AVMA Officers

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• AVMA President 2009-2010 — Larry Corry, DVM

• AVMA President-Elect 2009-2010 — Larry Kornegay, DVM

• AVMA Vice-President 2009-2010 — Gary Brown, DVM

• AVMA Treasurer — Bret Marsh, DVM

• AVMA Immediate Past President — James Cook, DVM

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

AVMA Executive Board

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The Executive Board is the administrative body of the Association. The 16-member board is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Vice-President, Treasurer (non-voting) and of one representative from each of 11 geographic districts elected by the veterinarians residing in that district.

Chair 2009-2010 — John Scamahorn, DVM

Vice Chair 2009-2010 — Douglas Aspros, DVM

• Douglas Aspros, DVM — District I
  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont

• John Brooks, 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 — District IV
  Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico

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

• John Scamahorn, DVM — District VI
  Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin

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

• V Price, DVM — District VIII
  Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas

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

• Harold Trimmer, DVM — District X
  California, Hawaii and Nevada

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

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.

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 — Barbara Schmidt, DVM, Union, KY

Vice Chair — Daniel Lafontaine, DVM, Elgin, SC

• Mark Helfat, DVM, Mt. Laurel, NJ — Representing Private Practice–Mixed, with several species of animals including both Food or Equine & Small Companion Animal

• Gary Bullard, DVM, Austell, GA — Representing At-Large

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

• Daniel Lafontaine, DVM, Elgin, SC — Representing Federal or State Government Salaried Veterinarians

• Barbara Schmidt, DVM, Union, KY — Representing Private Practice–Predominantly Equine

• George Bishop, DVM, , Carmel, CA — Representing Private Practice–Predominantly Small Animal

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

Contact Sharon Granskog at sgranskog@avma.org for additional information.