Student academy leadership consists of the Student Board of Directors (SBOD), the appointed positions, and the graduate advisors.
The SBOD contains nine student positions. Each year, students vote for their new SBOD during the Assembly of Representatives (AOR) held at AAPA's annual conference. Seven positions are elected annually: president, vice president, chief delegate, director of diversity, director of internal affairs, director of external affairs junior, and the special projects coordinator. The president from the previous year returns as the immediate past president and the director of external affairs junior becomes the director of external affairs senior for the upcoming year.
In addition to the nine elected positions, there are eight other leadership positions. These positions are the following: the five regional chairs, Physician Assistants Education Association (PAEA) student member at large, Physician Assistants Foundation marketing and communications committee student representative, and the Physician Assistants Foundation resource development committee student representative.
Congratulations to the Student Board 2009-2010:
Congratulations to those students elected to the Student Academy Board of Directors for the 2009 - 2010 year. They are:
President: Mark Shepherd - Shenandoah University
Vice President: Kara Larson - Medical University of South Carolina
Immediate Past President: Kate Callaway - South University
Chief Delegate: Aimee Larson - D'Youville University
Director of Internal Affairs: Joy Vonk - Baylor College of Medicine
Director of External Affairs Sr.: Betsy Severence - University of Oklahoma
Director of External Affairs Jr.: Lindsay Watters - Mercer University
Director of Diversity: Erica Jimenez - Baylor College of Medicine
Special Projects Coordinator: Crystal Powers - LeMoyne College
Northeast Regional Chair: Adam DeMey - Seton Hall University
Southeast Regional Chair: Whitney Jeffrey - South University
North Central Regional Chair: Christopher Roman - Midwestern University
South Central Regional Chair: Corey Wright - University of Oklahoma
West Region Regional Chair: Nicole Wilson - University of California - Davis
PAEA Student Member at Large: Vickie Lisowski - Touro University - Nevada
PA Foundation Student Representative: Lisa Streit - University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
GARC Student Intern: Audrey Reyenga - Baylor College of Medicine
We look forward to working with this new group of students as we head into the new term and welcome them as the new Student Academy Leadership!
