AAHPM | About AAHPM | Governance | Board of Directors

Board of Directors

As the governing body, the AAHPM Board of Directors is comprised of 20 individuals who are responsible for the ultimate direction of the management of the Academy’s affairs.

Meet our current board members – get their full bios when you click on their portraits.

2026-2027 Executive Committee

President

Kimberly Curseen

Emory School of Medicine, Emory Palliative Care Center

Atlanta, GA

President-Elect

Mayo Clinic Rochester

Rochester, MN

Treasurer

University of California, San Diego

San Diego, CA

Secretary

Michael Barnett

Four Seasons Hospice

Bryson City, NC

Past President

American Cancer Society

Chapel Hill, NC

Disclosures: Employer, American Cancer Society

Chief Medical Officer

Kristina Newport

Penn State University

Hershey, PA

Directors at Large

2026 – 2029

UC San Diego Health Sciences

San Diego, California

Sandra P. Gomez

2025 – 2028

Advanced Illness Management Consulting LLC

Houston, TX

Christopher A. Jones

2024 – 2027

Duke

Holly Springs, NC

Disclosures: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Palliative Medicine

Dio Kavalieratos

2026 – 2029

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

2025 – 2028

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

Lindsay Ragsdale

2024 – 2027

Golisano Children’s Hospital at University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Alvin L. Reaves III

2025 – 2028

US Acute Care Solutions, Adventist Healthcare

Washington, DC

Phillip Rodgers

2024 – 2027

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Disclosures: Board of Directors, Palliative Care Quality Collaborative (PCQC)

Dena Schulman-Green

2026 – 2029

New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing

New York City, NY

Bethany Cox Snider

2024 – 2027

Everent Health

Frankfort, KY

Rachel Thienprayoon

2026 – 2029

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio

Benjamin Thompson

2026 – 2029

Gentiva

Cary, NC

Alison Wiesenthal

2024 – 2027

Defense Health Agency, Department of War

San Antonio, TX

2025 – 2028

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

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