Board of Directors

President
Ghayathri Devaraj, FNP
Graduate Christian Medical College Vellore
Post-Masters UT Arlington FNP
Hobbies are Gardening and spending time with family

President-Elect
Laura Salano, PA-C, DMSc
Laura Solano is a Physician Associate, team leader, professor, and author. Laura brings over a decade of experience in family medicine, has leadership experience in healthcare, has several published medical articles, and has a pending book publication. She teaches genetics at A.T. Still University. She has a passion for public health in adolescent medicine, medical technology, and genetic therapies.

Immediate Past President
Dale “Jamie” Bingham, PA-C, MPAS, MPH, NREMT-P
My name is Dale James Bingham but I have been known as “”Jamie “ since I was born. Starting with the things I am most proud of I am the father of 7 wonderful children all with my wife of 33 years, Lisa. I graduated the university of Utah PA program in 2003. I am currently completing a PHD in health sciences. I work primarily in urgent care and emergency medicine. I have had stints teaching full time and as an adjunct in higher education for Utah State university, Steve a-henager college, independence university, and rogers state university. I served as the director of the EMS program for Yavapai college in Prescott Arizona. I have worked in very rural and suburban parts of the country and have worked much in the way of drug addiction. I started my career in the 1980s as a very young teenage paramedic in Los Angeles county California as I am a native of Long Beach California and ended my paramedic career in Tulsa Oklahoma of all places. I am an avid musician who plays every day and still writes cheesy love songs and rock songs like I did in the 80’s.

Secretary- David C. Reesman, APRN

David Ressman, APRN, is a board-certified Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner with a career dedicated to the intersection of clinical excellence and occupational health. A member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), David earned his Master’s degree with a unique dual concentration in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care and Occupational Health, providing him with a specialized lens for treating the modern workforce. Before his retirement, David served as an Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner for HCA Healthcare. In this role, he was a vital resource for hospital employees, managing everything from on-the-job injury treatment and Florida Workers’ Compensation reporting to specialist referrals and comprehensive case management. He also oversaw the clinical onboarding for new team members and physician residents and played a leadership role in pandemic response by managing hospital-wide COVID-19 immunization and testing clinics. David’s extensive experience also includes his tenure with BayCare Urgent Care, where he provided acute care to adult populations across the region. During this time, he acted as a key liaison for large local employers, providing expert occupational health services and dedicated case management for their staff. With a proven track record of clinical leadership and a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape, David has spent his career ensuring that patients and professionals alike receive the highest standard of evidence-based care.

Treasurer
Lori Jo Slavick, PA-C

Lori Jo Slavick is a PA-C at Franklin Family Services. Ms. Slavick is a is a graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy Physician Assistant Program. She is a Past President of the Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants. (AFPPA). Ms. Slavick was brought to Maryland with her new husband and had worked in the Maryland Prison for 5 years in general medicine and psychiatry.

Ms. Slavick had been working at St John Detroit Riverview Hospital, an underserved hospital in Detroit. She was Lead Physician Assistant for the practice of Leonard Ellison in Southfield, Michigan. Ms. Slavick feels compelled to help the indigent population because they are the ones in need of the most medical services. She has run numerous workshops on depression, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, computers, and thoroughly enjoys mentoring PA students. She was also speaker coordinator for the AFPPA conferences and has written grants for their funding

In 2002, she received the William Montgomery Community Service Award. In 2003, she lobbied with the Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants to make elected officials more aware of the PA profession and its positive contribution to the health care system.

She is married and has 2 sons. Her husband Stephen is supportive of all her endeavors.

PA Member at Large
Rafael Pomales Jr, MHS, PA-C, DFAAPA
Pomales is a practicing Physician Associate in primary care in Plano, TX and holds a Master of Health Science degree from the Univ. of Oklahoma Physician Associate program since 2000 and is board certified in Advanced Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy. PA Pomales has been involved with the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) as a member and Chairman of the Constituent Relations Work Group and past president for the Physician Associates for Latino Health (PALH) and la Academia de Asociados Medicos de Puerto Rico, as well as being a member with other constituent PA organizations. In 2018, PA Pomales was awarded with the title “Distinguished Fellow” of the AAPA.PA Pomales is also a US Army veteran as a mechanized infantryman and is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and as a trumpet player in the Army until his release from the Army in 1998.

NP Member at Large
Donna R. White, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC

Donna White, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and has practiced in retail health, internal medicine, occupational health, and family practice for over 29 years. She currently holds a position as a Clinical Assistant Faculty and the Director of Graduate Clinical Faculty & Clinical Affairs at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. White has been an RN for 38 years and an FNP for 29 years, earning her BSN & MSN/FNP degrees from the Univ. of Pittsburgh and her DNP from the Univ. of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. She has experience in leadership of faculty teams and online teaching, helping students transition from learned skills into clinical practice. Dr. White has also coordinated and executed several study-abroad student trips to the Crow Nation, MT to work with vulnerable and underserved populations.

Dr. White is also a CPR/BLS instructor with the American Heart Association, teaching in the community for over 30 years. Her interests also include church mission work in the Dominican Republic, travel, tractor pulling, and spending time with family. She is married with 3 grown children and 2 golden retrievers.