American Orthoptic Council® Leadership 2025
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Leslie France, CO® - Contact: 608-233-5383
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President: Douglas Fredrick, MD
Vice President: Mary DeYoung-Smith, CO®
Treasurer: Alejandra de Alba Campomanes, MD
Secretary: Sarah Whitecross, CO®
AACO President: Rachael Jenkins, CO®
Immediate Past President: Kim Merrill, CO®
MEMBERS
Steven M Archer, MD - Ann Arbor, MI
AOS Representative
Salvatore Bellante, CO® - Philadelphia, PA
AAPOS Representative
Nancy Benegas, MD - Nashville, TN
AAO Representative
Mark Borchert, MD - Los Angeles, CA
AAO Representative
Geoff Bradford, MD - Morgantown, WV
AAPOS Representative
Sheila Chamberlain, CO® - Burlington, VT
AACO IOA Representative
Maria Stunkel, MD - St. Louis, MO
AAPOS Representative
Mallory Coughlin, OC(C) - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
TCOS Representative
Alejandra de Alba Campomanes, MD - San Francisco, CA
AAO Representative
Mary DeYoung-Smith, CO® - W. Bloomfield, MI
AAPOS Representative
George Ellis, Jr, MD - New Orleans, LA
AAP Representative
Rebecca Parrish Baker, CO® - Clearfield, IA
AACO Representative
Annick Fournier, MD - Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
COC President
Douglas Frederick, MD – San Francisco, CA
AAO Representative
Gena Heidary, MD -Boston, MA
NANOS Representative
Veronica Picard Schaefer, CO® -Milwaukee, WI
AACO Education Chair
Rachael Jenkins, CO® - Asheville, NC
AACO President
Kim Merrill, CO® - Minneapolis, MN
AAPOS Representative
Lindsay Klaehn, CO®, COMT, OC(C) - Rochester, MN
AACO Representative
Kaajal Nanda, CO® - Pittsburgh, PA
AAP Representative
Kanwal Nischal, MD - Pittsburgh, PA
AOS Representative
Omondi Nyong'o, MD - Palo Alto, CA
AAPOS Representative
TBD
AOS Representative
Nick Sala, CO® - Erie, PA
AACO Rep to JCAHPO
Sarah Whitecross, CO®,OC(C) - Boston, MA
AAP representative
Amanda Yonkers, CO® - Palo Alto, CA
AACO Vice-President