President
Nere Onosode, DPM

President Elect
Isaac Bazan, DPM

1st Vice President
Paul Brancheau, DPM

2nd Vice President
Lilly Khavari, DPM

Immediate Past President
Michael VanPelt, DPM

Directors at Large
Andy Bruyn, DPM
Roderick Hunter, DPM
Courtney McClurkin, DPM
Dalerie Wilkerson, DPM

TPMA Standing Committees

Constitution & Bylaws

• Roderick Hunter, Jr., DPM (Chair)
• Ken Dennis, DPM (Councilor)
• Don Blum, DPM (Parliamentarian)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)

Budget & Finance

• Paul Brancheau, DPM (Chair)
• Steve Walters, DPM (Treasurer)
• Scott Margolis, DPM
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Melinda Daise (Executive Director)

Young Physicians Committee

• Rebecca Schwartz, DPM (Co-Chair)
• Taylor Saucier, DPM (Co-Chair)
• Matthew McCabe, DPM
• Megan Pitts, DPM
• Courtney McClurkin, DPM
• Jonathan Pajouh, DPM
• Matthew Johnson, DPM
• Kristen Treleven, DPM
  
• Patrick Robinson, DPM
• Francis LaGrone, DPM (YM Board Representative)
• Nicolas Igbinigie, DPM (Resident Member Representative)
• Brandyce Roberts (Student Member Representative)
• Roderick Hunter, DPM (Membership Committee Liaison)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Tambra Garcia (Membership & Marketing Manager)

Nominating (Elected at Annual Meeting)

• Michael VanPelt, DPM (Chair, per bylaws)
• Gary Kaiserman, DPM (Region I)
• Rolando Santellana, DPM (Region II)
• Chad Howze, DPM (Region II Alt.)
• Javier Cavazos, DPM (Region III)
• Joe Caporusso (Region III Alt.)
• Tara Deaver, DPM (Region IV)
• Amanda Pajouh, DPM (Region V)
• Chad Laurich, DPM (Region V Alt.)
• VACANT (Region VII)
• Russell Pendleton, DPM (Region VII Alt.)
• Mark Bruyn, DPM (Region VIII)
• Steve Walters, DPM (Region VIII Alt.)
• Dale Lane, DPM (Region IX)
• Frank Felix, DPM (Region IX Alt.)
• Melinda Daise (Ex-Officio)

Governmental & Professional Relations

• Andrew Bruyn, DPM (Chair)
• Maria Buitrago, DPM (Co-Chair)
• Jeffrey Ross, DPM
  
• Isaac Bazan, DPM
• Joe Galvan, DPM
  
• Rami Basatneh, DPM
• Eduardo Hernandez, DPM
• Roderick Hunter, Jr., DPM
• Steve Walters, DPM
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• *Melinda Daise (Executive Director)
• *Steven Brancheau, DPM (Alternate)
• *Kim Klein (Program Manager)

Peer Review | Quality Assurance

• Kyle Ballew, DPM (Chair)
• Andy Bruyn, DPM (Region VIII)
• Jon McCreary, DPM (Region VII)

Continuing Medical Education

• Tyler Coye, DPM (Chair, 2025 SWFAC DFU Chair)
• Paul Kim, DPM (Counselor)
• Michael VanPelt, DPM
• Paul Brancheau, DPM
• Maria Buitrago, DPM
• Lacey Clawson, DPM
• Bryan Duffin, DPM
• Kevin Huntsman, DPM
• Matthew Johnson, DPM
• David Truong, DPM
• Javier La Fontaine, DPM
• David Sadoskas, DPM
• Collin Pehde, DPM
• Naohiro Shibuya, DPM
• Michael Downey, DPM
• Eduardo Hernandez, DPM
• Brandyce Roberts (Student Member Representative)
• Nicolas Igbinigie, DPM (Resident Member Representative)
• Arush Angirasa, DPM (2025 SWFAC Program Co-Chair)
• Stephen Smith, DPM (2025 SWFAC Program Co-Chair)
• Rebecca Schwartz, DPM (2025 Assistant Program Co-Chair)
• Cheryl Onwu, DPM  (2025 Assistant Program Co-Chair)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Melinda Daise (Executive Director)

Membership

• Roderick Hunter, Jr., DPM (Chair)
• Isaac Bazan, DPM
• Kevin Huntsman, DPM
• Jacquelyn Perry, DPM
• Dalerie Wilkerson, DPM
• Francis LaGrone, DPM (YM Board Representative)
• Nicolas Igbinigie, DPM (Resident Member Representative)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Tambra Garcia (Membership & Marketing Manager)

TPMA Special Committees

TxPMA PAC

• Michael VanPelt, DPM (Chair)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Melinda Daise (Executive Director)

APMA PAC

• Jeffrey Ross, DPM (Co-Chair)
• Donald Blum, DPM (Co-Chair)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)

Publications & Communications

• Lilly Khavari, DPM (Chair)
• Caroline Gaynor, DPM
• Francis LaGrone, DPM
• Courtney McClurkin, DPM
• Naohiro Shibuya, DPM
• Michael VanPelt, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Kim Klein (Program Manager)

Public Relations | Public Outreach

• Francis LaGrone, DPM (Chair)
• Maria Buitrago, DPM
• Courtney McClurkin, DPM
• Rebecca Schwartz, DPM
• Patrick Robinson, DPM
• Anjali Chandra, DPM
• Thanh An Nguyen, DPM
• Taylor Saucier, DPM
• Cheryl Onwu, DPM
• Shine John, DPM
• Andy Bruyn, DPM
• Wylie Burge, DPM
• Lilly Khavari, DPM
• Brandyce Roberts (Student Member Representative)
• Nicolas Igbinigie, DPM (Resident Member Representative)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Tambra Garcia (Membership/Marketing Manager)

Physician Extenders (NP) Task Force

• Caroline Gaynor, DPM (Chair)
• Jeremiah Graff, DPM
• Lacey Clawson, DPM
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)

Public Outreach

• Michael Higham, DPM (Chair)
• Dalerie Wilkerson, DPM

Career Awareness | Student Recruitment

• Dalerie Wilkerson, DPM (Chair)
• Isaac Bazan, DPM
• Jaskern Jesse Dhami, DPM
• Kristen Treleven, DPM
• Jonathan Pajouh, DPM
• Joe Galvan, DPM
• Bryan Duffin, DPM
• Rebecca Schwartz, DPM
• Abinav Leva, DPM
• Eduardo Hernandez, DPM
• Francis LaGrone, DPM (YM Board Representative)
• Nicolas Igbinigie, DPM (Resident Board Member Representative)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Kim Klein (Program Manager)

UT RGV Liaison

• Courtney McClurkin, DPM (Chair)
• Javier La Fontaine, DPM (Dean)
• Amanda Killeen, DPM (Faculty Advisor)
• Brandyce Roberts (Student Member Representative)
• Lacey Clawson, DPM
• Maria Buitrago, DPM
• James Kutchback, DPM
• Larry Harkless, DPM
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Melinda Daise (TPMA Executive Director)

Scope of Practice

• George Tye Liu, DPM (Chair)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Melinda Daise (TPMA Executive Director)

Legal and Legislative Counsel Search Committee

• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Michael VanPelt, DPM
• Maria Buitrago, DPM
• Tye Liu, DPM
• Steve Walters, DPM
• Isaac Bazan, DPM
• Larry Harkless, DPM
• Neil Campbell, DPM

Positions 2023-2024

RAD-TECH

• Joe Martin, DPM (Chair)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)

Medicare | APMA Medicare Carrier Advisory (CAC)

• Jeffrey Petty, DPM (Chair)
• Kyle Ballew, DPM (CAC Representative)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)

Medicaid

• Roderick Hunter, Jr., DPM (Chair)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)

Insurance & Reimbursement

• Donald Blum, DPM (Chair)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)

APMA Private Insurance Advisory (PIAC)

• Leslie Campbell, DPM (PIAC Representative)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)

Alliance

• Donald Blum, DPM
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Ex-Officio)
• Melinda Daise (Executive Director)

TPMA Delegation to APMA HOD (Elected at Annual Meeting)

• Kyle Ballew, DPM (Chief Delegate)
• Donald Blum, DPM (Delegate)
• Maria Buitrago, DPM (Delegate)
• Shine John, DPM (Delegate)
• Jeffery Ross, DPM (Delegate)
• Andrew Bruyn, DPM (Delegate)
  
• Courtney McClurkin, DPM (Delegate)
• Nere Onosode, DPM (Alternate, per Bylaws)
• Isaac Bazan, DPM (Alternate, per Bylaws)
• Larry Harkless, DPM (Alternate)
• Samuel Nava, DPM (Alternate

Parliamentarian

• Donald Blum, DPM