Task Force Charges
- Scan the healthcare and association environments to identify trends in how organizations similar to AAPA respond to major events related to social cultural, and ethnic issues and world conflicts.
- Review AAPA’s recent history of making statements and assess common criteria that may have been used to inform such decisions.
- Review AAPA’s Policy Manual to consider the implications to PAs and the general public at large of making statements in lieu of existing and non-existing House of Delegates (HOD) policies.
- Develop and propose a Board Academy (BA) Policy with criteria and guidelines that would reflect the BOD’s position on making public statements in response to major events.
- Submit the draft BA Policy for consideration by the AAPA Board of Directors.
Task Force Members
- Chair: Jason Prevelige, DMSc, MBA, PA-C, DFAAPA, Connecticut (AAPA Board Member)
- Vic Holmes, PA-C, Texas (Member-at-large)
- Karina Arrelucea, PA-C, New Jersey (Member-at-large)
- Laura Kostos, PA student, Massachusetts (Member-at-large)
- Melinda Rawcliffe, MPAS, DMSc, PA-C, Arizona (Commission on Government Relations & Practice Advancement Designee)
- Billy Collins, DHSc, PA-C, Texas (Commission on the Health of the Public Designee)
- Patti Cuartas, PA-C, MBA, PMP, FACHE, ACHIP, Pennsylvania (Commission on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Designee)
- Deanna Najeram MPAS, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA, Maryland (AAPA Board Member)
- Kierra Gipson, MPAS, MS, PA-C, New York (AAPA Board Member)
- Michael Rudolph, PhD, ARC-PA Commissioner, Tennessee (ARC-PA Representative)
- Beverly Black, MHSA, CAE, South Carolina (NCCPA Representative)
Staff Advisor
Aimee Brierly, Senior Director of Communications, [email protected]