2026 Leadership

Officers

Melissa Lockwood,
DPM, BS, DABPM, FASPS,

FACPM, FAAPM

Bloomington, IL
Chair

Jean Archer,
DPM, FACPM, FACCWS,

FASPS, CWS

Dansville, NY
Vice-Chair

Nicholas Butler,
DPM, FASPS

Independence, OH
Treasurer

Dorothy Kurtz Phelan,
DPM, CWSP, FACFAS,

FASPS, DBFAS

Lynn, MA
Secretary

Alton R. Johnson Jr.,
DPM, DABPM, FACPM,

FASPS, FFPM RCPS (Glasg), CWSP

Ann Arbor, MI
Past Chair

Board Members

Mark B. Ellis,
DPM, FASPS, DABPM

Globe, AZ

Christopher Japour,
DPM, MS, Diplomat ABPM, Diplomat ABFAS, Diplomat Royal College of Physicians

Danville, IL

Collin Pehde,
DPM, FASPS

San Antonio, TX

Danny Phan,
DPM, MBA, MPH, MS, FASPS, FACPM, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)

Edison, NJ 

Liaisons to the Board of Directors

James Robert Hanna,
DPM, FACFAS

Lockport, NY
APMA Liaison

 Lou Ann Hall-Matos, 
DPM, MS, AACFAS

Mishawaka, IN
Young Professional Liaison

Valentina Clinton,
BS

Dunnellon, FL
Resident Liaison

Mansi Patel

DPM Candidate
Class of 2027
Barry University
School of Podiatric Medicine
Student Liaison

Committee Chairs

Alton Johnson Jr.,

DPM, DABPM, FACPM, FASPS, FFPM RCPS (Glasg), CWSP

Ann Arbor, MI

Development, Chair

Vilayvanh Saysoukha,
DPM, CWSP, FASPS, FACPM, FACFAS

Murfreesboro, TN

Education, Chair

Melissa Lockwood
DPM, BS, DABPM, FASPS, FACPM, FAAPPM

Bloomington, IL

Executive, Chair

Nick Butler
DPM, FASPS

Independence, OH

Finance, Chair

Christopher Japour,
DPM, MS, Diplomat ABPM, Diplomat ABFAS, Diplomat Royal College of Physicians

Plainfield, IL

 Nominating, Chair

 

Past Chairs

2023- 2024 – Alton Johnson, Jr., DPM, DABPM, FACPM, FASPS, FFPM RCPS (Glasg), CWSP

2022 – Marc Jones, DPM, FASPS

2020-2021- Ashleigh Korves, DPM, FASPS

2018-2019- Jeffrey Lehrman, DPM, FASPS

2017 – Andrew Belis, DPM, FASPS

2015-2016 – Stephen Palmer, DPM, FASPS

2013-2014 – David Yeager, DPM, FASPS

2011-2012 – Kathleen Pyatak-Hugar, DPM, FASPS

2009-2010- Dr. Bruce Mclaughlin, DPM, FASPS