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Committee and Trust vacancies
 
Deadline for Receipt of the Following Committee Nominations—October 20, 2009
Positions Take Effect in November 2009

Committee nomination form w/ Oct 20, 2009 deadline date
 
Name of Entity Representation Individual Whose Term Will Expire
(Individuals who are eligible for re-election are noted by an asterisk.)
Nominees
Animal Welfare Committee Aquatic Animal Medicine (Alternate) (Unexpired term from 2009-2010)
(Must be nominated by an aquatic animal medicine organization)
Vacant  
  American Association of Bovine Practitioners (Alternate)
(Unexpired term from 2009-2010)
(Must be nominated by AABP)
Vacant  
  State Veterinary Medical Associations
(Unexpired term from 2009-2012)
(Must be nominated by a state veterinary medical association)
Vacant  
Convention Management and Program Committee Veterinary Technician Programming
(Must be nominated by NAVTA)
*Julie Legred  
  Public and Corporate Practice *David Schabdach  
  Companion Animal *Mary Anna Thrall  
Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates Senior Administrative Executives of State Veterinary Licensing Boards
(Does not have to be a veterinarian)
Vacant  
Committee on Human-Animal Bond Colleges of Veterinary Medicine Vacant  
Legislative Advisory Committee House of Delegates (Alternate)
(Unexpired term from 2009-2011)
(Must be nominated by an organization represented in the HOD)
Vacant  
 
Deadline for Receipt of the Following Committee and Trust Nominations—March 8, 2010
Positions Take Effect in July 2010

Committee nomination form w/ March 8, 2010 deadline date
 
Name of Entity Representation Individual Whose Term Will Expire
(Individuals who are eligible for re-election are noted by an asterisk.)
Nominees
Animal Welfare Committee Aquatic Animal Medicine (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by an aquatic animal medicine organization)
Vacant  
  American Association of Bovine Practitioners (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AABP)
Vacant  
  American Association of Swine Veterinarians (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AASV)
*Jerome Geiger  
  American Association of Swine Veterinarians
(Must be nominated by AASV)
*Lisa Tokach  
  American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by ASLAP)
*Susan Harper  
  American Animal Hospital Association (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAHA)
*Kate Hurley  
  Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAVMC)
*Alicia Karas  
  American Association of Corporate and Public Practice Veterinarians (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AACPPV)
*Hilton Klein  
  American Association of Equine Practitioners (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAEP)
*Midge Leitch  
  American Association of Avian Pathologists
(Must be nominated by AAAP)
*Jose Linares  
  American Association of Avian Pathologists (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAAP)
*Robert Williams  
  Humane or Animal Welfare Organization (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by a humane or animal welfare organization)
*Linda Lord  
  Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
(Must be nominated by a zoo or wildlife medicine organization)
*David Miller  
  Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by a zoo or wildlife medicine organization)
*Thomas Meehan  
  Association of Avian Veterinarians
(Must be nominated by AAV)
*J. Bruce Nixon  
  Association of Avian Veterinarians (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAV)
*Brian Speer  
  American Society of Veterinary Medical Association Executives (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by ASVMAE)
*Lisa Perius  
  American Association of Feline Practitioners
(Must be nominated by AAFP)
*Roy Smith  
  American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners
(Must be nominated by AASRP)
*Joseph Snyder  
  American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AASRP)
*Peregrine Wolff  
  Association of Shelter Veterinarians (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by ASV)
*Miranda Spindel  
Aquatic Veterinary Medicine Committee Research in Aquatic Animal Health Roy Yanong  
  Extension or Diagnostic Services *Roxanna Smolowitz  
  State or Federal Regulatory Veterinary Medicine *Jennifer Strasser  
  Academia *E. Scott Weber  
Clinical Practitioners Advisory Committee American Association of Equine Practitioners
(Must be nominated by AAEP)
*Justin Janssen  
  American Association of Equine Practitioners (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAEP)
Carol Clark  
  American Association of Bovine Practitioners
(Must be nominated by AABP)
*Karl Gingrich  
  American Association of Bovine Practitioners (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AABP)
Grant Dewell  
  American Association of Swine Veterinarians
(Must be nominated by AASV)
Lisa Becton  
  American Association of Feline Practitioners
(Must be nominated by AAFP)
*Lorraine Jarboe  
  American Association of Feline Practitioners (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAFP)
Julie Levy  
  American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners
(Must be nominated by AASRP)
David Wallace  
  Aquaculture and Seafood Medicine
(Must be nominated by an aquaculture or seafood organization)
Vacant  
  Aquaculture and Seafood Medicine (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by an aquaculture or seafood organization)
Vacant  
Committee on Disaster and Emergency Issues Food Animal Practice
(Nominees must have expertise and experience in disaster preparedness and emergency issues)
*Renee Dewell  
  Uniformed Services *Stephanie Ostrowski  
  Poultry Medicine
(Nominees must have expertise and experience in disaster preparedness and emergency issues)
*Jo Anna Quinn  
Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates Government Service Donald Prater  
Committee on Environmental Issues Aquatic Medicine Cindy Driscoll  
  Bovine Practice *Alfred Gigstad  
  AVMA Council on Public Health and Regulatory Veterinary Medicine Paul Garbe  
Food Safety Advisory Committee American Association of Extension Veterinarians
(Must be nominated by AAEV)
*James McKean  
  American Association of Extension Veterinarians (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAEV)
*William Epperson  
  American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AASRP)
*Joan Bowen  
  American Association of Bovine Practitioners (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AABP)
*Jared Taylor  
  American Association of Swine Veterinarians (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AASV)
*Ian Levis  
  Aquatic food animal medicine veterinarian (Alternate) *Renate Reimschuessel  
  American Association of Food Hygiene Veterinarians (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAFHV)
*John Sanders  
  American Association of Avian Pathologists (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAV)
*Suzanne Young  
Governance Performance Review Committee AVMA Councils Laurel Kaddatz  
Committee on Human-Animal Bond Veterinary Ethology *Gerrard Flannigan  
  Public Health *Cynthia Johnson  
Committee on International Veterinary Affairs AVMA Council on Education *Joan Samuels  
  AVMA Council on Education *James Brace  
Legislative Advisory Committee Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
(Must be nominated by AAVMC)
Bennie Osburn  
  Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAVMC)
*H. Michael Chaddock  
  American Association of Bovine Practitioners
(Must be nominated by AABP)
Mark Spire  
  American Association of Bovine Practitioners (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AABP)
Virginia Fajt  
  American Association of Food Hygiene Veterinarians
(Must be nominated by AAFHV)
Daniel LaFontaine  
  American Association of Food Hygiene Veterinarians (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAFHV)
Rex Holt  
  American Association of Corporate and Public Practice Veterinarians
(Must be nominated by AACPPV)
Gerald Schmoling  
  American Association of Corporate and Public Practice Veterinarians (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AACPPV)
David Hustead  
  American Association of Avian Pathologists (Alternate)
(Must be nominated by AAAP)
*Bruce Stewart-Brown  
Member Services Committee Recent Graduate *Scott Aoki  
  Private Clinical Practice Grace Bransford  
  Academic Veterinary Medicine *Wade Northington  
Political Action Committee Policy Board Area 1, Eastern States
(HAC Appointment)
John de Jong  
  Area 2, Central States George Richards  
  Area 3, Western States
(HAC Appointment)
*Howard Moore  
State Advocacy Committee American Society of Veterinary Medical Association Executives
(Must be nominated by ASVMAE)
Ralph Johnson  
  Area 3, Western States Jack Walther  
Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities Industrial Veterinary Medicine Anthony Rumschlag  
  Educators of Veterinary Technicians *Melvin Chambliss  
Group Health Life Insurance Trust At-Large *Blair Hollowell  
  At-Large *Dwight King  
  At-Large *Carolynn MacAllister  
Professional Liability Insurance Trust At-Large *Thomas Little  
  At-Large *Lance Moxey  

*Eligible for reappointment

Last updated: 9/30/09

 

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