Councils & Boards

AHEC Council

Name	Title
Graham Adams, PhD	Chief Executive Officer, South Carolina Office of Rural Health
Angie Ayers, MDA, C- TAGME	Designated Institutional Official, Director of Medical Education, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Steven Carek, MD	Program Director, Prisma Health - Upstate/USC SOM Greenville - Greenville Family Medicine Residency Program
Chuck Carter, MD, FAAFP	Associate Designated Institutional Official for Graduate Medical Education, Prisma Health-Midlands; Academic Vice Chair and Clinical Professor, Department of Family/Preventive Medicine, USC School of Medicine Columbia
Deneatrice “Nita” Donald, BS, MEd, GCDF, CET	Center Director, Upstate AHEC
Gerard C. Jebaily, MD	Director, McLeod Family Medicine Residency Program; Associate Director for Clinical Affairs; MUSC AHEC Associate Professor (Florence/Family Medicine)
Kendra Neely, MPH	Director, Primary Care Office, SC Department of Public Health
Donna H. Kern, MD	MUSC Dean's Representative Assistant Professor, Family Medicine; Associate Dean for Curriculum Integration & Implementation and Assistant Dean for Patient Safety & Simulation, College of Medicine
Timothy J. Kowalski, DO	Vice Provost for Professional and Public Relations, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Carolinas Campus
Ann Lefebvre, DSW, CPHQ	Executive Director, South Carolina AHEC; Clinical Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Associate Dean, Community Medicine, MUSC
Scott Moody, MHA	Center Director, Lowcountry AHEC
Anni Crook	Project Manager, Statewide Employee Retention & Wellbeing Initiative, South Carolina Hospital Association
Angela W. Peters, PhD	Director of Academic Affairs and Licensing, South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
Cheri Plyler, MBA	Center Director, Mid-Carolina AHEC
Gail B. Weaver, MA	Center Director, Pee Dee AHEC; Adjunct Faculty, College of Health Professions, MUSC
Vicki Young, PhD	Chief Executive Officer, South Carolina Primary Health Care Association

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Rural Provider Incentive Program Board

Name	Title
Graham Adams, PhD	Chief Executive Officer, South Carolina Office of Rural Health
Jessica R. Berry, Ph.D.	Acting Director, Office of Academic Affairs and Licensing, South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
Ashley Burton, DNP, FNP-BC	Assistant Medical Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Jeff Cashman, MS, DO	Associate Dean for OMS-4 and Graduate Medical Education, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mark Jordan	Director, Office of Primary Care, SC Department of Public Health
Thornton Kirby, FACHE Chair	President, South Carolina Hospital Association
Shirleatha Lee, PhD, RN, CNE	Dean and Professor, Mary Black School of Nursing Endowed Chair, University of South Carolina Upstate
Helen Martin, DHSc, PA-C, DFAAPA	Division Director of Physician Assistant Studies, MUSC College of Health Professions
Kathleen Valentine, PhD, MS, RN	Professor and Project Director HRSA GoMobile, Clemson University
Patricia Witherspoon, MD	Clinical Associate Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, USC School of Medicine Columbia
Vicki Young, PhD	CEO, South Carolina Primary Health Care Association
Vacant	Appointee from the Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee, South Carolina House of Representatives
Invited Guests
Grace Carulli, BS	Recruitment and Retention Programs Coordinator, South Carolina AHEC
Andrew Chandler, MPH	Program Manager of Health Equity Initiative & Workforce Development, South Carolina Office of Rural Health
Kristin Cochran, MHA	Director of Recruitment and Retention Programs, South Carolina AHEC
Ann Lefebvre, DSW	Executive Director, South Carolina AHEC
Jessica Seel, MPH	Director of Behavioral Health Initiatives and Workforce Development, South Carolina Office of Rural Health

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Rural Dentist Loan Repayment Program Board

Name	Title
Gerta Ayers, BDS, MPH	Senior Consultant, Division of Dental Services, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Ex Officio Member
Ed Eckert, Jr., DDS Chair	Community Dentist, South Carolina Dental Education Foundation Board Representative
Mona Ellis, DMD	Community Dentist, South Carolina Dental Education Foundation Board Representative
Chris Griffin, DMD	Community Dentist, South Carolina Dental Association Designee
Sarandeep Huja, DDS, PhD	Dean, College of Dental Medicine, MUSC
Mark Jordan	Director, Office of Primary Care, SC Department of Public Health, Ex Officio Member
Phil Latham	Executive Director, South Carolina Dental Association, Ex-Officio Member
Craig Wix, DMD	Community Dentist, South Carolina Dental Education Foundation Board Representative
Staff
Kristin Cochran, MHA	Director of Recruitment & Retention Programs, South Carolina AHEC
Ann Lefebvre, DSW	Executive Director, South Carolina AHEC
Grace Carulli, BS	Recruitment & Retention Programs Coordinator, South Carolina AHEC

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Rural Behavioral Health Professional Incentive Program Board

Name	Title
Deborah Blalock, MEd, LPCS	Deputy Director, Division of Community Mental Health Services, South Carolina Department of Mental Health
Katie Gaul, MA	Director, South Carolina Office for Healthcare Workforce, a division of South Carolina AHEC
Mark Jordan	Director, Office of Primary Care, SC Department of Public Health
May Kirby, LPC, LAC	Assertive Community Treatment Team Lead, MIRCI
Jessica Seel, MPH	Director of Behavioral Health Initiatives and Workforce Development, South Carolina Office of Rural Health

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