The ACC Board of Trustees (BOT) has approved the College's newest slate of officers and trustees, including the next president and vice president. The ACC Nominating Committee, led by Immediate Past President C. Michael Valentine, MD, MACC, put forth the following candidates for BOT approval, using the College's Leadership Competencies as a guide:

1. Athena Poppas, MD, FACC (ACC President 2020-2021)
2. Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, FACC (ACC Vice President 2020-2021)
3. Cathleen Biga, MSN, RN, FACC (reappointed), Jeffrey T. Kuvin, MD, FACC, and Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC (three-year terms, starting 2020)
4. Andrew P. Miller, MD, FACC (two-year term as Membership Committee Chair)
5. Christopher M. Kramer, MD, FACC (term 2020-2021 as Finance Chair Elect – not a Trustee position for 2020-2021 year; expected to advance to Finance Chair/Treasurer from 2021-2024)

"We are excited by the diversity and breadth of leadership competencies that the newest slate of offices will bring to the College in 2020," said Immediate Past President C. Michael Valentine, MD, MACC, who led the Nominating Committee that put forth the slate of candidates to the BOT. "These new officers and trustees will only serve to strengthen the College as we continue to achieve our strategic priorities and realize our mission to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health."

These officers will be officially approved in March 2020 during ACC.20 Together With World Congress of Cardiology in Chicago, IL. The ACC's Nominating Committee is made up of Valentine, Claire S. Duvernoy, MD, FACC, Daniel José Piñeiro, MD, FACC, John E. Brush Jr., MD, FACC, Blair D. Erb Jr., MD, FACC, Edward T. A. Fry, MD, FACC , Michael J. Mack, MD, FACC, and Richard J. Kovacs, MD, FACC (non-voting member).

The BOT is the centralized governing authority for the ACC and responsible for overseeing decisions related to the College's mission and strategic direction. To learn more about ACC's governance structure, visit ACC.org/About-ACC/Leadership.

Keywords: Trustees, Leadership, Committee Membership, Learning, Government

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