Board of Trustees

Officers, Trustees, and Staff
History of Board and Trustees

Officers

Victoria Shaffer, PhD

President (2024 - 2025)
United States of America

Beate Jahn, PhD

President - Elect (2024 - 2025)
Austria

Alan Schwartz, PhD

Past-President (2024 - 2025)
United States of America

Ellen Lipstein, MD, MPH

Vice President (2024 - 2025)
United States of America

Ellen G. Engelhardt, PhD

Vice President-Elect (2024-2025)
The Netherlands

Scott LaJoie, PhD, MSPH

Secretary-Treasurer (2023-2025)
United States of America

Torbjørn Wisløff, PhD

Secretary-Treasurer-Elect (2024-2025)
Norway

Scott B. Cantor, PhD

Historian (2023 - 2028)
United States of America

Trustees

Rowan Iskandar, PhD, MA

Trustee (2023 - 2026)
Switzerland

Hawre Jalal, MD, PhD

Trustee (2024 - 2027)
Canada

Natalia Kunst, PhD

Trustee (2022 - 2025)
United Kingdom

Kathryn A. Martinez, PhD, MPH

Trustee (2023 - 2026)
United States of America

Daniel Matlock, MD

Trustee (2023 - 2026)
United States of America

Kine Pedersen, PhD

Trustee (2024 - 2027)
Norway

Laura Scherer, PhD

Trustee (2022 - 2025)
United States of America

Ryan Suk, PhD

Trustee (2024 - 2027)
United States of America

Channing Tate, PhD, MPH

Trustee (2022 - 2025)
United States of America

Editorial Office

Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD

Editor in Chief, Medical Decision Making and Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice
United States of America

Stacy Wennstrom

Editorial Manager, Medical Decision Making

Helen Colby, PhD

Editor in Chief, SMDM e-newsletter
United States of America

Staff

Diane Nickolson

Executive Director
United States of America

Elyssa Ciresi

Association & Meeting Manager

Matthias Besse

Membership & Meeting Director

Karina House

Education & Communications Director

Kathy Van De Loo

Governance & Strategic Planning


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