Officers and Board Directors
President
Kristi Weddige
Director of CSM Student Services; Academic and Pre-Health Professions Advisor
Cal Poly-SLO
San Luis Obispo, CA
Secretary-Treasurer
Lynn Howard
Director of Student Recruitment
Washington State University
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Spokane, WA
509.358.7518
Membership and Retention Chair
Jane Byrnes, MSA
Pre-Health Manager
Colorado College
Colorado Spring, CO
719-389-6429
jbyrnes@coloradocollege.edu
Member at Large
2023-2026
Allyson Sterling, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Regis University
303-964-6234
Member at Large
2024-2027
Maureen Leong-Kee, MA
Associate Director of Health Professions
Oregon State University
Maureen.Leong-Kee@oregonstate.edu
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
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Kimberly Mueller, M.S.
Director, Office of Health Professions Advising
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
509-527-5766
2027 -WAAHP Regional Meeting Chair
Dana Parcher, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Pre-Health Advising
University of Colorado, Boulder
Member at Large
2023-2026
Jessica Woods
Senior Academic Advisor
University of Colorado
Colorado Springs
710- 255-3260
jwoods7@uccs.edu
WAAHP Representative to NAAHP
2025-2027
Douglas Watson
Pre-Health Counselor
Utah Valley University
Orem, UT 84058
801-863-6484
DWatson@uvu.edu
President-Elect
Katherine Brackmann
Assistant Director of Graduate & Professional School Engagement
Career & Professional Development
Health Professions Pathways Program (H3P)
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
509- 313-4237
brackmann@gonzaga.edu
Historian
Craig Vaske
Manager, Student Advising College of Health Sciences
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
307-766-3499
Member at Large
2023-2026
Lena Njoku M.Ed
Director, UC PRIME Pathways Program (UCPPP)
University of California, Irvine
Member at Large
2024-2027
Alex Geis
Pre-Health Advisor
Colorado College
Boulder, CO
alexander.geis@colorado.edu
Media Specialist
Juana Martinez
Pre-Health Professions Program Coordinator
Northern Arizona University