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.

2025-2026 Executive Committee

President

American Cancer Society

Chapel Hill, NC

Disclosures: Employer, American Cancer Society

President-Elect

Kimberly Curseen

Emory Palliative Care Center

Atlanta, GA

Treasurer

Mayo Clinic Rochester

Rochester, MN

Secretary

Michael Barnett

Four Seasons Hospice

Bryson City, NC

Past President

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Disclosures: Consultant, Tuesday Health

Chief Medical Officer

Kristina Newport

Penn State University

Hershey, PA

Directors at Large

Rachelle Bernacki

2023 – 2026

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

2025 – 2028

University of California, San Diego

San Diego, CA

2025 – 2028

Bayou City Hospice

Houston, TX

Christopher A. Jones

2024 – 2027

Duke

Holly Springs, NC

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

Dio Kavalieratos

2023 – 2026

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

2025 – 2028

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Mary Lynn McPherson

2023 – 2026

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Baltimore, MD

Laura J. Morrison

2023 – 2026

Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

Lindsay Ragsdale

2024 – 2027

Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky

Nicholasville, 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)

Bethany Cox Snider

2024 – 2027

Hosparus Health

Taylorsville, KY

Alison Wiesenthal

2024 – 2027

Defense Health Agency

San Antonio, TX

2025 – 2028

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

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