The Group on Faculty Affairs Steering Committee is responsible for the leadership and management of GFA affairs and for approving all committee appointments. The Committee consists of three officers (Chair, Chair-Elect, and Immediate Past Chair) and seven at-large members. In addition, liaisons may be appointed from other AAMC Groups and Councils with approval of the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee meets twice a year and convenes monthly for conference calls.
The Chair presides over all GFA and Steering Committee meetings, appoints committee chairs, and performs necessary duties and functions in order to provide appropriate leadership to the GFA. In the absence of the Chair, the Chair-Elect shall fulfill the functions of the Chair.
Committee Member Roles and Expectations
Chair
Lisa Cain, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, McGovern Medical School
Professor, Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry
Associate Vice President of Faculty Affairs and Development
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Chair-Elect
Johnson George, MBA, PMP, CAHIMS
Assistant Dean of the Office of Administration and Faculty Affairs
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Past Chair and Nominating Committee Chair
Elza Mylona, PhD, MBA
Vice Dean, Faculty and Academic Affairs
Professor, Department of Medical Education
University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine
Communications Committee Chair
Jennifer Apps, PhD
Assistant Provost of Faculty Affairs
Associate Professor, Psych. & Behavioral Med.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Professional Development Committee Chair
Sheila Crow, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Professional Development
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Program Planning Committee Chair
Annalise Ellis, MHA
Director of Faculty Affairs and Student Records
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Research & Scholarship Committee Chair
Michele Kutzler, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Member-At-Large
Jacqueline Hill, PhD, MPH, CHES
Director, Office of Faculty Development
Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City
COD Liaison
Amy P. Murtha, MD
Dean
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
CFAS Liaison
Aviad “Adi” Haramati, PhD
Professor of Integrative Physiology in the Departments of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Medicine (Nephrology)
Georgetown University Medical Center
AAMC Partner
Michelle Oliva, PMP
Director, Constituent Engagement
Association of American Medical Colleges