APDS COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES
COMMITTEES
Executive Committee
Douglas Smink, President
Kyla Terhune, President-Elect
Jennifer Choi, Secretary
Val Nfonsam, Treasurer
Benjamin Jarman, Past-President
Cary Aarons, Program Chair
Lilly Chang, At-Large Member (2023)
Sylvia Martinez, At-Large Member (2024)
Amit Joshi, At-Large Member (2022)
Program Committee
Cary Aarons, Chair
Doug Smink
Kyla Terhune
Jen Choi
Alicia Mangram
Jeremy Lipman
Michael Truitt
Ben Jarman
Dorothy Dickinson
Subhasis Misra
Sylvia Martinez
Jeff Dietzenbach
Nominating Committee
Benjamin Jarman, Chair
David Harrington
Tim Nelson
Kari Rosenkranz
5th Member TBD per President’s Recommendation
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
Sebastiano Cassaro
Military Committee
Diane Hale
Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Tania Arora, Chair
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 2021-2022:
Jim Korndorffer, 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
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 Feinmann
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