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2023-2024 Leadership TeAm

Elected Officers

President: Shani Wilson, PA-C

President-elect: Vic Holmes, PA-C

Immediate Past President: Jeff Straw, PA-C

Secretary: Victoria Ho, PA-C

Treasurer: Cooper Couch, PA-C

Directors at Large:

Deborah Dunn, PA-C
Sunshine Orta, PA-C
Ariana Golchin, PA-C
Elijah Salzer, DMSc, PA-C
Victoria Wong, PA-C

Mark Behar, PA-C, DFAAPA, ex officio

Committees & Appointed Chairs

Student Leaders Fellowship Award	Chair - Casey Messer, PA-C
Policy & Government Affairs	Director - Whitney Hewitt, PA-C
Membership & Development	Chair - Jonathan Baker, PA-C
Communications	Chair - Victoria Ho, PA-C
Diversity	Co-chairs - Debb Dunn PA-C & Sunshine Orta, PA-C
Education	Chair - Elijah Salzer, PA-C
Conference Planning	Chair - Victoria Ho, PA-C

Contact Us


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Student Leader Fellowship program

2022-2023 term

Student Leader Fellows:

Victoria Cammerano, PA-S - Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN

Student Leader Fellows in conjunction with the African Heritage PA Caucus:

To be announced

Student Leader Fellows in conjunction with PAs for Latino Health:

Andie DeLuna, PA-S - Escuela de Medicine San Juan Bautista, PR
Efren Torres, PA-S - A.T. Still University Santa Maria, CA

Student Leader Fellowship Alumni

2022-2023	Cameron Adelman, PA-S - Johnson & Wales University, RI Holden Camp, PA-S - University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL Wren George, PA-S - Wingate University, Hendersonville, NC Kierra Gipson, PA-S - Lincoln Memorial University, TN
2021-2022	Bryan Cuadra, Mass. College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, MA
2020-2021	Victoria Ho, Sacred Heart University, CT Director-at-Large, LBGT PA Caucus, 2021-22 Secretary, LBGT PA Caucus, 2022-24 Andrew Persaud, George Washington University, Washington DC Kayla Pulley, Radford University, NC Student Fellows in conjunction with the African Heritage PA Caucus: Cal Richards, Frostburg State University, MD (2020) Tre Landry - Northeastern University, MA (2021)
2019-2020	Alejandro Ramirez Lopez, Duke University, NC Kelly Muñoz, University of Florida
2018-2019	Ashwin Gupta, Temple University, PA Blake Beck, University of the Pacific, CA Student Academy Delegate, 2019 Christina Wojnarwsky, Shenandoah University, VA LBGT PA Caucus Policy Co-Chair, 2019-20 President-elect, LBGT PA Caucus, 2020-21 President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2022-23 Cooper Couch, University of Southern California, CA Treasurer, LBGT PA Caucus, 2023-24 President, Student Academy, 2019-20 Danny Mulcahy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science Director-at-Large, LBGT PA Caucus, 2019-21 Lauren Woolley, Lenoir-Rhyne University, NC
2017-2018	Hanna Rajabi, Temple University, PA Stefan Meers, Florida International University, FL Vicki Wong, CUNY School of Medicine, NY Director-at-large, LBGT PA Caucus, 2021-23
2016-2017	Cameron Nicholson, Barry University, FL Director-at-Large, LBGT PA Caucus, 2017-2019 President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2020-2021 Mia McDonald, Jefferson College of Health Sciences, VA Student Academy Board of Directors Chief Delegate, 2017-18 Health Professional in Training Board Member, GLMA, 2016-18 Director-at-Large, LBGT PA Caucus, 2017-19 President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2019-20 VP of Membership & Development, GLMA, 2018-21
2015-2016	Jocelyn Early, Quinnipiac University ,CT Treasurer, LBGT PA Caucus, 2016-18 Ross Morgan, Pace University, NY
2014-2015	Kat Malagon-Morris, CUNY York, NY Treasurer, LBGT PA Caucus, 2015-16 President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2018-19 Alex Sherry, University of Oklahoma
2013-2014	Laura Jennings-Bonner, Drexel University, PA President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2016-17 Christopher Dietrich, MEDEX/University of Washington President, Alaska Collaborative for Telemedicine and Telehealth
2012-2013	Anna Christenson-Moles, University of Colorado Denver
2011-2012
2010-2011	Casey Messer, University of Kentucky, Lexington President, LBGT PA Caucus 2017-18 Ryan Narcisco, Quinnipiac, CT Elizabeth (Fizzy) Ramsey, Marietta College, OH
2009-2010	Phil Burke, University of Oklahoma Treasurer, PA PAC, Oklahoma Academy of Physician Assistants (OAPA) President, PA PAC, OAPA Chief Delegate, OAPA Gerald (Gerry) Jones, Touro University, Nevada Secretary, LBGT PA Caucus President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2013-14 Chief Delegate, Nevada Academy of Physician Assistants (NAPA)
2008-2009	Jeremy Nelson, University of Iowa Treasurer, LBGT PA Caucus Treasurer President, Iowa PA Society Chief Delegate, Iowa PA Society Delegate, Iowa PA Society Missy Novak, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science President, LBGT PA Caucus
2007-2008	Travis Sherer, Pace University, NY Director-at-Large, GLMA Treasurer, GLMA President, LBGT PA Caucus

(Alumni list in progress)

Past Caucus Officers

*City, Year*	*Co-Chair*	*Co-Chair*	*Secretary/Treasurer/* Membership**	*Newsletter Editor/ Secretary (1996)*
1979: Caucus Founded by Ron Vachon, Clover Jacobson and Mark Behar
New Orleans, 1980	Ron Vachon	Clover Jacobson		Ron Vachon
San Diego, 1981	Clover Jacobson	Ron Vachon		Ron Vachon
Washington, 1982	George Steffen	Clover Jacobson	Dean Bergstrud	Ron Vachon
St Louis, 1983	Rosemary Strube	George Steffen	Dean Bergstrud
Denver, 1984	Daryl Kirk	Rosemary Strube	Dean Bergstrud (Sec/Treas), George Steffen (Membership)	Eric Schuman
San Antonio, 1985	Terri McAllister	Dennis James	Daryl Kirk	Eric Schuman
Boston, 1986	Vince Engle	Terri McAllister

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