AVMA Officers

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• AVMA President 2011-2012 — René Carlson, DVM

• AVMA President-elect 2011-2012 — Douglas Aspros, DVM

• AVMA Vice President 2010-2012 — Jan Strother, DVM

• AVMA Treasurer 2011-2012 — Barbara Schmidt, DVM

• AVMA Immediate Past President 2011-2012 — Larry Kornegay, DVM

• AVMA Executive Vice President — W. Ron DeHaven, DVM, MBA

• AVMA Assistant Executive Vice President — Elizabeth Curry-Galvin, DVM

AVMA Executive Board

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The Executive Board is the administrative body of the Association. The 18-member board is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Vice-President, Treasurer (non-voting), one representative from each of 11 geographic districts elected by the veterinarians residing in that district, the House Advisory Committee Chair (non-voting), and the Student AVMA President (non-voting).

Chair 2011-2012 — Theodore Cohn, DVM

Vice Chair 2011-2012 — Janver Krehbiel, DVM

• John de Jong, DVM — District I
  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont

• Mark Helfat, DVM — District II
  Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia

• Joseph Kinnarney, DVM — District III
  Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee

• Larry Dee, DVM, DABVP — District IV
  Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico

• Janver Krehbiel, DVM — District V
  Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia

• Chester (Chet) Rawson, DVM, DACT — District VI
  Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin

• Clark Fobian, DVM — District VII
  Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota

• Chip Price Jr., DVM — District VIII
  Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas

• Theodore Cohn, DVM — District IX
  Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Utah

• H. Theodore Trimmer, DVM — District X
  California, Hawaii and Nevada

• Thomas Meyer, DVM — District XI
  Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming

• George Bishop, DVM — House Advisory Committee Chair, Invited Participant

• Joseph Esch — Student AVMA President, Invited Participant

AVMA House of Delegates

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The AVMA is a federation of 68 state, territorial and allied veterinary medical groups. Association policies are set by a House of Delegates, made up of one delegate and one alternate delegate from each organization represented. The House of Delegates convenes each summer at the AVMA Annual Convention and each winter at the Veterinary Leadership Conference.

House Advisory Committee

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The House Advisory Committee consists of seven members elected by the House of Delegates to advise and make recommendations to the House of Delegates and Executive Board, and to review and approve the credentials of candidates for President, President-Elect, Vice President, councils, and the House Advisory Committee. The following individuals compose the House Advisory Committee:

Chair — George Bishop, DVM, Carmel, CA

Vice Chair — Karen Bradley, DVM, Montpelier, VT

• Michael Topper, DVM, Harleysville, PA — Representing At Large

• Daniel Lafontaine, DVM, Bel Air, MD — Representing Federal or State Government Veterinarians

• Joseph Bollar, DVM, Soda Springs, ID — Representing Mixed, with several species of animals including both Food or Equine & Small Companion Animal

• Benjamin Franklin, DVM, Roaring Gap, NC — Representing Predominantly Equine

• Kenneth Bartels, DVM, Stillwater, OK — Representing Teaching and Research

Contact Sharon Granskog for additional information.