V37 N4 / 2022 

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The AMWA Board of Directors (BOD) is our organization’s 

governing body. As stated in Article III in the AMWA bylaws, 

the BOD manages and controls the affairs, property, and 

business of AMWA. The BOD meets consistently throughout 

the year to discuss and take action on items as they pertain 

to the organization. The BOD is responsible for approving 

the budget, the slate of nominees for elected office, and any 

proposed amendments to the Constitution or Bylaws. It also 

approves committees, work groups, and task forces and ful-

fills such other duties as are specifically mentioned in the 

Constitution and Bylaws and as required by law.

 The BOD has the right to empower the Executive 

Committee, consisting of the President, President-Elect, 

Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President, and 

Executive Director, to act in between full BOD meetings.

 In alignment with AMWA Bylaws, the BOD shall include 

elected Officers, an Executive Director, a Chair of the Chapter 

Advisory Council, and at least 5 appointed At-Large Directors. 

The number of members on the BOD during the governance 

year shall be no less than 12 and no more than 17.

 The full scope of the BOD’s responsibilities can be found 

in Article III of the Bylaws of the American Medical Writers 

Association.

 I am pleased to introduce the 2022-2023 BOD, which 

consists of At-Large Directors, the Chair of the Chapter 

Advisory Council, and Officers. AWMA strives to have a 

BOD that is representative of our organization’s member-

ship, reflecting characteristics of the member population.

 At its September 2022 meeting, the BOD approved the 

following individuals to serve as At-Large Directors for the 

2022-2023 term:

• Joan Affleck, MBA, ELS

• Loretta Bohn, BA, ELS

• Sarah Dobney, MPH

• Lynne Munno, MA, MS

• JoAnna Pendergrass, DVM

• Genevieve Walker, PhD

• Shawn Watson, PharmD, PhD, BCPS

The BOD also approved the Chair of the Chapter Advisory 

Council (a voting member of the BOD):

• Jennifer Minarcik, MS

AMWA 2022-2023 Officers:

• President: Elise Eller, PhD

• President-Elect: R. Michelle Sauer Gehring, PhD, ELS

• Secretary: Kimberly Korwek, PhD

• Treasurer: Julie Phelan, MD, MBA

• Immediate Past President: Katrina R. Burton, BS

• AMWA Executive Director: Susan Krug, MS, CAE (ex 

officio, nonvoting)

 The 2022-2023 BOD began its service on November 5, 

2022 at the conclusion of the 2022 Annual Business Meeting 

at the 2022 Medical Writing & Communication Conference 

in Denver, Colorado.

Elise Eller, PhD / 2022–2023 AMWA President

Introducing the 2022–2023 Board of Directors

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