SOMC Alumni Association Board

After graduating from the USC School of Medicine Columbia, all alumni are members of the SOMC Alumni Association. This organization offers leadership opportunities by serving on the Board, which plays a big role in helping direct our alumni outreach efforts, coordinate intentional programming and brainstorm innovative ways to support our current students.

Meetings

We hold three meetings per academic year which are open to all alumni, students, faculty and staff.

Fall Meeting (hybrid) - Friday, September 20 from 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Winter Meeting (virtual) - Wednesday, January 29 from 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Spring Meeting (hybrid) - Friday, April 25 from 3:00-4:30 p.m.

2025-26 meeting dates will be shared in the coming months.

Our Board

In order to get input from various stakeholder groups from all academic programs, our board includes:

Officers, Voting Members
At-Large Members, Voting Members
Student Representatives, Voting Members
Non-Voting Members

Alumni Board of Directors, Voting Members

Our alumni serving in these leadership roles are voted in by members of the SOMC Alumni Association Board. Elections are held in the summer shortly after the summer board meeting.

Officers

Ann Marie Patterson-Ravindran

Sloka Iyengar

Austin Worden

D. Giovannini

Andrew Glover

At-Large Members

At-Large Members make up the majority of the Alumni Association Board with representation from six academic programs.

Javier Carles, MD, '98
Tamera Cox, MD, '11
Jodi Dingle, MD, '13
Susan Hilsman, MD, '87
Bruce Johnson, MD, '03
Catherine Millender, MD, '13

Kinsey Meggett, MS, '22

Brian Atkinson, MRC, '18
Chris Briggman, MRC, '13
Mike Hedgecock, MRC, '94
LaNita Jefferson, PhD, MRC, LPC, '17
Mike Walsh, PhD, LPC, CRC, '05
Patrick Williamson, MRC, 18

Allison Bellomo, MS, CGC, '09
Courtney Tate, MS, '00

Marc Bentz, DNAP, CRNA, '13
Kevin LeBlanc, PhD, MNA, CRNA, '05
Sheena Morris, DNAP, MSNA, CRNA, '09

Reg Taylor, MSPAS, PA-C, '22
Yvannah Willis, PA-C, '19

Student Representatives, Voting Members

Student voting members are selected by their own student government elections or appointed by their program's director and make up our Student Alumni Council (SAC).

Bailey Gibson, M-IV President
Allyson Halbach, M-III Alumni Representative
Copeland Jones, M-II Alumni Representative
To be filled, M-I Alumni Representative

To be filled

Non-Voting Members

Faculty and staff from various departments give guidance and school-wide perspective where needed.

Gerald Harmon, MD – Interim Dean
Eric Williams, MD – Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Career Advising
Bryan Winters - Lead Senior Director of Advancement
Holly Jefferson – Director of Alumni Engagement
Emily Miles – Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing

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