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The AVMA Executive Board, meeting July 17 in Chicago, named the following individuals to the entities indicated, representing the designated areas. The duration of each term varies. 

Animal Welfare Committee

American Association of Corporate and Public Practice Veterinarians alternate—Dr. Kelly Heath, Lincoln, Neb.; American Society of Veterinary Medical Association Executives alternate—Candace Joy, Snoqualmie, Wash. 

Aquatic Veterinary Medicine Committee

Academia (veterinary school teaching, research, clinical, or extension faculty)—Dr. Esteban Soto, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies

Clinical Practitioners Advisory Committee

American Association of Bovine Practitioners—Dr. Justin Kieffer, Somerset, Mich. 

Committee on International Veterinary Affairs

Executive Board—Dr. Chester Rawson, Markesan, Wis.

Legislative Advisory Committee

American Association of Bovine Practitioners—Dr. Virginia Fajt, College Station, Texas; American Association of Bovine Practitioners alternate—Dr. Cary Christensen, Overland Park, Kan.; American Association of Corporate and Public Practice Veterinarians—Dr. J. Edward Branam, Rancho Cordova, Calif.; American Association of Corporate and Public Practice Veterinarians alternate—Dr. Steven Hansen, Urbana, Ill. 

Political Action Committee Policy Board

Area 2, Central states—Dr. Wallace Kraft, Paris, Texas 

Veterinary Leadership Conference Planning Committee

American Society of Veterinary Medical Association Executives—Lisa Perius, Indianapolis ​