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Officers and Board Directors

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President

Kristi Weddige

Bailey College Student Services; Academic and

Pre-Health Professions Advisor 

Cal Poly-SLO

San Luis Obispo, CA

kweddige@calpoly.edu

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Past President

Charles Scruggs

Director, Health Professions Advising Center

University of California, Riverside

Health Professions Advising Center,
Rivera Library, Suite B03

900 University Ave

Riverside, CA 92521

951-827-5416

Charles.Scruggs@ucr.edu

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President-Elect

Katherine Brackmann

Associate Director, Academic Engagement
Career & Professional Development  
Health Professions Pathways Program (H3P)  
Gonzaga University  
Spokane, WA  
509- 313-4237  
Brackmann@gonzaga.edu

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Secretary-Treasurer

Lynn Howard

Director of Student Recruitment 
Washington State University 
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Spokane, WA

509.358.7518

Lynn.Howard@wsu.edu

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Assistant Secretary-Treasurer | 2026-2027

Noreen Balos

Medical Education Admissions Advisor, Admissions and Outreach

University of California, Merced
nbalos@ucmerced.edu

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Historian

Craig Vaske

Manager, Student Advising College of Health Sciences

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY 

307-766-3499

cvaske@uwyo.edu

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Membership and Retention Chair | 2026-2028

Grace Cardenas Leal

Coordinator, Preprofessional Advising

University of Nevada, Reno

gleal@unr.edu

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2027 WAAHP Regional Meeting Chair

Dana Parcher, Ph.D.

Director, Office of Pre-Health Advising

University of Colorado, Boulder

prehealth@colorado.edu

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Member at Large | 2026-2029

Mallory Durkin, OHM

Associate Director of Pre-Health Advising, Morken 238
College of Natural Sciences, Pacific Lutheran University

durkin@plu.edu

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Member at Large | 2025-2028

Alex Geis

Pre-Health Advisor
Colorado College

Boulder, CO
alexander.geis@colorado.edu

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Member at Large | 2026-2027

Kayla Johnson

Program Manager, Pre-Professional Advising

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287

480-965-2365
Kayla.Beth.Johnson@asu.edu

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Member at Large | 2026-2029

Andrew Lafrenz

Associate Dean for Pre-Health Professions

University of Portland

lafrenz@up.edu

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Member at Large | 2026-2029

Eric Leinen

Senior Advisor, Health Programs at Academic Advising Center

Nevada State University

eric.leinen@nevadastate.edu

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Member at Large | 2024-2027

Maureen Leong-Kee, MA

Associate Director of Health Professions

Oregon State University
Maureen.Leong-Kee@oregonstate.edu

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WAAHP Representative to NAAHP | 2026-2027

Jane Byrnes, MSA

Pre-Health Manager

Colorado College

Colorado Spring, CO

719-389-6429

jbyrnes@coloradocollege.edu

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Media Specialist

Juana Martinez

Pre-Health Professions Program Coordinator

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, AZ 86011

Juana.Martinez@nau.edu

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