APDS COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES
COMMITTEES
Executive Committee
Kyla Terhune, President
Amit Joshi, President-Elect
Jennifer Choi, Secretary
Val Nfonsam, Treasurer
Benjamin Jarman, Past-President
Jeremy Lipman, Program Chair
Lily Chang, At-Large Member (2023)
Sylvia Martinez, At-Large Member (2024)
Paul Wise, At-Large Member (2025)
Program Committee
Jeremy Lipman, Chair
Jennifer LaFemina, Vice Chair
Cary Aarons
Kyla Terhune
Doug Smink
Rahul Anand
Britney Corey
Kristen Conrad-Schnetz
Nominating Committee
Douglas Smink, Chair
Benjamin Jarman
David Harrington
Melissa Brunsvold
Finance Committee
Val Nfonsam, Chair
Kyla Terhune-ex officio
Kari Rosenkranz
Michael Meyers
Doug Smink
David Harrington
Jonathan Dort
Tom Fise, Executive Director
Associate Program Director Committee
Shimae Fitzgibbons
Independent Academic Medical Center Committee
(to be determined)
Military Committee
Diane Hale
Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Tania Arora, Chair (new Chair to be determined)
Lilah Morris-Wiseman
Minerva A. Romero Arenas
Kari Rosenkranz
Jad Abdelsattar
Alaina Geary
Subhasis Misra
Peter Yoo
Wade G. Douglas
Melissa Brunsvold
Howard Ross
Thavam Thambi-Pillai
Sylvia Martinez
Daniel Dent
Charles Friel
Valentine Nfonsam
Research Committee 2022-2023:
Peter Yoo, Chair
Mo Shabahang, Survey Task Force Lead
Tara Kent, Grants and Multi-institutional Collaboratives Task Force lead (PENDING COMMITMENT)
David Harrington, EQIP Task Force Lead
Michael Awad
Karen Brasel
Neal Seymour
Jennifer LaFemina
Ranjan Sudan
Mentorship Committee
Jonathan Dort, Chair
Neal Seymour
Ben Jarman
Kyla Terhune
TASK FORCES
Practice Based Learning and Improvement and the EMR Task Force
Randy Woods, Chair
Chris Senkowski
EQIP Task Force:
David Harrington
Valentine Nfonsam
Amit Joshi
Melissa Brunsvold
Thavam Thambi-Pillai
Chris Turner
Dan Relles
James Korndorffer
Marcie Feinman
Mike Truitt
Jim Crucinski
Sebastiano Cassaro
Research Survey Task Force Group:
Mo Shabahang, Survey Task Force Lead
Michael Schurr
Rebecca Schroll
Tommy Lee
Grants and Multi-Institutional Collaboratives Task Force:
Tara Kent
Best Practice-Ideal Resident Interviews Task Force
James Whiting, Chair
Rahul Anand
Christina Bailey
Elizabeth Dauer
Charles Friel
William Havron
Donald Hess
Patrick Jackson
Jason Lees
Peter Lopez
Medical Student Experience
Jennifer LaFemina, Chair
Vance Sohn
Mo Shabahang
David Farley
Vanita Ahuja
Marcus Balters
Clarence Clark
Keith Delman
Daniel Relles
Karen Brasel
Adnan Alseidi
Brenessa Lindemann, Advisory Member
Resident Application and Interview Task Force
Jennifer LaFemina
Milestones Assessment
Anne Larkin
Marcie Feinman
Fellowship Start Date (Previous Task Force)
Dan Vargo
Quality Improvement (Previous Task Force)
Tom Vandermeer
Rachel Kelz
International Impact (Previous Task Force)
Carl Haisch
Standardized & Mandated Curriculum (Previous Task Force)
Michael Awad