Maine for the Department of Veteran Affairs in Home Based Primary Care. She is a former Executive Committee Member for Redington-Fairview General Hospital, as well as former Board Chair for the Maine Osteopathic Board of Licensure in Medicine. She is a Federation of State Medical Boards Fellow since 2015.

Michaud has a Bachelor of Science degree in health studies and a Master of Science degree in physician assistant studies from Springfield College in Massachusetts. She holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Emergency Medicine, and certifications in ACLS/BLS/PALS and Advanced Airway/RSI.

She was the previous program director for the Redington Fairview General Hospital Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) program. She has previously volunteered with AmeriCorps, and has been a guest lecturer for the University of New England PA Program for over 10 years.

Mosman joins the NCCPA Board as a PA Director at Large. A nephrology PA with over a decade of experience, Mosman practices in an inner-city academic setting in St. Louis, focusing on hypertension, chronic kidney disease and dialysis care.

Passionate about kidney disease awareness, Mosman has delivered numerous presentations aimed at educating both patients and clinicians, seeking to dispel misconceptions and spark enthusiasm for nephrology. She is an active member of the National Kidney Foundation, the American Academy of Nephrology PAs, and serves as Director-at-Large for the Southeastern Region of the Missouri Academy of PAs.

Outside her professional endeavors, Mosman enjoys playing in community bands and traveling with her husband and two young children.

She is currently the Sarah and William Hambrecht Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. She received her bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Lagos, and her medical degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe, Nigeria.

Omole is the medical director of the PA program, director of the student-run free H.E.A.L clinic and a former residency program director. She is also is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and licensed medical acupuncturist.

She has served as a PI and Co-PI on several grants; and has authored and co-authored several manuscripts.

In addition, she has received several awards including the Bronze, Silver and the Gold Level Program Director Recognition awards from the American Academy Family Physician Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AAFP AFMRD). In 2008 she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She is a former recipient of the Georgia Academy Family Physician (GAFP) Educator of the Year award, the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award and the MSM President and Deans Service award. Dr. Omole was also named Georgia Family Physician of the Year in 2015, the highest award bestowed on a GAFP member that recognizes excellence in peer leadership in professional affairs and outstanding contributions to family medicine and to the community. In 2018, she was recognized as an Inspiration Physician by the Women Physicians of the American Medical Association, and most recently was awarded the GAFP Community and Service award.

Omole received her bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Lagos and her medical degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe, Nigeria. She is also a graduate of the Morehouse School of Medicine Family Medicine Residency Program.

Roesler comes to the Board with over 20 years as a PA in orthopedics, most recently working at Johns Hopkins University, where she served as Chief PA from 2003 to 2006.

Practicing in Maryland, Roesler has been a student preceptor for the Towson, Anne Arundel and NOVA PA programs.

She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Maryland College Park, and obtained her PA degree from Essex Community College. Most recently, Roesler obtained a Business of Medicine certificate from Johns Hopkins University.

In 2020 she was the first to receive the inaugural “Advanced Practitioner of the Year” award from the chief orthopedic residents at Johns Hopkins University, an award granted for excellence in teaching.

Smith is the Program Director and Associate Dean at the Florida State University College of Medicine, School of PA Practice. He is the former president of the Association of Rheumatology Professionals, the first PA to serve in this role. He was also the chair AAPA Commission on Continuing Professional Development and Education. In addition, he served for five years as the interprofessional member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology Specialty Board.

Ben is the past Scientific Editor for the Advanced Rheumatology Course. He serves as a peer reviewer for a number of medical journals. He has also published numerous works focused on rheumatology, geriatrics, and medical education. In 2015, he was named a Distinguished Fellow of the AAPA. Smith has worked clinically in rheumatology throughout his career. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Georgia and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in PA Studies at the Medical College of Georgia. In 2019 he received a Doctor Medical Science at the University of Lynchburg.

Since 2021, he has concurrently served as one of NCCPA’s appointees to the nccPA Health Foundation Board of Directors. He retired from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2015. His most recent position as director for legislative coordination and senior legislative advisor capped a 35-year career in public health.

Zeno has demonstrated an impressive commitment to public service, having served nearly 30 organizations in volunteer and leadership capacities during his career. He is currently on U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey’s Senior Advisory Board; serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of H.O.P.E, Inc., a non-profit housing agency; and serves as a Public Member on the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. He also is the Public Member representative on the Institute for Credentialing Excellence Annual Meeting Planning Committee.

Zeno previously served as vice chair of the Prince George’s County MGM Local Development Council and served as a Public Member on the Maryland State Boards of Pharmacy and Dental Examiners. He holds leadership positions on a number of other religious, civic, and community organizations. A recipient of numerous professional and civic awards, St. Cyr is a graduate of Morehouse College and earned a Masters of Public Health Administration from Tulane University.

Thomsen has worked at Baylor Scott & White (BSW) in Texas since 2007, spending much of that time in cardiothoracic & vascular surgery. She has served in leadership and is the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Administrator for the Greater Austin Region. She has also practiced in family medicine, orthopedic surgery, international health, and endocrinology.

Thomsen has been active in many professional associations and is currently affiliated with the American Academy of PAs, the American Academy of Nephrology PAs, the Association of PAs in Cardiovascular Surgery, and the Texas Academy of Physician Assistants.

Thomsen has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nevada, Reno. She earned her Master of PA Studies degree at Touro University – Nevada and her Doctor of Medical Science at A.T. Still University.

Ilka V. Wilson Vallee joins the board as a Public Director at Large, bringing 35 years of leadership experience across public, private and community sectors. As CEO of ILKA International Enterprises LLC, Wilson Vallee specializes in equipping leaders to maximize their potential, fostering organizational health and driving collective success.

Wilson Vallee has spent over 26 years in federal service, working with cabinet secretaries to implement key health care legislation and regulations. She has facilitated strategic planning and leadership retreats for organizations such as the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Agency on Aging.

A bilingual keynote speaker and executive mentor, Wilson Vallee has delivered transformational workshops globally. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Baruch College and a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration from SUNY-Utica. She is also certified in emotional mastery and executive mentorship. Wilson Vallee serves as Vice Chair of the Northern Virginia Health Foundation. She is the mother of two adult children.