Officers and Board Directors
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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
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Past President
Douglas Watson
Pre-Health Counselor Utah Valley University
Orem, UT 84058
801-863-6484
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President-Elect
Kristi Weddige
Director of CSM Student Services; Academic and Pre-Health Professions Advisor
Cal Poly-SLO
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Secretary-Treasurer
Kimberly Mueller, M.S.
Director, Office of Health Professions Advising
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
509-527-5766
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Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Lynn Howard.
Director of Student Recruitment
Washington State University
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Spokane, WA
509.358.7518
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Historian
Craig Vaske
Manager, Student Advising College of Health Sciences
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
307-766-3499
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Membership and Retention Chair
Jane Byrnes, MSA
Pre-Health Manager
Colorado College
Colorado Spring, CO
719-389-6429
jbyrnes@coloradocollege.edu
2025 -WAAHP Regional Meeting Chair
Katherine Brackmann
Assistant Director of Graduate & Professional School Engagement
Career & Professional Development
Health Professions Pathways Program (H3P)
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
509- 313-4237
Members at Large
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2022-2025
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Josh Deason, MA
Pre-Professional Advisor
Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center
University of Nevada, Reno
775-784-4684
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2023-2026
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Lena Njoku M.Ed
Director, UC PRIME Pathways Program (UCPPP)
University of California, Irvine
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Allyson Sterling, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Regis University
303-964-6234
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Jessica Woods
Senior Academic Advisor
University of Colorado
Colorado Springs
710- 255-3260
jwoods7@uccs.edu
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2024-2027​
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Dana Parcher, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Pre-Health Advising
University of Colorado, Boulder
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Maureen Leong-Kee, MA
Head Academic Advisor
Oregon State University
541-737-8900
Maureen.Leong-Kee@oregonstate.edu
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WAAHP Representatives to NAAHP
2023-2025
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Charles Scruggs
Director, Health Professions Advising Center
University of California, Riverside
951-827-5416
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Grace Cardenas Leal, M.S.
Coordinator, Pre-Professional Advising
Exploratory & Pre-Professional Advising
University of Nevada, Reno
775- 784-4684
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Media Specialist
Kimberly Mueller, M.S.
Director, Office of Health Professions Advising
Whitman College
509-527-5766