AMWA chapters provide local educational events and regional networking opportunities.  

Membership in a regional chapter is included in your AMWA membership. New members can select a chapter during the join process. Current members can select or change chapters in their user profile.

Visit the chapter website to learn more about activities in your area. You can find contact information for your chapter leaders on the chapter website or in the AMWA Member Directory.

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

Chapter Leader Resource Center 

Carolinas Chapter

North Carolina and South Carolina
President, Jayanika Samaranayake, PhD

President-Elect, Abigail Agoglia, PhD

Secretary, Katie Kelm, PhD

Treasurer, Simone Otto, PhD

www.amwacarolinas.org

Delaware Valley Chapter
Pennsylvania (eastern), Delaware, and New Jersey (southern)
President, Suzanne Bujara, MBA

President-Elect, Ruwaida Vakil, MSc

Secretary, Jasmine Moore, PharmD
Treasurer, Donald Harting, MA, MS
www.amwa-dvc.org

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

President-Elect, Prasad Kulkarni, PhD
Secretary, Anjani Shah, PhD
Treasurer, Qing Zhou, PhD

www.amwa-ny.org

Florida Chapter

Florida 
President, Deborah N. Moore, MS

President-Elect, Mary Katherine Haver
Secretary, Jeremy Day-Storms, PhD

Treasurer,  Jeremy Day-Storms, PhD
www.amwa-florida.com

Greater Chicago Area Chapter
Illinois and Wisconsin (southern)
President, Teresa McNally, PhD
President-Elect, Christine Weisshaar, MS
Secretary, Diane Brooks, MMS, PA-C
Treasurer, Christine Tilles, MA
www.gcac-amwa.org

Indiana-Michigan Chapter
Indiana and Michigan
President, Jaya Bhushan, PhD

President-Elect, Avantika Mann, PhD
Secretary, Shifa Javed, PhD 
Treasurer, Vyvyca Walker, PhD
https://amwaindianamichigan.org/ 

Mid-America Chapter
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska 
President, Matthew Sandbulte, PhD

President-Elect, Heather Widmayer, MS, MBA
Secretary, Diane Morton, MS
Treasurer, Leslie Neistadt
www.amwa-midamerica.org

Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, and West Virginia (eastern) 
President, Barry Johnson, PhD

President-Elect, Swati Dadhich, PhD
Secretary, Gina Clark
Treasurer,  Yanni Wang, PhD
www.amwa-midatlantic.org

New England Chapter

Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Connecticut (northern)
President, Caroline McLachlan, PhD

President-Elect, S. Patrick Murphy, PhD
Secretary, Dora Levin, PhD 
Treasurer, Jeanette Towles, MA

www.amwa-ne.org

North Central Chapter
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin (northern)
President, Adam Fix, PhD

President-Elect, Tess Van Ee, BA
Secretary, Rebecca Wienbar, PharmD
Treasurer, Sangeeta Yendrembam, PhD
Co-Treasurer, Michael Franklin, MS
www.amwanorthcentral.org

Northern California Chapter
California (northern), Nevada (northern), and Hawaii
President, Crystal Herron, PhD

President-Elect, Kimberly Jinnett, PhD
Secretary, Morgan Leafe, MD, MHA
Treasurer, Linhui Li, PhD
www.amwancal.org

Ohio Valley Chapter
Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania (western), and West Virginia (western)
President, Craig Stevens, PhD

President-Elect, Ashley Cantu-Weinstein, BA

Secretary, Prachi Patil, MS
Treasurer, Denise Zona, MBA
www.ohiovalleyamwa.wordpress.com

Pacific Southwest Chapter
Arizona, California (southern), and Nevada (southern)
President, Nayna Sanathara, PhD

President-Elect, Cynthia Carr, PhD

Secretary, Beth Evans, PhD

Treasurer, Sigrid Nelson, MSc

amwa-pacificsw.org

Rocky Mountain Chapter 

Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming 
President,  Cheryl McCutchan, PhD

President-Elect, Emma Robinson, PhD
Secretary, Kelly Zuccaro, PhD
Treasurer, Shenavia Balcom-Luker, PhD
www.amwa-rmc.org

Southeast Chapter
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee 
President, Katherine Brind'Amour, PhD

President-Elect

Secretary, Alicia Racelis, PhD

Treasurer, Callie Compton, MA
www.amwa-southeast.org

Southwest Chapter
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas 
President, Julie Bradford, MA

President-Elect, Goldina Erowele, PharmD
Secretary, Anne Murray, PhD
Treasurer, Anne Murray, PhD
www.amwasw.org