Board makes committee appointments

The AVMA Board of Directors, during its April 5 meeting at Association headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, named the following individuals to the entities indicated and representing the designated areas. The duration of each term varies.

Animal Welfare Committee

At-large—Dr. Jodi Lovejoy, Crothersville, Indiana; American Association of Bovine Practitioners—Dr. Erin King-Podzaline, Woodstock, Connecticut; American Association of Bovine Practitioners, alternate—Dr. Brett Boyum, Hoffman, Minnesota; American Association of Equine Practitioners—Dr. Benjamin Espy, San Antonio, Texas; American Association of Feline Practitioners—Dr. Wendy Simpson, Cary, North Carolina; American Association of Feline Practitioners, alternate—Dr. Melissa Mustillo, New Market, Maryland; American Association of Swine Veterinarians—Dr. Meghann Pierdon, Bainbridge, Pennsylvania

Aquatic Veterinary Medicine Committee

Aquatic invertebrate health—Dr. Hali Jungers, Newport, Kentucky

Clinical Practitioners Advisory Committee

American Association of Avian Pathologists, alternate—Dr. Michaela Olson, New Richland, Minnesota

Committee on Antimicrobials

American Association of Avian Pathologists—Dr. Michelle Kromm, Minneapolis; American Association of Avian Pathologists, alternate—Dr. Randall Singer, Saint Paul, Minnesota; American Association of Fish Veterinarians—Dr. Patricia Gaunt, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; American Association of Fish Veterinarians, alternate—Dr. Janet Whaley, Brookeville, Maryland; American Association of Swine Veterinarians—Dr. Rebecca Robbins, Amarillo, Texas;  American Association of Swine Veterinarians, alternate—Dr. Abbey Canon, Rowan, Iowa

Committee on Disaster and Emergency Issues

Commercial animal agriculture—Dr. Robinette Gilbert, Flint, Texas; animal disaster response training of veterinary students—Dr. Gay Miller, Fithian, Illinois; small ruminant practice—Dr. Fauna Smith, Arbuckle, California; government service-federal or state agency dealing with environmental issues—Dr. Puttappa Dodmane, Roseville, California; swine practice—Dr. Daniel Gascho, Mexico, Indiana; veterinary ecology—Dr. Colleen Duncan, Fort Collins, Colorado

Committee on International Veterinary Affairs

AVMA representative to the World Small Animal Veterinary Association—Dr. Arnold Goldman, Canton, Connecticut

Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities Selection Committee (CVTEA)

Former CVTEA member, veterinarian—Dr. Kelly Black, Stillwater, Oklahoma; former CVTEA member veterinary technician—Tracy Blais, Newton Center, Massachusetts

Convention Education Program Committee

Poultry Science manager—Dr. Takumu Niino, Cary, North Carolina

Council on Education Selection Committee

At-large—Dr. Charli Braun, Winter Park, Florida

Early Career Development Committee

Emerging leader—Dr. Shirin Modaresi, Charlotte, North Carolina; recent graduate—Dr. James Ingold, McCordsville, Indiana

Food Safety Advisory Committee

American Association of Avian Pathologists—Dr. Elizabeth Krushinskie, Verona, Virginia; American Association of Avian Pathologists, alternate—Dr. Robert O’Connor, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; American Association of Bovine Practitioners—Dr. Carla Huston, Cedarbluff, Mississippi; American Association of Bovine Practitioners, alternate—Dr. Francisco Leal Yepes, Ithaca, New York;  American Association of Food Safety and Public Health Veterinarians, alternate—Dr. Donna DeBonis, Oak Harbor, Washington

Legislative Advisory Committee

American Association of Avian Pathologists—Dr. Suzanne Dougherty, Athens, Alabama; American Association of Avian Pathologists, alternate—Dr. Carl Heeder, Millsboro, Delaware; American Association of Equine Practitioners, alternate—Dr. Jennifer Durenberger, Saratoga Springs, New York; American Association of Swine Veterinarians—Dr. Amy Maschhoff, Breese, Illinois; American Association of Swine Veterinarians, alternate—Dr. Kate Beckman, Audubon, Iowa; American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners—Dr. Donna Clemons, Trevor, Wisconsin; American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners, alternate—Dr. Steven Shipley, Apex, North Carolina

Political Action Committee Board

At-large—Dr. Lawrence Letsche, Plymouth, Michigan

Steering Committee on Human-Animal Bond Interactions

Expert on human-animal attachment—Dr. Renee Dewell, Ames, Iowa

Veterinary Leadership Conference Planning Committee

Principal and constituent allied veterinary organizations—Dr. Jeremey Keen, Collierville, Tennessee