AMWA chapters provide local educational events and regional networking opportunities.  

Membership in a regional chapter may be available with your AMWA membership.

Please contact your AMWA chapter leader or visit the chapter website to learn more about activities in your area.   If you are interested in volunteering for your chapter, please complete the AMWA volunteer interest form.

AMWA chapter leaders may find leadership resources in the AMWA Chapter Handbook.

Carolinas Chapter

North Carolina and South Carolina
President, Loretta Bohn

President-Elect, September Mihaly, PhD

Secretary, Kelsey Tsipis
Treasurer,  Lydia Morris
www.amwacarolinas.org

Delaware Valley Chapter
Pennsylvania (eastern), Delaware, and New Jersey (southern)
President, Michelle Dalton
President-Elect, Jen Minarcik, MS
Secretary, Kavita Gumbrir-Shah, PhD
Treasurer, Mark Bowlby, PhD
www.amwa-dvc.org

Empire State-Metro New York Chapter
New York, Northern New Jersey (northern), and Connecticut (southern)
President, Qing Zhou, PhD

President-Elect, Marjorie Winters
Secretary, Jennifer Nepo, MS
Treasurer, Lloyd Zimmerman, MD
www.amwa-ny.org

Florida Chapter

Florida
President, Melory Johnson

President-Elect, Irvin Peralta, MBA
Secretary, Larry Macke, MS
Treasurer, Maryalice Ditzler
www.amwa-florida.com

Greater Chicago Area Chapter
Illinois and Wisconsin (southern)
President, Sarah Prins, PhD
President-Elect, Stephanie Vargas, MD
Secretary, Stephanie Vargas, MD
Treasurer, Adriana Caballero, PhD
www.gcac-amwa.org

Indiana Chapter
Indiana
President, Esther Asplund, PhD
President Elect, David Caldwell, PhD
Secretary, Angela Beeler
Treasurer, Nicoletta Bivi, PhD
www.hoosieramwa.org

Mid-America Chapter
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska 
President, Rona Claire Grunspan, MD
Secretary, Linda A. Landon, PhD 
Treasurer, Leslie Neistadt
www.amwa-midamerica.org

Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia (eastern) 
President, Erin Boyle
President-Elect, Vita Washington
Secretary, Michael Jones, MS
Treasurer, Martin Spiering, MS, PhD 
www.amwa-midatlantic.org

New England Chapter

Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut (northern),
President, Shawn Watson, PharmD, PhD
President-Elect, Debbie Ferguson, PhD
Secretary, Ellie Lin, MS
Treasurer, Ana Bozas, PhD
www.amwa-ne.org

North Central Chapter
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin (northern)
President, Rebecca Dahlberg, MD
President-Elect, Kendra Hyland, PhD
Secretary, Lynelle Martinez, MBA
Treasurer, Venugopal Thayanithy, PhD, Ellen O'Malley, MS
www.amwanorthcentral.org

Northern California Chapter
California (northern), Nevada, Hawaii
President, Nancy Katz, PhD, MWC 
Secretary, Barbara Arnoldussen, PhD
Treasurer, Catherine Magill, PhD
www.amwancal.org

Ohio Valley Chapter
Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania (western), West Virginia (western)
President, Sarah Dobney
President-Elect, Ryan Fell, PharmD
Secretary, Tanya Smith
Treasurer, Debbie Sommerville
www.ovc-amwa.org

Rocky Mountain Chapter 

Colorado, Utah, Wyoming 
President,  Erik Maclaren, PhD
President-Elect, Brittany Hodges, PhD
Secretary,  Tamara Golden, PhD
Treasurer,  Lisa Carricaburu, MBA
www.amwa-rmc.org

Southeast Chapter
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee 
President, Kimberly Korwek, PhD
President-Elect, Eva Stabenow
Secretary, Rebekah Koutny
Treasurer, Whitney Smalley-Freed, PhD
www.amwa-se.org

Southwest Chapter
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas 
President,  R. Michelle Sauer Gehring, PhD
President-Elect,  Susan Daniels, PhD
Secretary, Erica Goodoff
Treasurer, Erica Goodoff


In addition to chapters, local networking coordinators help organize events and activities for medical communicators to network and connect.  Learn more about local networking.