Committees

2025-2026

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Deborah C. Henry, MD, President
Javed Siddiqi, President-Elect
Ciara Harraher, Vice President
Odette Harris, Past President
Adair Prall, Secretary-Treasurer
Charles Nussbaum, Historian

WNS-Board

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Alex Khalessi, Chair
Martin Pham
Jeffrey Steinberg
Justin Dye



COMMUNICATIONS/
WEBSITE

Sharona Benhaim, Chair
Deborah Henry
Alex Khalessi
Michelle Paff
Ad-hoc: Charles Nussbaum

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Odette Harris, Chair
Jay K Morgan
Jason Hauptman
Sharona Ben-Haim
Charles Nussbaum


SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE

Austin Colohan, Chair
Justin Dye
Laura Prolo
Alex Khalessi
Adair Prall (Secretary-Treasurer) David Pitkethly
Charles Nussbaum

SOCIAL MEDIA COMMITTEE
(ad hoc)

Isaac Yang, Chair
Melanie Gephart
Anand Veeravagu
Daniel Nagasawa

AWARDS COMMITTEE

Javed Siddiqi, Chair
Moustapha Abou-Samra
Marco Lee
Austin Colohan
Richard Wohns

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Laura Prolo, Chair
Mark Belza
Laura Snyder
Krista Greenan



EXHIBITOR COMMITTEE
(ad hoc)

Ciara Harraher, Chair





DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Samer Ghostine, Chair
Charles Nussbaum
Marco Lee
Sharona Ben-Haim
Farrokh Farrokhi
Krista Greenan
Adair Prall

BY-LAWS COMMITTEE

Justin Dye, Chair
Michelle Paff
Namath Hussain
Jeffrey Steinberg

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

Farrokh Farrokhi, Chair




AUDIT COMMITTEE

Maziya Kalani, Chair
Allen Ho
David Westra


CME COMMITTEE (ad hoc)

Ray Chu, Chair






MENTORSHIP (ad hoc)

Anand Veeravagu, Chair
Mark Sedrak
Laura Prolo




DEI COMMITTEE

Rick Chua, Chair
Ciara Harraher
Farrokh Farrokhi

Non-voting/Ex officio:
Program Chair: Alex Khalessi
Membership Chair: Laura Prolo