Board of Directors

Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD, FAAP (President)
Senior Research Scientist, New York Academy of Medicine
Professor, Mailman School of Public Health (in Epidemiology) and Vagelos College of Physician and Surgeons (in Pediatrics), Columbia University
President and Professor Emerita, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Ilene Fennoy, MD, MPH
Endocrinologist
Professor of Pediatrics at CUIMC
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Connie Newman, MD, MACP, FAHA, FAMWA
Past President American Medical Women's Association
Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
NYU School of Medicine

Lynn Roberts, PhD
Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Alumni Relations
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy

Arlene Shaner, MA, MLS
Historical Collections Librarian
The New York Academy of Medicine Library

Leslie R. Walker-Harding, MD, FAAP, FSAHM
Professor and Ford/Morgan Endowed Chair Department of Pediatrics
Associate Dean
University of Washington
Chief Academic Officer/Senior Vice President
Seattle Children’s Hospital

Ex-Officio Member

Christie Huddleston, MD
Private Practice Psychiatrist
WIMLF Treasurer

Emeritus Members

Barbara Barlow, MD, FACS
Director of Surgery, Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health

Executive Director

Gabie Benson
The More Than Giving Company

Past President

Julia A. Haller, MD
Ophthalmologist-in-Chief
Wills Eye Hospital

Advisory Board Members

Dwayne Crawford
Executive Director
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives

Taylor Crawford
Doctoral Student
University of Pennsylvania

Nancy Spector, MD
Executive Director
Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program and Executive Leadership in Healthcare (ELH) Program at Drexel

Paul Theerman, PhD
Director, Academy Library
New York Academy of Medicine Library and Center for the History of Medicine & Public Health