The Section on Administration and Practice Management (SOAPM) is directed by a six-member Executive Committee, which is elected by the SOAPM members who are eligible to vote. The Executive Committee may be elected for two 3-year terms, for a total of 6 years. The Chairperson is nominated by the existing Executive Committee members and may serve for two 2- year terms, for a total of 10 years in the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee meets two times a year: once in the Fall at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition (NCE) and once in the Spring. The current SOAPM Executive Committee is as follows:
Jill Stoller, MD, FAAP
Chairperson
Pictured from left to right: Herschel Lessin, MD, FAAP; Jeanne Marconi, MD, FAAP; Budd Shenkin, MD, FAAP; Todd Wolynn, MD, FAAP, Kathy Cain, MD, FAAP
Other SOAPM members also serve in leadership capacities: They include:
- The immediate past-chairperson as ex-officio member
- The nominating committee chairperson and co-chairperson
- The editor for SOAPM's newsletter, soapmnews
- The liaison from the Pediatric Practice Managers Association
- The liaison member to the Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine
- The liaison from the Section on Medical Students, Residents, and Fellowship Trainees
- The liaison member to the Committee on Child Health Financing
- Chairperson and Co-Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Communications
The Executive Committee roster can also be found
here.
