Members of the Board of Governors serve a three-year term and are the grassroots liaisons between the local chapters, or established geographical areas, and the College headquarters. The Chair and Chair-Elect serve on the Board of Trustees.
Leadership (2019-2020)
Chair | Akshay Khandelwal, MD, FACC (Michigan) Term of Office: 2019 2020
Chair-Elect | Daniel M. Philbin, Jr., MD, FACC (Northern New England New Hampshire) Term of Office: 2021 2022
Immediate Past Chair | Andrew P. Miller, MD, FACC (Alabama) Term of Office: 2018 2019
Steering Committee (2019-2020)
Chair | Akshay Khandelwal, MD, FACC (Michigan)
Chair-Elect | Dan Philbin, Jr., MD, FACC (New Hampshire)
Immediate Past Chair | Andrew P. Miller, MD, FACC (Alabama)
K. John Heilman, III, MD, FACC (South Dakota)
Sanjay Gandhi, MBBS, FACC (Ohio)
Joseph Marine, MD, FACC (Maryland)
Sangeeta Shah, MD, FACC (Louisiana)
J. Chad Teeters, MD, FACC (New York - Upstate)
Eugene Yang, MD, FACC (Washington)
Craig Beavers, PharmD, AACC (CVT Representative)
Alice Betz (Chapter Executive Representative)
Governors | United States
Alabama | Jason H. Cole, MD, MS, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Alaska | Steve Compton, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Arizona | Kwan Lee, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Arkansas | Aravind N. Rao, MBBS, MPH, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
California (Northern) | Ramin Manshadi, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
California (Southern) | Pranav M. Patel, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Colorado | Joseph Cleveland, Jr., MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Connecticut | Kevin G. Kett, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Craig A. McPherson, MD, FACC
Delaware | Anthony W. Clay, DO, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Wasif Qureshi, MBBS, FACC
District of Columbia | Jannet F. Lewis, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Florida | David Perloff, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Georgia | J. Jeffrey Marshall, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Hawaii | Todd Seto, MD, MPH, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Idaho | Daniel Noonan, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Illinois | Frank V. Aguirre, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Indiana | Donald R. Westerhausen, Jr., MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Iowa | Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Mahi L. Ashwath, MBBS, FACC
Kansas | Steven D. Owens, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Kentucky | Khaled M. Ziada, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Louisiana | Sangeeta B. Shah, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Maine | Samip Vasaiwala, MD, MSc, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Maryland | Joseph E. Marine, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Massachusetts | Malissa Wood, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Michigan | David Wohns, MD, MBA, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Minnesota | Stephen J. Smalley, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Mississippi | Bryan Barksdale, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: R. Harper Stone, MD, FACC
Missouri | Michael Main, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Montana | Scott Sample, DO, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Nebraska | Steven L. Martin, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Andrew M. Goldsweig, MD, FACC
Nevada | Sanjay Malhotra, MBBS, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Chowdhury H. Ahsan, MD, PhD, FACC
New Hampshire | Daniel M. Philbin, Jr., MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Jeffrey F. Bleakley, MD, FACC
New Jersey | Daniel Shindler, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
New Mexico | Jerry Yatskowitz, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
New York (Upstate) | J. Chad Teeters, MD, MS, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
New York (Metro) | Norma M. Keller, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
North Carolina | William Abernethy, III, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: James Zidar, MD, FACC
North Dakota | David J. Clardy, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Nkechi Ijioma, MD, FACC
Ohio | Sanjay Gandhi, MBBS, MBA, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Oklahoma | Faisal Latif, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Sanjeev Trehan, MD, FACC
Oregon | Ty J. Gluckman, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Pennsylvania (Western) | Kathryn Berlacher, MD, MS, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Pennsylvania (Eastern) | Andrew R. Waxler, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Puerto Rico | Juan C. Sotomonte, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2016 2020 Governor-Elect: Hector Martinez-Gonzalez, MD, FACC
Rhode Island | Daniel J. Levine, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
South Carolina | Jesse Paul Jorgensen, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
South Dakota | K. John Heilman, III, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Elden Rand, MD, FACC
Tennessee | Alison Bailey, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Texas | Kenneth M. Shaffer, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 - 2022
Utah | John D. Day, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Jared Bunch, MD, FACC
Vermont | Friederike Keating, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020
Virginia | Michael C. Kontos, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Washington | Eugene Yang, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Gautam Nayak, MD, FACC
West Virginia | Elie Gharib, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2018 2021
Wisconsin | Joshua Liberman, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Nicole Lohr, MD, PhD, FACC
Wyoming | Muhammad Asad A. Khan, MD, FACC
Term of Office: 2019 2022
Governors | Military and Government
Federal Cardiology | Mladen I. Vidovich, MD, FACC Term of Office: 2018 2020
Governors | Canada and Mexico
Atlantic Provinces | David Bewick, MD, FACC Term of Office: 2019 - 2022
British Columbia | G. B. John Mancini, MD, FACC Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Matthew Bennett, MD, FACC
Ontario | Luc Michael Beauchesne, M.D., C.M., FACC Term of Office: 2018 2021
Prairie Provinces | Payam Dehghani, MD, FACC Term of Office: 2019 2022
Quebec | Arsene J. Basmadjian, M.D., FACC Term of Office: 2018 2021
Mexico | Armando Garcia-Castillo, MD, FACC Term of Office: 2017 2020 Governor-Elect: Xavier Escudero CaƱedo, MD, FACC
Liaison Representatives
CVT Representative | Craig Beavers, PharmD, AACC Term of Office: 2019 2020
FIT Representative | Sena Kilic, MD Term of Office: 2019 2020
ECP Representative | Scott M. Lilly, MD, PHD, FACC Term of Office: 2018 2020