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.

2024-2025 Executive Committee

President

Vicki Jackson

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

President-Elect

Arif Kamal

American Cancer Society

Chapel Hill, NC

Disclosures: Employed by the American Cancer Society.

Treasurer

Elise C. Carey

Mayo Clinic Rochester

Rochester, MN

Secretary

Kimberly Curseen

Emory Palliative Care Center

Atlanta, GA

Past President

Holly Yang

Scripps Health

San Diego, CA

Directors at Large

Michael Barnett

2024 – 2027

Four Seasons Hospice

Flat Rock, NC

Rachelle Bernacki

2023 – 2026

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Gary Buckholz

2022 – 2025

University of California, San Diego

San Diego, CA

Sandra Gomez

2022 – 2025

WellMed Medical Management

Houston, TX

Christopher A. Jones

2024 – 2027

Duke

Holly Springs, NC

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

Dio Kavalieratos

2023 – 2026

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Stacie Levine

2022 – 2025

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 Reaves

2022 – 2025

US Acute Care Solutions, Adventist Healthcare

Washington, DC

Phillip Rodgers

2024 – 2027

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

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

Bethany Cox Snider

2024 – 2027

Hosparus Health

Taylorsville, KY

Alison Wiesenthal

2024 – 2027

Defense Health Agency

San Antonio, TX