Archives: Staff

Chief Operating Office Dorothy (Dotty) Gray joined the AAVMC in 2012. Prior to coming to the AAVMC, she managed the day-to-day operations at AVMA’s Washington, DC office for 17 years. Dotty received a bachelor’s degree from Bennett College for Women, in Greensboro, N.C. After graduating from Bennett, Dotty worked as a staff assistant in the U.S. House of […]

Jeff Douglas is AAVMC’s chief communications officer, where he’s operated the organization’s  strategic communications program since 2013. He worked with the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine for 25 years before being named executive director of university relations at Virginia’s Radford University (RU). Douglas earned BS and MS degrees from Radford. He helped found the Blue Ridge […]

Diana Dabdub brings over 19 years of association management experience to her role as the AAVMC’s Director for Admissions and Recruitment Affairs. In this role, she develops and implements programs and initiatives related to admissions and recruitment activities at AAVMC member institutions and serves as project manager/staff liaison on special projects that support the AAVMC’s […]

Dr. Caroline Cantner joined the AAVMC in January 2020 as Director for Professional Development. Dr. Cantner brings five years of association experience through her work as AVMA’s Assistant Director for Student Initiatives, Western Region. During her years with the AVMA, Dr. Cantner provided support to the colleges of veterinary medicine in her region and managed […]

Kevin Cain joined the AAVMC in 2012 as Director for Governmental Affairs. In that role, he works to educate Congress and the administration on the challenges and opportunities facing academic veterinary medicine. Prior to coming to the AAVMC, Kevin worked as Vanderbilt University’s Director of Governmental Affairs for Health and Biomedical Sciences. Kevin served as […]

Dr. Regina Schoenfeld-Tacher, professor of veterinary educational development in the NCSU-CVM’s Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, is Editor-in-Chief of the JVME. Schoenfeld-Tacher served as a member of the JVME Editorial Board since 2007, and as a Guest Editor and Handling Editor since 2012. Over the past 21 years, she has authored or co-authored 82 refereed […]

Sheila Allen is Senior Accreditation Advisor for the AAVMC.  Allen works in cooperation with the Director of Education and Research of the AVMA to provide administrative support for the Council on Education, the accrediting agency for veterinary medical education.  Allen served on the Council on Education from 2007-2013. Prior to assuming this role, Sheila served […]

Dr. Andrew T. Maccabe brings a broad range of experience—the military, law, public health, veterinary medicine—to his current leadership position as the Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC), located in Washington, D.C. He was appointed in 2012. Prior to his appointment at the AAVMC, he served as a liaison […]

Ms. Amina Karedia is a second-year veterinary student at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS). She is the Senior Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA) delegate for Texas A&M CVMBS and the AAVMC Liaison for the Educational and Professional Development Committee within SAVMA. During the summer of 2019, she was […]

Dr. Risco received his DVM degree in 1980 from the University of Florida and advanced clinical training as an intern in private dairy practice at the Chino Valley Veterinary Associates, Ontario, California. He is a diplomate in the American College of Theriogenologists. From 1982 to 1990, he was a full partner at Chino Valley Veterinary […]