2022-2023 Board of Directors Candidates - Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society

Officer Candidates

PRESIDENT

Luis M. Zabala, MD, MBA
Children’s Medical Center, Dallas
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Hospital/Institution Titles:
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Medical Director for Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Children’s Medical Center Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical School
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained:
Universidad Central de Venezuela – Escuela de Medicina J. M. Vargas – MD – 1998

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained:
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Tufts School of Medicine; Boston, MA
Transitional year Internship – Department of internal medicine 1999 – 2000

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training:
Tufts – New England Medical Center, Boston 2000 – 2003

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship:
Fellow in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Cardiac Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2003 – 2004

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training:
Program for Educators in the Health Care Profession
Harvard Macy Institute – Harvard Medical School. – 2010
MBA – Healthcare Organization Leadership Master of Business Administration
University of Texas Dallas/UT Southwestern. Class of 2020

Prior involvement with CCAS or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable):
Involvement with CCAS:

CCAS: Associate Editor for the Newsletter – 2013 – 2014
CCAS: Editor for the Newsletter – 2014 – 2017
CCAS: Director – Board of Directors (2014 – 2018)
CCAS: Program Co-Chair 2016, 2017
CCAS: Program Chair – 2018
CCAS: Chair Education Committee (2021 – 2023)

CCAS Executive Committee Member:

CCAS Secretary Treasurer 2019 – 2021
CCAS Vice- President/ President Elect 2021 – 2023

Additional Roles:

CCAS: Member of Task Force designed to develop a consensus statement for the use of rFVIIa in pediatric cardiac surgery. (2010-2012)
Member SPA Education Committee
PALC/ CCAS Task Force on pediatric cardiac anesthesia specialty workforce (member)

CCAS Invited Speaker:
Presenter- Lecture CCAS annual meeting 2011, San Diego, CA– Transesophageal Doppler measurements of renal arterial blood flow velocities in children.
Presenter – Lecture CCAS annual meeting 2014, Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Long-standing hypoxemia: Secondary Erythrocytosis and Hemostasis.
Presenter – Lecture CCAS annual meeting 2016, Colorado Springs, CO: Perioperative Surgical Home for the Patient with Congenital Heart Disease: Pre-op Optimization to Post-op Care from newborn to Adult.

SPA
Presenter – Lecture SPA annual meeting 2017, Austin, TX: Vascular Access: New Technologies and best practices.

Workshops at SPA Meeting:

Techniques for Difficult Peripheral Access 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,2016,2017,2018.

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable):

Society of Simulation in Healthcare (2011) – Presenter at a National Meeting: Quality and Faculty Development in Simulation.
As Chair of the CCAS Education Committee – Liaison between CCAS/ SMACT (Sociedad Mexicana de Anestesiólogos Cardiotorácicos) – Partner Society

VICE PRESIDENT

Viviane G. Nasr, MD, MPH, FASA
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Hospital/Institution Titles:
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Cardiac Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained:
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, BS, 1999

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained:
American University of Beirut, Lebanon, MD, 2003

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained:
American University of Beirut, Lebanon 2004
Metrowest Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Affiliate, Framingham, MA, 2010

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training:
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, 2007
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2013

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship:
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington D.C., 2009
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2014

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training:
Master of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Prior involvement with CCAS or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable):
I am currently the Secretary Treasurer and Chair of the Membership Committee. I have led multiple initiatives within CCAS in the past few years, including writing questions, updating the website, creation of the CCAS Special Interest Group, and many others. The more recent effort resulted in recognition of the pediatric cardiac anesthesia specialty by the ACGME. I have been the CCAS representative on the SPA GME task force aiming to evaluate the current status of the pediatric cardiac anesthesia fellowships across the US and currently co-chair the PALC/CCAS task force evaluating the pediatric cardiac anesthesia specialty in the US.

Additional roles:
-Member of the Steering committee of the Cardiac Mentoring Initiative for fellows and junior faculty
-Regularly participated as a speaker, moderator and problem-based learning discussion leader at the CCAS annual meeting over the past 10 years
-Co-Organization of the ongoing CCAS webinar series
-Member of the SPA Education Committee
-Member of the SPA GME task force

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable):
-Chair of the Anesthesia Track for the World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery 2023.
-Coordinate anesthesia-related educational programs for the Congenital Heart Academy
-American Society of Anesthesiologists, member
-International Anesthesia Research Society, member
-Association of University Anesthesiologists, member

SECRETARY-TREASURER

David F. Vener, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX
Candidate Video

Hospital/Institution Titles:
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Baylor College of Medicine

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained:
The University of Texas at Austin, B.A. – Plan 2 Honors Program, 1985

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1989.

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained:
Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Residency Programs, July 1989 – June 1990 (Categorical Anesthesia)

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training:
Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Residency Programs, July 1990 – June 1993 (Categorical Anesthesia with CA3 Research Track)

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship:
Paediatric Anaesthesia Clinical/Research Fellowship, July 1993 – June 1994

Prior involvement with CCAS or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable):
I am one of the founding members of the CCAS beginning with the initial discussions taking place at the PCIS meeting in Miami, FL in 2007. Since its inception, I have served as Chair of the Database Committee and have served 2 terms on the Board of Directors. For the last two years I was the “shadow” co-Chair of the Annual Meeting Planning Committee and then the co-Chair and I am the Chair of this year’s upcoming Annual Meeting in Austin, TX in March 2023. At various times I have also been active in the Education and Quality Committees and I have represented the CCAS at various multi-disciplinary forums related to my database work.

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable):
I have served two terms as a member of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesia’s Database Committee and have also served as member of the American Society of Anesthesiology’s Quality Institute.

In addition, I have represented the CCAS as a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgery’s Congenital Heart Surgery Database Committee and as a member of the STS’ Access and Publications Committee and have also been a member of the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4).

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE CANDIDATES

Jimmie E. Colon, MD, FASA
Ochsner for Childrens-New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Candidate Video

Hospital/Institution Titles:
Section Head, Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Ochsner for Childrens

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained:
University of Puerto Rico, Pre-Medicine Program, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Certification of Completion, June 1995
University of Puerto Rico, School of Nursing, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Associate Degree in Nursing, June 1991

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained:
New York Medical College, Fifth Pathway Program, Valhalla, New York
Supervised Clinical Internship, January 2002- December 2002
University of Monterrey, School of Medicine, Monterrey, Mexico
Doctorate in Medicine, January 1996- December 1999

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained:
Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Surgery Internship, July 2003-June 2004

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training:
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
Residency in Anesthesiology, April 2006- July 2007
Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Residency in Anesthesiology, July 2004- March 2006

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship:
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, August 2007- July 2008

Prior involvement with CCAS or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable):
Moderator, New Developments in Congenital Heart Disease; CCAS 2023 Annual Meeting; Tampa, FL
Member, CCAS International Membership Committee; March 2019-Present
Member, CCAS Communication Committee; March 2019-Present
Member, CCAS-STS Database Committee; March 2018-Present
Member, CCAS Hemostasis Special Interest Group (SIG); March 2019-Present

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable):
Member, Board of Directors of Louisiana Society of Anesthesiologists; Director-Jefferson District: July 2020-Present
Delegate,State of Louisiana American Society of Anesthesiologists House of Delegates: October 2020-Present

Stephanie N. Grant, MD, FAAP
Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Candidate Video

Hospital/Institution Titles:
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Program Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained:
Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana
B.S. in Biology, 2005

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained:
University of Louisville School of Medicine, M.D. 2009

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained:
Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital; St. Louis, Missouri
Categorical Intern Year, June 2010-June 2011

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training:
Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital; St. Louis, Missouri; July 2011-June 2014

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship:
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship
Vanderbilt University / Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital; Nashville, TN; August 2014-July 2015

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard University; Boston, MA; August 2015-July 2016

Prior involvement with CCAS or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable):

Chair, CCAS Communications Committee; 2021-present
- Question of the Week – Review and Edit every QOW published during my term; maintain QOW archives
- Poll of the Month – Review and Edit every Poll of the Month during my term; Initiated Archives on the Website of previous CCAS Polls of the Month
- Edit and Review other CCAS educational content
- Oversee social media and CCAS website organization of new content
Editor of the CCAS Newsletter; 2021-present
- Biannual Publication
- Review and edit published newsletter articles, organize content in Newsletters, recruit authors for submissions
Co-Leader, CCAS/PALC Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Taskforce, Education Subgroup; Spring 2022 – present
CCAS Dolly D. Hansen Research Award recipient 2021
- Presentation and research update during CCAS 2023 Meeting
Vice Chair, CCAS Communications Committee; 2019-2021
- Questions of the Week – Review and Edit every QOW published during my term
- Poll of the Month – Review and Edit every Poll of the Month during my term
Associate Editor of the CCAS Newsletter; 2019-2021
Co-Director Education Initiatives 2017-2019
- authored 50 CCAS “Questions of the Week”
CCAS Communications Committee Member; 2017-present
CCAS Hemostasis Special Interest Group Member; 2022 – present
CCAS Adult Congenital Heart Disease Special Interest Group
- Author of Proposal to initiate this SIG
- Member, 2022 – present
CCAS 2022 meeting: Moderator for Session I: Controversies in the Approach to the Child and Family with CHD
CCAS Workshop Faculty
- CCAS 2022 – When One Size Doesn’t Fit All: What’s New in Hemostasis and Coagulation Management for Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
- CCAS 2023 – Patient Blood Management: When One Size Doesn’t Fit All – What’s New in Hemostasis and Coagulation Management for Congenital Cardiac Surgery Patients
CCAS Website Redesign Working Group 2019-2020
- Author of 2 sections – History (under the “About” tab) and Partner Organizations
CCAS/SPA Posters
- CCAS and SPA 2016 – Predictors of Mortality in Children with Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
CCAS/SPA PBLD Moderator:
- SPA Spring 2022 – Triple Threat: Trisomy 18, Myelomeningocele, and Tetralogy of Fallot
- SPA Spring 2021 – COVID-19, MIS-C, Cardiac Decompensation, Coagulopathy, and the Cath Lab
- CCAS Spring 2019 – The Failing Fontan Patient
- SPA Spring 2019 – A Heartbreaking Event: Catastrophic Complication of a Nuss Procedure
- SPA Spring 2018 – Dental Extractions in a Patient with Eisenmenger’s Syndrome and a DNR Order

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable):

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
- Member 2010- present
- Abstract Presentation 2022 Meeting – Characterization of Antithrombin, Factor II, and Biomarkers of Thrombin Generation in Non-cyanotic Infants undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Society of Academic Associations of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine (SAAAPM), Member 2022 – present
Association of Anesthesiology Subspecialty Program Directors (AASPD), Member 2022 – present
- AASPD Meeting 2022 – Presentation: Updates of the Subspecialties: Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship

Manchula Navaratnam, MD
Stanford Children’s Hospital, Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Candidate Video

Hospital/Institution Titles:
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained:
Edinburgh University, Scotland, United Kingdom. Psychology BSc (Hons) 1995

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained:
Edinburgh University Medical School, Scotland, United Kingdom, MBChB 1997

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained:
Acute Medicine and General surgery Internship 1997-1998 Withington Hospital, South Manchester NHS trust, Manchester and St John’s Hospital, Livingston, Scotland.UK

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training:
Anesthesiology, Intensive care and Pain Medicine, South- East Scotland School of Anesthesia Dec 1999-June 2008, UK
Fellow Of the Royal College of Anesthetists 2003, UK
Certificate of Completion of Training In Anesthesia 2008; Royal College of Anesthetists, UK

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship:
Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship: Children’s Hospital Westmead, Sydney, Australia 2005-2006

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training:
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship, Stanford Children’s Hospital Jan-Dec 2009

Prior involvement with CCAS or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable):
CCAS research committee: March 2022 to current date. Activities include moderating poster sessions, selecting abstracts and surveys.
CCAS Hemostasis Interest Group: 2016 to current date. Activities include attending quarterly meetings, working on projects, sharing information. Being part of a “think tank” of experts.
CCAS Career Advancement Task Force: 2022. Activities include attending task force meetings, contributing to building a survey on career advancement in pediatric cardiac anesthesia.
CCAS Coaching/Mentorship Initiative: 2022- monthly meetings with an assigned mentee via zoom to help provide coaching/mentorship during their pediatric cardiac anesthesia fellowship year
CCAS Lifetime Achievement Award Committee: Oct/Nov 2022:reviewing and ranking nominations (2023 award)
Director for Temporary Pacemaker workshop CCAS annual meetings 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Invited CCAS speaker “Innovations in electrophysiology” CCAS annual meeting 2022
CCAS trainee lecture series: Feb 2021 & Feb 2022: Lead online session on temporary pacemakers and mentored a junior faculty to co-lead this session

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable):
Asociación Mexicana de Especialisatas en Cardiopatías Congénitas (AMECC) annual meeting, Puebla Mexico 2018: Director Temporary Pacemaker workshop
Sociedad Mexicana de Anestesiólogos Cardiotorácicos (SMACT) Invited Webinar June 2020 “Right Ventricular Dysfunction”, Invited speaker Annual meeting Nov 2021 “Early Fontan Failure”
Member of International Society of Heart and Lung transplant: Co-authored expert consensus guidelines on peri-operative management for patients with pulmonary hypertension

Faith J. Ross, MD, MS
Seattle Children’s Hospital
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Candidate Video

Hospital/Institution Titles:
Associate Professor
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained:
University of Oklahoma, BS in Astrophysics, summa cum laude, 2004
Yale University, MS, Physics, 2005

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained:
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, MD, 2010

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained:
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Transitional, 2010-2011

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training:
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Anesthesiology, 2011-2014

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship:
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Anesthesiology, 2014-2015

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training:
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology, 2015-2017

Prior involvement with CCAS or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable):

CCAS Communications Committee Member – Wrote summary of CCAS meeting for CCAS newsletter (multiple years), contributed educational content
SPA Communications Committee Member – Contributed meeting summaries for newsletter
SPA Meeting Planning Shadow for 2020 Meeting – Assisted in planning 2020 meeting in the Bahamas
SPA Committee of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Participated in meetings and multi-institutional QI project
CCAS Latin America Interest Group – Attended conference, visiting professorship in Chile March 2023
SPA Mission Driven Mentoring Program (MDMP) – Recipient of first MDMP Grant

Involvement with other national/international (pediatric) anesthesia organizations (if applicable):

Open Anesthesia Co-Editor, Pediatric Section – Produced series of educational podcasts on CHD and interviews with experts (SPA/OA Ask the Experts Series).
Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (WELI)

Chinwe Unegbu, MD
Children’s National Hospital
Washington, DC
Candidate Video

Hospital/Institution Titles:
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology
Division of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine

Name and City/State of College attended; degree and year obtained:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
BA in Biology 2002

Name and City/State of Medical School attended, degree and year obtained:
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
MD degree 2006

Name and City/State of Hospital where Internship was completed; type and dates attended; degree and year obtained:
Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Preliminary Year, Internal Medicine 2006-2007

Name and City/State of Hospital where Anesthesiology Residency was completed; dates of training:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Resident, Anesthesiology 2007-2010

Name and City/State of Hospital where Fellowship training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of Fellowship:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellow, Pediatric Anesthesiology 2010-2011

Name and City/State of Hospital/University where additional training was completed (if applicable); type and dates of training:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Advanced Clinical Trainee in Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology 2011-2012

Prior involvement with CCAS or SPA (Board, Committee, etc) (if applicable):

Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS)

Coach for Coaching-Mentoring Initiative (2020-2022)
- Assigned as a coach/mentor to advanced pediatric cardiac anesthesia fellow at an outside institution.
- Objective is to aid mentee in successfully navigating fellowship and transitioning from the role of fellow to attending cardiac anesthesiologist.
- Assisted Mentee with career development and offered guidance during difficult transition periods.

Education Initiatives Committee (2020 – present)
- Research, Develop, and Writing of weekly questions that are peer-reviewed and published on the CCAS website.
- Responsible for writing questions for a designated month every 4 months.
- Develop Poll of the Month during the designated Month

Lifetime Achievement Award Committee (2020 & 2022)
- Review nominations for CCAS Lifetime Achievement Award

Pulmonary Hypertension Special Interest Group (PHSIG) (2022-present)
- Active member in the newly formed PHSIG
- Specific interest in future multi-institutional research collaboration focusing on children with pulmonary hypertension.
- Additional PHSIG goals include to discuss, promote, and work towards disseminating current research, clinical experience, and best care practices in the care of children with pulmonary hypertension.

Moderator for Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Annual Meeting Session III. Tampa, Florida: April 2022
- Moderator for Session III entitled: Focus on a Lesion-HLHS Part 2
- This session featured three speakers reviewing anesthetic approaches to the Norwood procedure, novel perfusion techniques, as well as a fascinating discussion on operative challenges and future directions. This was followed by a moderated Q&A discussion.

Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA)

“Not all Pulmonary Hypertension is Created Equal.” Presentation for Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting Plenary Session. San Francisco, California: October 2018
- 30-minute talk focused on classification of Pulmonary Hypertension as well as risk stratification of children with Pulmonary Hypertension and intraoperative management goals.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee (2020 – present)
- The committees primary focus is on promoting Racial and Ethnic Diversity in SPA and beyond
- DEI Committee develops and hosts several workshops at SPA focused on implicit bias, allyship, bystander training, equitable professional advancement, etc.
- Active member on subcommittee collecting data on prevalence of NPO violations resulting in surgical/procedural delays or cancellations in the underrepresented population
- Active member of “Drapes Down” which is a pathway program between Howard University and Children’s National Hospital and a recipient of one of two SPA-DEI grants focused on mission driven mentoring. Currently mentoring two Howard University medical students that are part of this program.

Women’s Empowerment Leadership Initiative (WELI) Mentee (2020 – present)
- Current WELI mentee who works closely with an assigned coach to achieve specific pre-defined career goals.

Women’s Empowerment Leadership Initiative (WELI) Advisory Board Member (2021-present)
- Protégé level member of the WELI Advisory Board
- Attend monthly board meetings geared toward improving the growth and development of WELI
- Subcommittee lead for Advisor- Protégé matching which entails reviewing all protégé applications (curriculum vitae, personal statement, and nomination letters) and advisor areas of expertise to facilitate matching prospective Protégés with new Advisors.
- Subcommittee member for WELI workshops and curriculum which involves WELI workshop planning and curriculum development.

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