We would like to encourage all Fellow members to participate in the 2026 AAPA Board of Trustees (BOT) election. Voting will be open from August through September 30, 2025. All Fellow members are invited to cast their vote online via SurveyMonkey. Please check your email for the ballot invite. If you did not receive – or cannot locate – the ballot invite, please contact us at [email protected] for alternate means to vote.
To learn more about a candidate, click on their name above to be taken to their feature page. For this election, you will be able to cast your vote for up to three candidates.
Results will be announced in October, and elected members will begin their terms in January 2026.
Thank you in advance for your participation!
Organization: Loyola University Medical Center
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Fellow Member Since: 2012
Current AAPA Position: Board of Trustees Vice Chair/Secretary
Please tell the AAPA membership about yourself, and describe your past volunteer work.
- Lead PA at Loyola University Medical Center just outside Chicago, 2022-present
- Senior PA and preceptor at Rush University Medical Center 2010-2022
- Graduated Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Pathologists’ Assistants’ program in 2010
- Lectured and adjunct faculty at RFUMS 2017-2021
- Volunteered with AAPA in 2010 as Student Liaison to RFUMS, then adjunct liaison to Commission on Cancer 2017-2022
- Presented at 2019 Spring Conference and 2024 Spring Conference
- Involved in Grossing Guidelines since inception 2013 as Prostate Subsection Author and GU Section Author
- Member of BOT since 2023, Vice Chair since 2024
Why are you interested in serving on the AAPA BOT?
The AAPA has recently undergone change in association management company to Kellen Management. I was involved in implementing this change and would like to continue to work to see the transition complete and processes running smoothly. Additionally, I have thoroughly enjoyed my first term on the BOT and would like to complete a second term.
What is your understanding of the mission and vision of this organization?
The AAPA Mission and Vision are central to everything we do. Appropriately, our patients are mentioned in both the Mission and Vision statements, as they are ultimately whom we serve. I also love that our Mission Statement mentions our service to pathologists and healthcare in general. At the end of the day, our role is to serve, and as AAPA leadership, we are here to serve our members and the profession.
What do you think should be the most important priority for AAPA?
The Grossing Guidelines has the potential to reach a wide audience and demonstrate the expertise of our community and should continue to be an important priority for the AAPA.
Right now the Board’s most important priority should be continue to work with Kellen to establish and document our policies and procedures, enforce timely deadlines and encourage communication. Our processes need to be sufficiently documented to further our work into the future.
Is there a particular area that you feel could be improved within AAPA? Why do you feel it needs improvement and how can you help improve this?
From my perspective at the end of my first term, the AAPA needs to implement an evaluation system for internal evaluation of BOT members and Committee leadership. This needs implementation rather than improvement, because it does not exist. It is important to implement regular evaluation of leadership to establish a standard of work, plan of succession and strong leadership base.
What do you consider the greatest challenge your lab is currently facing and how are you addressing it?
The greatest challenge my lab is currently facing is poor inter- and intradepartmental communication, which leads to difficulties in working together and remaining on the same page. Of course we are all being asked to do more with less, and this contributes to issues in staffing and supplies. As Lead PA, I find the best immediate solution is to communicate and then communicate more. I try to always emphasize the importance of our work and stress our contribution to quality patient care.