AAKP is pleased to announce the newest members of its National Board of Directors. The AAKP National Board of Directors is responsible for establishing goals and policies for the Association. In addition, Board members are responsible for attending three meetings per year, which requires travel, participation in conference calls and committee membership.
 
The new members of 2008-2009 Board of Directors are Brady Augustine (Florida); Mansi Mehta, RD, LDN (Illinois) and Cheryl Thaxton-Roache, ARNP-C (Florida).

The 2008-2009 officers include: Roberta Wager, RN, MSN, President, transplant recipient (Texas); Stephen Z. Fadem, MD, FACP, FASN, Vice President, (Texas); Carolyn G. Price, Vice President, transplant recipient (Mississippi); Kelly M. Mayo, MS, Treasurer (Florida); Amy Friedman, MD, FACS, Secretary, daughter of transplant recipient (New York).
 
The remainder of the Board include: Renee Bova-Collis, MSW, LCSW, (Virginia); Richard S. Goldman, MD, CKD patient (New Mexico); Mary Heisick, MSW, transplant recipient (California); Alice McCall, RN, transplant recipient (Virginia); Robert Miller, MD, FAAP, FCCP (New Mexico); Sam Pederson, transplant recipient (Washington); Thomas Peters, MD, FACS, FASN (Florida); Laurie Shore, MSW, LCSW (Florida); Joseph D. White, transplant recipient (Maryland); Jay Wish, MD (Ohio); and Yalemzewd Woredekal, MD, home hemodialysis (New York).

For more information about the AAKP National Board of Directors, please visit the AAKP Web site.

This article originally appeared in the September 2008 issue of Kidney Beginnings: The Electronic Newsletter.