The AMWA Board of Directors formulates the policies and programs of AMWA and provides strategic oversight in accordance with its mission and goals. 

Officers

President
Shawn Watson, PharmD, PhD, BCPS
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals
Cambridge, MA

President-Elect
Kimberly Korwek, PhD
HCA Healthcare
Clarksville, TN

Secretary
Jennifer Minarcik, MS
Jennifer Minarcik Biomedical Communications, LLC
Moorestown, NJ

Treasurer
Julie Phelan, MD, MBA
Biomedisys
Chicago, IL

Immediate Past President
R. Michelle Sauer Gehring, PhD, ELS
RnA Editing, LLC
Lakewood, CO

CEO/Executive Director (Ex Officio)
Susan Krug, MS, CAE
AMWA
Gaithersburg, MD

At-Large Directors

Joan Affleck, MBA, ELS
Bristol Myers Squibb
Madison, NJ

Katrina Burton, BS
SamBUR Communications
Huffman, TX

J. Kelly Byram, MS, MBA, ELS
Duke City Consulting, LLC
Albuquerque, NM  

Demetrius Carter, MBA, PMP, RAC
Certara 
Durham, NC

Sarah Dobney, MPH
inSeption Group
Galion, OH

Tom Gegeny, MWC, ELS, CMPP
Prime
Stratford, CT

Lynne Munno, MA, MS
Takeda
Stoneham, MA

JoAnna Pendergrass, DVM
JPen Communications, LLC
Sandy Springs, GA

Genevieve Walker, PhD
Bridge Health Communications
Hood River, OR

Chapter Advisory Council Chair

Erik MacLaren, PhD, CMPP
Galen Medical Writing, LLC
Denver, CO


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