Governance
Over its lifetime, IAEAPE has developed a flexible governing process. The Executive Board meets once a month by way of a conference call. Also by conference calls, committees carry on their work, though their meetings may less regularly scheduled. Each of the major standing committees has an officer who is its designated liaison to the Board.
Voting for officers is done via this website as needed. Voting on changes to the bylaws is done during the Annual General Meeting. Often, the Annual General Meeting, sometimes referred to as the Business meeting, is scheduled during the Annual Conference. When needed, Committees and the Board ask the membership for guidance, preference and opinions by polling the listserv.
Our Bylaws
Download a copy of our bylaws below.
The Executive Board
The administrative business of the association is run by four elected officers: President, President-Elect, Treasurer and Secretary. Each individual serves for two years. Although the member who is President serves in that office for one year, she or he has been President-Elect in the preceding year. In order to provide continuity, the officers' terms are staggered: two new people are elected each year and two people carry on with their terms.
Every year two new people are elected to the Board. The elections are conducted over the IAEAPE website through the Members Only page.
The Board for 2026 is:
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President
Justin Henderson
Director, Workforce Health & Wellness
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Phone: (713) 745-6901
Email: JDHenderson1@mdanderson.org
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President-Elect
Beth Danehy
Director and Faculty and Employee Assistance Program Consultant
University of Virginia
Phone: (434) 243-2643
Email: Bd5xg@uvahealth.org
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Secretary
Ann Bassoni
Mental Health Therapist
University of Kentucky
Phone: (859) 257-9433
Email: ann.bassoni@uky.edu
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Treasurer
Joe Orovecz
Clinical Staff, Faculty Staff Help Center
Stanford University
Phone: (650) 723-4577
Email: jorovecz@stanford.edu
Committees & Chairs
IAEAPE has several standing committees and ad hoc committees as needed. Ad hoc committees are convened at the Board's request to work on non-recurrent issues. The current committees, their chair people and members are:
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Laurie Kovens (Chair): Laurie.Kovens@duke.edu
Jim Kendall: James.Kendall@vumc.org
Paula Gomes: pgomes@emory.edu
Tom Waldecker: tomwal@umich.edu
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Roselyn Guillory (Co-Chair): rsguillory@mdanderson.org
Sarah Henderson: hendersa@bu.edu
Janie Howsare: jhowsare@hsc.wvu.edu
Ann Bassoni: ann.bassoni@uky.edu
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Clevevoya Jordan (Chair): clevevoya.d.jordon@emory.edu
Nichole Capitanio: nichole.capitanio@duke.edu
Paula Gomes: pgomes@emory.edu
Karis McClammy: karis.mcclammy@emory.edu
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Ann Cornell (Co-chair): ann_cornell@urmc.rochester.edu
Rosan Gomperts (Co-chair): rosang@stanford.edu
Paula Gomes: pgomes@emory.edu
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Joe Orovecz (Chair): jorovecz@stanford.edu
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Orlando Gonzalez (Chair): orlando@miami.edu
Monique Thornton: monique.thornton@vidanthealth.com
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Tom Waldecker (Co-Chair): tomwal@umich.edu
Laurie Kovens (Co-Chair): laurie.kovens@duke.edu
Donna Buehler: donna.buehler@stonybrook.edu
Clevevoya Jordan: clevevoya.d.jordan@emory.edu
James Kendall: james.kendall@vanderbilt.edu
Tami Long: tamilong@uabmc.edu
Amber Hunter-Crawford: amber.huntercrawford@austin.utexas.edu
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Isabel Alfonsin-Vittoria: ialfonsi@fiu.edu
Jocelyn Lang: jocelyn.m.lang@emory.edu
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Meaghan Barton (Chair): mdbourque@uabmc.edu
Karen Carrie: Kcarrie@stanford.edu
Jean Sapiro: Jsapiro@standford.edu
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Tami Long: tamilong@uabmc.edu
Alex Jendrusina: jendrual@umich.edu
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Tami Long (co-chair): tamilong@uabmc.edu
Laurie Kovens (co-chair): laurie.kovens@duke.edu