The University of Virginia’s College at Wise

Robin Benke 
Director of Library Services 

Gary Crum, PhD
GMEC/AHEC/Health Authority

Cathie Collins, PhD, RN, CNE
Chair, Department of Nursing

Marcia K. Quesenberry
Co-Director, Healthy Appalachia Institute 

Margie Ann Tucker, PhD
Chair, Department of Natural Sciences

Ilie Puiu Vasilescu, PhD
Department of Social Sciences

Wendy Welch, PhD
Healthy Appalachia Institute

The University of Virginia

Ruth Bernheim, JD, MPH
Division Head 
Public Health Policy & Practice

Diane E. Boyer, MSN, PMHNP-BC¹
School of Nursing

Cathy Campbell, PhD¹
School of Nursing

David Cattell-Gordon
Co-Director, Healthy Appalachia Institute 
Office of Telemedicine & Cancer Center

Ann B. Duesing
Outreach Health Librarian 
UVa-Wise

Dorrie Fontaine, PhD
Dean, School of Nursing

Richard L. Guerrant, MD
Director, Center for Global Health

Pam Kulbok, DNSc¹
School of Nursing

Pace Lochte
Director of Economic Development

Elizabeth McGarvey, EdD
Associate Director for Research and Development, Healthy Appalachia Institute 
Associate Professor
Public Health Policy & Practice

Elizabeth Merwin, PhD¹
Associate Dean, Research
School of Nursing

Karen S. Rheuban, MD
Associate Dean
Director, Office of Telemedicine

J. Terry Saunders, PhD¹
Director, Virginia Center for Diabetes Professional Education

Anneke T. Schroen, MD¹
Department of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology

Audrey Snyder, PhD
School of Nursing

Scott A. Syverud, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine

Peyton T. Taylor, Jr. MD
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division of Gynecologic Oncology

Tanya Wanchek, J.D., PhD
Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service

Michael Weber, PhD
Director, Cancer Center

Elke J. Zschaebitz, MSN, FNP-BC
School of Nursing

Community and Higher Education Institutions

Bruce Behringer, MPH
Asst Vice President
ETSU, Rural & Community Health

Eleanor Sue Cantrell, BPharm, MD
Medical Director, Healthy Appalachia Institute
Director, Lenowisco Health District

John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH
Director, Cumberland Plateau Health District

Howard L. Chapman
Executive Director, Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc.

Teresa Gardner, MSN, FNP-BC, FAANP
Executive Director,
St. Mary’s Health Wagon, Inc.

Tony L. Lawson
Director, Mountain Empire PACE

Susan Mayhew, PharmD
Dean, Appalachian College of Pharmacy

G. Douglas Meade
Occupational Enterprises
Substance Abuse Coalition

Gary Michael, MD
Medical Director
Clinch River Health Services

Carole Pratt, DDS

Joe Frank Smiddy, MD
Wellmont Health System

Tom Townsend, MD
Department of Family Medicine
East Tennessee State University

Doug Varney
Tennessee Mental Health Commissioner
Director/CEO, Frontier Health Corporate

Randy Wykoff, MD, MPH 
Dean, College of Public Health
East Tennessee State University

¹Faculty Research Fellow