Board of Directors
The AAMC is governed by a 19-member Board of Directors.
- The Chair, Chair-elect, and Immediate Past Chair
- The President/CEO
- The Chair and Chair-Elect of each AAMC membership Council (Faculty and Academic Societies, Deans, Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems)
- Nine at-large members to include a student, a resident, a junior faculty member, and two public members
Board Members, 2023-2024 (effective Nov. 7, 2023)
![Lee D. Jones, MD](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-lee-jones.jpg)
Lee Jones, MD
Chair
Georgetown University
![Julie A. Freischlag, MD](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-julie-freischlag.jpg)
Julie A. Freischlag, MD
Chair-elect
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
![LouAnn Woodward, MD](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-louann-woodward.jpg)
LouAnn Woodward, MD
Immediate Past Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center
![David J. Skorton, MD](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-david-skorton.jpg)
David J. Skorton, MD
President and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges
![Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-nita-ahuja.png)
Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA
Yale University
![Kate Walsh, MPH](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/Barish_Robert_300.jpg)
Robert A. Barish, MD, MBA
University of Illinois Chicago
![Catherine L. Coe, MD](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-catherine-coe.jpg)
Catherine L. Coe, MD
University of North Carolina
![Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-arthur-derse.jpg)
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD
Medical College of Wisconsin
![Henri R. Ford, MD, PhD](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-henri-ford.jpg)
Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA
University of Miami
![Martha E. (Meg) Gaines, JD, LLM](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-martha-gaines.jpg)
Martha E. Gaines, JD, LLM
University of Wisconsin
![Danny Jacobs, MD, MPH](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-danny-jacobs.jpg)
Danny Jacobs, MD, MPH
Oregon Health & Science University
![Cara V. James, PhD](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-cara-james.jpg)
Cara V. James, PhD
Grantmakers In Health
![Peter F. Buckley, MD](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/Charles_P._Mouton%2C_MD%2C_MS._EVP%2C_Provost_and_Dean.jpg)
Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS, MBA
The University of Texas Medical Branch
![Headshot of Dennis Murphy](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/dennis-murphy-300.jpg)
Dennis Murphy, MHA
Indiana University Health
![Aditya Narayan](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-aditya-narayan.jpg)
Aditya Narayan
Stanford University
![Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-joan-reede.jpg)
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA
Harvard University
![Brittany N. Hasty, MD, MHPE](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/Thompson-Harvey%20Adam-300.jpg)
Adam C. Thompson-Harvey, MD
University of Virginia
![Marc M. Triola, MD](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-marc-triola.jpg)
Marc M. Triola, MD
NYU
![Michael Waldrum, MD, MSC, MBA](https://www.aamc.org/sites/default/files/opres-bod-mike-waldrum.jpg)
Michael Waldrum, MD, MSc, MBA
ECU Health
Board Members, 2024-2025 (effective Nov. 12, 2024)
AAMC Announces 2024-2025 Board of Directors
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The Board of Directors accepts nominations of interested individuals throughout the year. Please express your interest and previous governance experience via a short email.