2025-2026 Leadership Team

Elected Officers

President: Victoria Ho, PA-C

President-elect: Elijah Salzer, PA-C

Immediate Past President: Vic Holmes, PA-C

Secretary: Madeleine Zeichner, PA-C

Treasurer: Cooper Couch, PA-C

Directors at Large:

Luna Noel, DMSc, MHA, PA-C
Michael Sulewski, PA-C
Adhana McCarthy, PA-C
Eugene Rodolfa, PA-C
Megan Hennesy, PA-C

Chief Delegate: Casey Messer, PA-C

Ex Officio: Mark Behar, PA-C

Committees & Appointed Chairs

Student Leader Fellowship Award	Co-Chairs - Casey Messer and Luna Noel
Policy & Government Affairs	Chair - Whitney Hewitt, PA-C
Membership & Development	Co-Chairs - Cooper Couch and Adhana McCarthy
Communications	Chair - Madeleine Zeichner
Diversity	Chair - Eugene Rodolfa
Education	Co-Chairs: Elijah Salzer and Shani Wilson
Finance	Co-Chairs - Cooper Couch and Luna Noel
Conference Planning	Co-Chair - Victoria Ho and Shani Wilson
AdHoc Student Board	Co-Chair - Megan Hennesy and Whitney Hewitt
AdHoc Bylaws	Co-Chairs - Cooper Couch and Michael Sulewski

2025-2026 Student Leader Fellowship Recipients

LBGT PA Caucus Student Leader Fellow:

Syed Wahaj

Student Leader Fellow in conjunct with the African Heritage PA Caucus:

Application closed

Student Leader Fellow in conjunct with PAs for Latino Health:

Ethan Houser

Previous Leadership Team

2024-2025 Leadership Team

Elected Officers

President: Vic Holmes, PA-C, EdD

President-elect: Victoria Ho, PA-C

Immediate Past President: Shani Wilson, PA-C

Secretary: Madeleine Zeichner, PA-C

Treasurer: Cooper Couch, PA-C

Directors at Large:

Efren Torres, PA-C
Debb Dunn, PA-C
Elijah Salzer, DMSc, PA-C
Wren George, PA-C

Ex Officio: Mark Behar, PA-C, DFAAPA

Committees & Appointed Chairs

Student Leader Fellowship Award	Chair - Casey Messer, PA-C
Policy & Government Affairs	Director - Whitney Hewitt, PA-C
Membership & Development	Chair - Jonathan Baker, PA-C
Communications	Chair - Madeleine Zeichner, PA-C
Diversity	Chair - Efren Torres, PA-C
Education	Chair - Elijah Salzer, PA-C
Conference Planning	Chair - Victoria Ho, PA-C

2023-2024 Leadership Team
Elected Officers

President: Shani Wilson, PA-C

President-elect: Vic Holmes, PA-C

Immediate Past President: Jeff Straw, PA-C

Secretary: Victoria Ho, PA-C

Treasurer: Cooper Couch, PA-C

Directors at Large:

Deborah Dunn, PA-C
Sunshine Orta, PA-C
Ariana Golchin, PA-C
Elijah Salzer, DMSc, PA-C
Victoria Murphy-Wong, PA-C

Ex Officio: Mark Behar, PA-C, DFAAPA

Committees & Appointed Chairs

Student Leaders Fellowship Award	Chair - Casey Messer, PA-C
Policy & Government Affairs	Director - Whitney Hewitt, PA-C
Membership & Development	Chair - Jonathan Baker, PA-C
Communications	Chair - Victoria Ho, PA-C
Diversity	Chair - Debb Dunn PA-C
Education	Chair - Elijah Salzer, PA-C
Conference Planning	Chair - Victoria Ho, PA-C

Past Caucus Officers

*City, Year*	*Co-Chair*	*Co-Chair*	*Secretary/Treasurer/Membership*	*Newsletter Editor/ Secretary (1996)*
1979: Caucus Founded by Ron Vachon, Clover Jacobson and Mark Behar
New Orleans, 1980	Ron Vachon	Clover Jacobson		Ron Vachon
San Diego, 1981	Clover Jacobson	Ron Vachon		Ron Vachon
Washington, 1982	George Steffen	Clover Jacobson	Dean Bergstrud	Ron Vachon
St Louis, 1983	Rosemary Strube	George Steffen	Dean Bergstrud
Denver, 1984	Daryl Kirk	Rosemary Strube	Dean Bergstrud (Sec/Treas),George Steffen (Membership)	Eric Schuman
San Antonio, 1985	Terri McAllister	Dennis James	Daryl Kirk	Eric Schuman
Boston, 1986	Vince Engle	Terri McAllister

Student Leader Fellowship Alumni

2024-2025	Finley Kernan-Schlos, University of Utah, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, UT Student Fellows in conjunction with the African Heritage PA Caucus: Sara F. James, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, MD Student Fellow in conjunction with PAs for Latino Health: Carlos Hugo Silva, Florida Gulf Coast University, FL
2023-2024	Victoria Cammarano, Valparaiso University, IN Student Fellow in conjunction with PAs for Latino Health: Efren Torres, A.T. Still University, CA
2022-2023	Cameron Adelman, Joon & Wales University, RI Holden Camp, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL Wren George, Wingate University, Hendersonville, NC Kierra Gipson, Lincoln Memorial University, TN Student Fellow in conjunction with PAs for Latino Health: Andie DeLuna, PA-S - Escuela de Medicine San Juan Bautista, PR (2023)
2021-2022	Bryan Cuadra, Mass. College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, MA
2020-2021	Victoria Ho, Sacred Heart University, CT Director-at-Large, LBGT PA Caucus, 2021-22 Secretary, LBGT PA Caucus, 2022-24 Andrew Persaud, George Washington University, Washington DC Kayla Pulley, Radford University, NC Student Fellows in conjunction with the African Heritage PA Caucus: Cal Richards, Frostburg State University, MD (2020) Tre Landry, Northeastern University, MA (2021)
2019-2020	Alejandro Ramirez Lopez, Duke University, NC Kelly Muñoz, University of Florida
2018-2019	Ashwin Gupta, Temple University, PA Blake Beck, University of the Pacific, CA Student Academy Delegate, 2019 Christina Wojnarwsky, Shenandoah University, VA LBGT PA Caucus Policy Co-Chair, 2019-20 President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2022-23 Cooper Couch, University of Southern California, CA Treasurer, LBGT PA Caucus, 2023-25 Delegate, Colorado 2020-21, Washington 2023-25 Trustee, PA Foundation, 2021-24 Student Director, AAPA Board of Directors 2019-20 President, Student Academy, 2019-20 Danny Mulcahy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science Director-at-Large, LBGT PA Caucus, 2019-21 Lauren Woolley, Lenoir-Rhyne University, NC
2017-2018	Hanna Rajabi, Temple University, PA Stefan Meers, Florida International University, FL Vicki Wong, CUNY School of Medicine, NY Director-at-large, LBGT PA Caucus, 2021-23
2016-2017	Cameron Nicholson, Barry University, FL Director-at-Large, LBGT PA Caucus, 2017-2019 President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2020-2021 Mia McDonald, Jefferson College of Health Sciences, VA Student Academy Board of Directors Chief Delegate, 2017-18 Health Professional in Training Board Member, GLMA, 2016-18 Director-at-Large, LBGT PA Caucus, 2017-19 President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2019-20 VP of Membership & Development, GLMA, 2018-21
2015-2016	Jocelyn Early, Quinnipiac University ,CT Treasurer, LBGT PA Caucus, 2016-18 Ross Morgan, Pace University, NY
2014-2015	Kat Malagon-Morris, CUNY York, NY Treasurer, LBGT PA Caucus, 2015-16 President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2018-19 Alex Sherry, University of Oklahoma
2013-2014	Laura Jennings-Bonner, Drexel University, PA President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2016-17 Christopher Dietrich, MEDEX/University of Washington President, Alaska Collaborative for Telemedicine and Telehealth
2012-2013	Anna Christenson-Moles, University of Colorado Denver
2011-2012
2010-2011	Casey Messer, University of Kentucky, Lexington President, LBGT PA Caucus 2017-18 Ryan Narcisco, Quinnipiac, CT Elizabeth (Fizzy) Ramsey, Marietta College, OH
2009-2010	Phil Burke, University of Oklahoma Treasurer, PA PAC, Oklahoma Academy of Physician Assistants (OAPA) President, PA PAC, OAPA Chief Delegate, OAPA Gerald (Gerry) Jones, Touro University, Nevada Secretary, LBGT PA Caucus President, LBGT PA Caucus, 2013-14 Chief Delegate, Nevada Academy of Physician Assistants (NAPA)
2008-2009	Jeremy Nelson, University of Iowa Treasurer, LBGT PA Caucus Treasurer President, Iowa PA Society Chief Delegate, Iowa PA Society Delegate, Iowa PA Society Missy Novak, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science President, LBGT PA Caucus
2007-2008	Travis Sherer, Pace University, NY Director-at-Large, GLMA Treasurer, GLMA President, LBGT PA Caucus