Executive Committee

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

President
Timothy Musch, PhD, FAPS, FACSM
President-electRobert L. Hester, PhD, FAPS
Past President
Willis K. “Rick” Samson, PhD, DSc, FAPS
Acting Treasurer
Paul Welling, MD

BOARD OF DIRECTORSGOVERNANCE
COMMITTEES

Chief Executive Officer
Scott Steen, CAE, FASAE
Finance and Audit Committee
Leadership Development Committee
Section Advisory Committee

Chair
Robert Hester, PhD, FAPS
Board of Directors Liasions

Section Representative
Robert Fenton, PhD

Board Member
Michael Caplan, MD, PhD, FAPS

Committee Representative
Kirsteen Browning, PhD

Board Member
Karla Haack, PhD

Interest Group Representative
Tzongshi Lu, PhD

Board Member
Gina Yosten, PhD

ORGANIZINGTEAMADVISORYCOUNCIL

STANDING COMMITTEESAPS Fellows Committee
Chair: Susan Marsh, PhD
Staff Liaison: Scarletta Whitsett

Finance Committee
Chair: Paul Welling, MD
Staff Liasion: Julie Fortenbery, CPA

Animal Care & Experimentation Committee
Chair: Corey Reynolds, PhD
Staff Liaison: Alissa Hatfield

International Committee
Chair: Vinicia Campana Biancardi, PhD
Staff Liaison: Sandra Spadoni, CAE

Awards Committee
Chair: Usha Raj, MD, MHA, FAPS
Staff Liaison: Scarletta WhitsettPhysiologists in Industry Committee
Chair: Michelle King, PhD
Staff Liaison: Jacob White

Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee
Chair: Josef Brandauer, PhD
Staff Liaison: Margaret Shain Stieben, MSEd

Program Working Group
Chair: Kirsteen Browning, PhD
Staff Liasion: Kathy Lovato, CEM, CMP, DES

Center for Physiology Education Advisory Board
Chair: Terry Sweeney, PhD, FAPS
Staff Liasion: Margaret Shain Stieben, MSEd

Publications Committee
Chair: Wolfgang Kuebler, MD, FAPS
Staff Liasion: Colette Bean

Chapter Advisory Committee
Chair: Naveen Sharma, PhD
Staff Liaison: Nicole Edmund, CAE

Science Policy Committee
Chair: Daniel Michele, PhD
Staff Liasion: Rebecca Osthus, PhD

Committee on Committees
Chair: Heddwen Brooks, PhD
Staff Liaison: Sandra Spadoni, CAE

Trainee Advisory Committee
Chair: VacantStaff Liaison: Brooke Bruthers

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
Chair: Clintoria Williams, PhD
Staff Liasion: Brooke Bruthers

Women in Physiology Committee
Chair: Alicia Schiller, PhD
Staff Liaison: Brooke Bruthers

Journal Editor-in-Chief Representative
Liliana Schaefer, MD

SECTION STEERING COMMITTEES

Section Advisory Committee Chair
Katie Hering-Smith, MS, PhD

Gastrointestinal & Liver Section
Chair: Karen Edelblum, PhD

Cardiovascular Section
Chair: Farah Sheikh, PhD

Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section
Chair: Paul Marvar, PhD

Cell & Molecular Physiology Section
Chair: Sandrine Pierre, PhD

Renal Section
Chair: Robert Fenton, PhD

Central Nervous System Section
Chair: Gene Bidwell, III, PhD

Respiration Section
Chair: Christopher Waters, PhD, FAPS

Comparative & Evolutionary Section
Chair: Dane Crossley, PhD

Teaching of Physiology Section
Chair: Alice Villalobos, PhD

Endocrinology & Metabolism Section
Chair: Licy Yanes Cardozo, MD

Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
Chair: Meena Madhur, MD, PhD

Environmental & Exercise Section
Chair: Tracy Baynard, PhD, FAPS

INTEREST GROUPSTEERING COMMITTEES

Epithelial Transport Interest Group
Chair: Owen Woodward, PhD

History of Physiology Interest Group
Chair: Vacant
Hypoxia Interest Group
Chair: Kevin Cummings, PhD
Muscle Biology Interest Group
Chair: Joseph Brozinick, PhD
Nutrition Physiology Research Interest Group
Chair: Chad Paton, PhD
Physiological -Omics Interest Group
Chair: Tzongshi Lu, PhD
Sex/Gender Research Interest Group
Chair: VacantTranslational Physiology Interest Group
Chair: Julie Freed, MD, PhD