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

Brooke Bisbee,
DPM

Rogers, AK
APMA Liaison

 Lou Ann Hall-Matos, 
DPM, MS, AACFAS

Mishawaka, IN
Young Professional Liaison

Valentina Clinton,
BS

Dunnellon, FL
Resident Liaison

Ramin Eshaghi
BS DPM Candidate

Class of 2029
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

 

2026 Education Committee

Vilayvanh Saysoukha

DPM, CWSP, FASPS, FACPM, FACFAS

Premier Foot & Ankle Centers of Tennessee

Murfreesboro, TN

Chair

Christopher Japour

DPM, MS, Diplomat ABPM, Diplomat ABFAS

Diplomat Royal College of Physicians
VA Illiana Healthcare System

Danville, IL

Member

Mark Ellis

DPM, FASPS, DABPM

Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center

Globe, AZ

Member

Melissa Lockwood

DPM, BS, DABPM, FASPS, FACPM, FAAPM

Heartland Foot & Ankle Associates

Bloomington, IL

Member

Collin Pehde

DPM, FASPS

UT Health San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Member

Danny Phan

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

Edison Foot Care, LLC

Metuchen, NJ

Member

Syeda Roshan

DPM, FACPM, FASPS, CWSP

Muslim Community Health Center

Mequon, WI

Member

Nishit Vora

DPM, MPH, FACFAS, FASPS, FACPM

The Center for Foot Surgery

Plantation, FL

Member

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