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

Membership: 281-939-5332

Certification: 608-233-5383


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