2019-2020 Governance & Leadership

A modernized governance structure was implemented in the Summer of 2018 and will gradually evolve as the Association adapts to it.

ORA MEMBERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

ORA President

Jane Purvis

Secretary & Treasurer

Nikhil Chopra

VP Adult Rheum

Philip Baer

VP Pediatric Rheum

Deborah Levy

Past President

Henry Averns

DIRECTORS

Directors at Large

Ashley Sterrett

Vandana Ahluwalia

Dana Jerome

Vinod Chandran

Rick Adachi

BOARD COMMITTEES

Finance

CHAIR: Nikhil Chopra

Nominations

CHAIR: Henry Averns

Board Education

CHAIR: Vandana Ahluwalia

Sandy Kennedy (Program Manager), Denis Morrice (Executive Director)

PROJECT & OPERATIONAL COMMITTEES

Informatics

CHAIR: Tom Appleton

Communications & Member Engagement (ORADE)

CO-CHAIR: Felix Leung & Arthur Karasik

Access (EAP, Private Payers)

CHAIR (EAP): Henry Averns; CHAIR (Private Payers): Imtiaz Khan

Workforce (e.g. RheumOpportunities, ERO, OSCE)

CO-CHAIR (ERO): Thanu Ruban & Yan Yeung; CHAIR (RheumOpportunities): Stephanie Tom

Stakeholder Relations (Pharma & Non-Pharma)

CHAIR: Carter Thorne

Annual Meeting

CHAIR: Janet Pope

Therapeutics

CHAIR: Janet Pope

OMA

CHAIR: Julie Kovacs

Special Projects (AHPA, Uveitis)

TBC