Board makes appointments
The Executive Board named the following individuals to the positions indicated. These veterinarians began serving in their roles at the conclusion of the AVMA House of Delegates session in July 2007. The duration of each term varies.
Animal Welfare Committee
American Animal Hospital Association—Dr. Kate Hurley, Davis, Calif.; American Association of Equine Practitioners—Dr. Midge Leitch, Cochranville, Pa.; American Association of Corporate and Public Practice Veterinarians—Dr. Hilton Klein, West Point, Pa.; American Association of Bovine Practitioners—Dr. Max Irsik, Gainesville, Fla.; American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners—Dr. Peregrine Wolff, Corvallis, Ore.; American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners—Dr. Wendy Underwood, Carthage, Ind.; Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges—Dr. Alicia Karas, North Grafton, Mass.; American Association of Swine Veterinarians—Dr. Jerome Geiger, Hendersonville, Tenn.; aquatic animal medicine—Dr. Stephen Smith, Blacksburg, Va.; State VMAs—Dr. Richard Goldston, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and American Society of Veterinary Medical Association Executives—Dr. Glenn Kolb, Salem, Ore.
Aquatic Veterinary Medicine Committee
State/federal regulatory veterinary medicine—Dr. Jennifer Strasser, South Bend, Ind.
AVMA/ASVMAE Joint Committee
American Society of Veterinary Medical Association Executives executive board— Charlene Wandzilak, Hershey, Pa.; Dr. Ted Cohn, Lone Tree, Colo.; and Dr. Larry Kornegay, Houston
Committee on International Veterinary Affairs
AVMA Executive Board—Dr. David McCrystle, Healdsburg, Calif.; Council on Education—Drs. James Brace, Knoxville, Tenn., and Joan Samuels, Buellton, Calif.; Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges—Dr. Prema Arasu, Raleigh, N.C.
Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities
Education of veterinary technicians—Dr. Melvin Chambliss, Alfred Station, N.Y.
Clinical Practitioners Advisory Committee
American Association of Feline Practitioners—Dr. Lorraine Jarboe, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Disaster and Emergency Issues Committee
Uniformed Services—Dr. Stephanie Ostrowski, Whitesburg, Ga.
Food Safety Advisory Committee
American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners—Dr. Joan Bowen, Wellington, Colo.
Member Services Committee
Nonacademic public sector veterinarians—Dr. Marianne Ross, Elkridge, Md.
Veterinary Leadership Conference Planning Committee
American Society of Veterinary Medical Association Executives—Mollie Rasor, Raleigh, N.C.
Liaisons representatives
Alliance for bovine food system health—Dr. Christine Navarre, Baton Rouge, La.; National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy—Dr. Julie Dinnage, Newburyport, Mass.