Officers and Board Directors

President
Kristi Weddige
Bailey College Student Services; Academic and
Pre-Health Professions Advisor
Cal Poly-SLO
San Luis Obispo, CA

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

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

Secretary-Treasurer
Lynn Howard
Director of Student Recruitment
Washington State University
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Spokane, WA
509.358.7518

Assistant Secretary-Treasurer | 2026-2027
Noreen Balos
Medical Education Admissions Advisor, Admissions and Outreach
University of California, Merced
nbalos@ucmerced.edu

Historian
Craig Vaske
Manager, Student Advising College of Health Sciences
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
307-766-3499

Membership and Retention Chair | 2026-2028
Grace Cardenas Leal

2027 WAAHP Regional Meeting Chair
Dana Parcher, Ph.D.

Member at Large | 2026-2029
Mallory Durkin, OHM
Associate Director of Pre-Health Advising, Morken 238
College of Natural Sciences, Pacific Lutheran University

Member at Large | 2025-2028
Alex Geis
Pre-Health Advisor
Colorado College
Boulder, CO
alexander.geis@colorado.edu

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

Member at Large | 2026-2029
Andrew Lafrenz

Member at Large | 2026-2029
Eric Leinen
Senior Advisor, Health Programs at Academic Advising Center
Nevada State University

Member at Large | 2024-2027
Maureen Leong-Kee, MA
Associate Director of Health Professions
Oregon State University
Maureen.Leong-Kee@oregonstate.edu

WAAHP Representative to NAAHP | 2026-2027
Jane Byrnes, MSA

Media Specialist
Juana Martinez
Pre-Health Professions Program Coordinator
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011