Board of Directors
2024-2025 Board of Directors
(as of July 1, 2024)
| Kam Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD | President | |
| Daniel Landry, DO, FASN | President-Elect | |
| David Henner, DO | Past-President | |
| Brandy Vinson | Secretary | |
| Stephanie Counter, MBA | Treasurer | |
| Preethi Yerram, MD, MS | MAC Chair | |
| Ramin Sam, MD | MAC Vice-Chair | |
| Mary Albin, BS, CPHQ | EDAC Chair | |
| Dee LeDuc | EDAC Vice-Chair | |
| Mary Baliker | KPAC Co-Chair | |
| Dawn Edwards | KPAC Co-Chair | |
| Marc Brazie, MD | Member-at-Large | |
| Kelly M. Mayo, MS | Member-at-Large | |
| Connie Rhee, MD, MSc | Member-at-Large | |
| Stephen Pastan, MD | Member-at-Large | |
| Martha Tankersley, MSN, RN | Member-at-Large | |
| Vicky Cash, MBA, BSN, RN | Member-at-Large | |
| Debra Hain, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FNKF | Member-at-Large | |
| Andrew Howard, MD, FACP | Ad-Hoc Member | |
| Donald Molony, MD | Ad-Hoc Member | |
| John Wagner, MD, MBA | Ad-Hoc Member | |
| Louis Diamond, MB, ChB, FACP, FCP (SA) | Emeritus Member |
Note: All ad-hoc appointments are for one year.
*MAC = Medical Advisory Council
**EDAC = Executive Director Advisory Council
***KPAC = Kidney Patient Advisory Council
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Read the press release here.
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Review current and past issues of Forum Matters here.
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