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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