Leadership

Alyson Riddick, MHA, CTAGME
President and Board Chair
Assoc Designated Institutional Official / ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, NC

Joanne Zhu, MD, MSc, FACP, FHM
President-Elect
Transitional Year Program Director/ WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center, Marietta, GA

Susan Tovar
Secretary
Institutional Manager, GME / BayCare Health System/BayCare Medical Group, Clearwater, FL

Tonya VanOrder, PhD, MBA
Treasurer
DIO/DME / Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, Grand Blanc, MI

Julie McCausland, MD, MS, FACEP
Immediate Past President
Transitional Year Program Director / UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Ashley Maranich, MD, FAAP, FIDSA
Board Appointed Member-at-Large
Associate Professor of Pediatrics / Uniformed Services University, Silver Spring, MD

Bret Stevens, EdD, MBA, C-TAGME
COIL Chair
Associate DIO/DME / McLaren Health Care, Grand Blanc, MI

Kim Ranagan, C-TAGME
COPAC Chair
Lead Training Program Admin, FM / Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY

Jessica Seaman, EdD, MEd
CPFD Chair
Asst. Dean, Faculty Development / Creighton University Arizona Health Ed Alliance, Phoenix, AZ

Karen Jamison, MD
CTYPD Chair
Transitional Year Program Director / Scripps Mercy Graduate Medical Education, San Diego, CA

Krista Lombardo-Klefos, MBA
Member-at-Large
GME Admin Dir. – Program Administration / Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Caroline Diez, EdD, MBA, C-TAGME
Member-at-Large
Director, Graduate Medical Education / John Peter Smith Hospital Network, Fort Worth, TX

Kelly Conlon, MS, C-TAGME
Region I (Northeast) Representative
Director, Medical Education / Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY

Samantha Cascone, MPA
Region II (Mid-Atlantic) Representative
Director, GME Operations / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, OA

John Ballentine, MBA
Region III (Southeast) Representative
Executive Director for Academics Finance / Prisma Health, Columbia, SC

Aissa Seck, LL.M.
Region IV (North Central) Representative
Senior Director, Medical Education Admin / Corewell Health, Southfield, MI

Michelle Valdez, MA
Region V (South Central) Representative
GME Administrative Director / SAUSHEC, Fort Sam Houston, TX

Wendy Hylton, C-TAGME
Region VI (West) Representative
Manager, Medical Education / University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ