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    Discipline Advisory Groups - GIA

    2024-2025 Discipline Advisory Group

    Members

    Members of the Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) Discipline Advisory Groups contribute their expertise and experience to inform and guide the content of the spring AAMC Conference for Institutional Advancement and year-round GIA programming. Members report to their Discipline Chair on the Steering Committee.

    Alumni Relations

    Erika Anderson
    Program Manager
    University of New Mexico School of Medicine Alumni Association
    emanderson@salud.unm.edu

    Sarah Brown Rothschild
    Executive Director
    Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association
    sbrothschild@wisc.edu

    Jayme Crawford
    Senior Director of Alumni & Constituent Relations
    Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
    jayme.crawford@utah.edu

    Vanessa Duran
    Director, Alumni Relations and Advancement
    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    vanessa.duran@cuanschutz.edu

    Jackie Enriquez
    Alumni Relations Manager
    Florida International University
    jaenriqu@fiu.edu

    Nicole Fitzpatrick
    Senior Associate Director of Alumni Relations
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    mcgarryn@upenn.edu

    Dillon Kimmel
    Alumni Relations Manager
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Dillon_Kimmel@med.unc.edu

    Cate Liverman
    Director of Constituent Relations
    UVA Medical Alumni Association and Medical School Foundation
    cate@virginia.edu

    Cassie Matson
    Director of Alumni Relations
    SIU Medicine
    cmattson53@siumed.edu

    Derrick Miller
    Director, Alumni Relations
    McGovern Medical School - UTHealth Houston
    Derrick.J.Miller@uth.tmc.edu

    Agnes Niedbalska
    Associate Director Of Alumni Affairs
    UF College of Medicine
    aniedbalska@ufl.edu

    Annie Torres
    Senior Director, Alumni Affairs
    Baylor College of Medicine
    annie.torres@bcm.edu

    Communications and Public Affairs 

    Deirdre Branley
    Executive Director
    Communications and Public Affairs
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    deirdre.branley@einsteinmed.edu

    Michael Buller
    Vice President, Branded Content and Creative Services
    Department of Communications & Marketing
    Michael_Buller@dfci.harvard.edu

    Stacey Cook
    Vice President, Advancement
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Stacey.cook@bcm.edu

    Heather Davis
    Director, Marketing and Communications for Education and Research
    Geisinger College of Health Sciences
    Hmdavis1@geisinger.edu

    Judy Fortin
    Chief of Communications
    UCLA Health
    jfortin@mednet.ucla.edu

    Lauren S. Greathouse
    Assistant Dean for Communications and Strategy
    College of Medicine Dean’s Office
    University of Kentucky
    Lauren.Greathouse@uky.edu

    Geri A. Kelley, MM
    Senior Communications and Marketing Officer
    Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
    kelleyg3@msu.edu

    Jillian Prior
    Director of Strategic Communications
    Rutgers Communications and Marketing
    jillian.prior@rutgers.edu

    Brian James Schill
    Director Office of Alumni and Community Relations
    UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences
    brian.schill@und.edu

    Lesley Snyder
    Director of Leadership Communications
    UCSF School of Medicine
    Lesley.Snyder@ucsf.edu

    Olesea Svet, MBA
    Director, Communications & Outreach
    Schmidt College of Medicine
    osvet@health.fau.edu

    Dawn S. Walker
    Vice President of Communications & Marketing
    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
    dawn.walker@downstate.edu

    Sarah Worth
    Director
    USF Health Communications and Marketing
    University of South Florida
    sworth@usf.edu

    James R Zanewicz, JD, LLM, RTTP
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Tulane University SoM
    zanewicz@tulane.edu

    Development

    Meredith Aldridge
    Executive Director of Development
    University of Mississippi Medical Center
    mmaldridge@umc.edu

    Danielle Auriemma
    Managing Director, Alumni Affairs and Development
    Harvard University
    danielle_auriemma@hms.harvard.edu

    Steven Blair
    Principal Gift Officer
    University of South Florida
    sblair1@usf.edu

    Jessica Breitbarth
    Associate Dean
    Carle Illinois College of Medicine
    jhbreit@illinois.edu

    Nancy Davis Mosley
    Senior Executive Director of Development
    Baylor College of Medicine
    ndavis@bcm.edu

    Jen Foss
    Development Program Director
    University of Minnesota
    foss@umn.edu

    Evan Frazer
    Director of Development
    Duke University
    evan.frazer@duke.edu

    Brigitte Grant
    Vice Chancellor
    University of Tennessee Health Science Center Foundation
    bgrant17@uthsc.edu

    Scott Hansen
    Executive Director of Development
    University of Iowa Center for Advancement
    scott.hansen@foriowa.org

    Kara Hurley
    Senior Associate Director of Development
    Johns Hopkins
    khurle16@jhmi.edu

    Kristen Kidder
    Assistant Vice President
    Montefiore Health System
    kristen.kidder@einsteinmed.org

    Todd Krohne
    Director of Development
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    tkrohne@mgh.harvard.edu

    Gloriane Luna
    Senior Associate Director of Development, Health Advancement
    University of California, Irvine
    gdluna@hs.uci.edu

    Carrie Mills
    Senior Director of Development
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    millercr9@vcu.edu

    Krystal Oliveira Springgate
    Executive Director, Major Gifts - Health Systems
    Tulane University
    koliveira@tulane.edu

    Frances Parades
    Manager, Campaign Strategy - Development
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    frances.paredes@cshs.org

    Nikkie Preston
    Associate Director of Development
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    nikkie.preston@unlv.edu

    Megan Smith
    Executive Director, Annual and Special Gifts
    University of California, San Francisco
    megan.smith@ucsf.edu

    Sierra Smith
    Director of Development
    Oregon Health and Science University Foundation
    smithsie@ohsu.edu

    Erica Terry
    Senior Director, Philanthropy
    University of Kansas Medical Center
    eterry2@kumc.edu

    Thomas White
    Executive Director, Annual Fund
    University of Pennsylvania
    tfwhite@upenn.edu

    Marketing 

    Aaron Lovell
    Associate Director of Marketing
    University of Utah Health
    Aaron.Lovell@hsc.utah.edu

    Ryann Monahan
    Director, Marketing and Communications
    Carle Illinois College of Medicine
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    ryann@illinois.edu

    Marc Rolph
    Executive Director Communications and Marketing
    University of Mississippi Medical Center  
    mrolph@umc.edu

    Emsley Vazquez-Colon
    VP of Strategic Marketing and Communications
    Ponce Health Sciences University 
    evazquez@psm.edu 

    Elena C. Wu
    Executive Director and Head of Marketing, External Affairs
    Weill Cornell Medicine
    elw4002@med.cornell.edu

    Carrie Foust     
    Director, Office of Communications
    University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
    caherman@uic.edu

    Carolyn Scofield
    Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications
    Tulane University School of Medicine
    cscofiel@tulane.edu

    Anton Zuiker
    Research Communications Project Manager
    Duke Clinical Research Institute
    Department of Research Communications & Engagement
    anton.zuiker@duke.edu

    Ashlie Brookhart McGill
    Sr. Director, Marketing and Brand Strategy
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Ashlie.McGill@UTSouthwestern.edu