AAOP 2025-2026 Committees

Executive Committee

President: Michele A. Schultz-Robins- SchultzRobins@aaop.org
President-Elect: Isabel Moreno Hay- MorenoHay@aaop.org
Treasurer: Brijesh P. Chandwani- Chandwani@aaop.org
Secretary: Thomas Weber- Weber@aaop.org
Secretary-Elect: Sherwin Arman- Arman@aaop.org
Council Chair: Mariona Mulet-Pradera- Mulet@aaop.org
Council Vice-Chair: Jeff Goldberg- Goldberg@aaop.org
Executive Director: Allan O’Bryan- obryan@aaop.org

Council Members

2023–2026: Alex Vaughn- vaughantest@aaop.org, Jasjot Sahni- Sahni@aaop.org
2024–2027: Seema Kurup- Kurup@aaop.org, Maria Hernandez- Hernandez@aaop.org
2025–2028: Kate Christian- christian@aaop.org, Maram Taema- taema@aaop.org

Committees, Subcommittees and Committee Chair(s)

Scientific Program Chair 2026: James Hawkins, Nojan Bakhtiari
Scientific Program Chair 2027: Elizabeth Hatfield, Gary Klasser
Scientific Program Chair 2028: To be announced
Scientific Program Chair 2029: Beth Groneke, Emily Kahnert
Budget Committee: Isabel Moreno Hay
Constitution and Bylaws Committee: Maureen Lang- Lang@aaop.org
Continuing Education Oversight Committee: Isabel Moreno Hay, Gary Klasser
Poster: Maria Hernandez Nuno de la Rosa
Ethics and Grievance Committee: Kate Christian
Guidelines (2028) Committee: Marcela Romero Reyes, James Hawkins, Gary Klasser
Industry Relations Committee: Maram Taema
Insurance Committee: Andres Pinto
International Academies Committee: Ghabi Kaspo
International Academy Liaison Committee:  Ghabi Kaspo, Gary Heir
Legislation Committee: Aimee Werfel
Marketing and Website Committee: Amrittej Virk
Social Media Subcommittee:
 Mina Faiek, Linda Sangalli, Brian Polacek
Mentorship Committee:  Seema Kurup
Membership Committee: Julie Robinson-Smith- membership@aaop.org
Young Member Initiative Subcommittee: 
Ben Kruman, Maram Taema, Scott Guthrie, Bijal Shah Nominating Committee: Jeffrey Goldberg
Physical Therapy Committee: Janey Prodoehl, Leigh Miller
Publication Committee: Jasjot Sahni
Professional Relations Committee: Sherwin Arman
Research Committee: Ian Boggero- research@aaop.org
Fundraising Subcommittee:
 Beth Groenke
Resident/Academic Training Committee: Hong Chen, Sowmya Ananthan
Sleep Medicine Committee: Alex Vaughan
Strategic Planning Committee: Jeffrey Goldberg