Section Officers

IH Section Leadership - Section Officers and Councilors

(As of October 2009)

Section Officers (elected to 2-year terms):

• Chair: Miriam Labbok (expires 11/2010), miriam_labbok@unc.edu
• Chair Elect: Malcolm Bryant (becomes chair after meeting 11/2010) malcombryant@comcast.net
• Immediate Past Chair: Samir Banoob, (expires 11/2010) sbanoob@aol.com
• Section Secretary: Amy Hagopian (expires 11/2009), hagopian@u.washington.edu
• Secretary Elect: Carol Dabbs (becomes secretary 11/2009, until 11/2011), dabbscj@state.gov
• Secretary Elect in waiting: Jean Meyer Capps (becomes secretary 11/2011), jcapps@erols.com

Section Councilors (elected to 3-year terms):

• Alfonso Rossales, (expires 11/2009) arosales06@gmail.com
• Helene Carabin, (ends11/2009; re-elected to 11/2011) helene-carabin@ouhsc.edu
• Wendy Johnson (ends 11/2010, overlaps with Governing Council) wendyj@igc.org
• David J. Fitch, replacing Adesanya (expires 11/2010) dfitch7@yahoo.com
• Padmini Murthy (expires 11/2011) minimurthy@aol.com
• Lisa Pawloski (expires 11/2011) lpawlosk@gmu.edu
• Jirair Ratevosian (assumes duties 11/2009, expires 11/2012) jratevosian@gmail.com

Governing Councilors (elected to 2-year terms):

• Malcolm Bryant (expires 11/2009) malcombryant@comcast.net (COUNCIL WHIP)
• Laura Altobelli, (ends 11/2009; re-elected to serve until 11/2011) laura@future.org
• Carlos Castillo-Salgado, (expires 11/2009) castilloc@paho.org
• Elvira Beracochea, (expires 11/2010) elvira@midego.com
• Gopal Sankaran, (expires 11/2010) gsankaran@wcupa.edu
• Leonard Rubenstein (expires 11/2010) lrubenst@jhsph.edu
• James Pfeiffer (expires 11/2010) jamespf@u.washington.edu
• Wendy Johnson (assumes 11/2009, expires 11/2011) wjohns@u.washington.edu
• Amy Hagopian (assumes 11/2009, expires 11/2011) hagopian@u.washington.edu

Past Section Chairs: 

Samir Banoob, M.D., D.M., DPH., Ph.D., IH Section Chair, sbanoob@aol.com

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