AACOM Leadership

Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Health Affairs, AACOM

David Bergman, JD, as senior vice president of government relations and health affairs, leads the association's legislative, regulatory, advocacy and health policy efforts. Dave works with osteopathic medical education leaders and other stakeholders to promote AACOM’s policy priorities to lawmakers, agency officials, White House executives and other health and education policymakers.

Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations, AACOM

Patricia Delaney, MEd, CPA, as senior vice president of finance and operations, has direct responsibility for leading and overseeing all aspects of AACOM’s financial, IT, and office management functions. She coordinates financial aspects of the Association’s overall strategic plan, as well as developing and implementing strategic financial and IT-focused plans. Delaney also leads AACOM’s annual financial audit process and serves as liaison to AACOM’s external auditors, as well as manages any other financial audits, reviews, and/or official inquiries from any state, federal, or local government agency.

Senior Vice President of Medical Education, AACOM

Rance McClain, DO, as senior vice president of medical education, leads all aspects of AACOM’s medical education department, including development of AACOM’s strategic plans, goals and objectives in these areas. Dr. McClain works with AACOM’s member colleges, the Board of Deans and external partners to develop and manage initiatives that improve the quality and future models of medical education across the full continuum of medical education to improve the health of the public.

Senior Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Events, AACOM

Susan Ridge, as senior vice president of marketing, communications and events, leads AACOM’s efforts to support its member colleges in the recruitment and growth of a diversified, healthy applicant pool that successfully matches to a residency and practice that incorporates osteopathic principles to improve the health of patients. She develops robust marketing and communications initiatives and collaborates with counterparts at the colleges and other osteopathic and health professions organizations to advance the visibility and programs of osteopathic medical education.

Senior Vice President of Research, Learning and Innovation, AACOM

Mark R. Speicher, PhD, MHA, as senior vice president of research, learning and innovation, is responsible for overall organizational improvement, including leadership development, Competency-Based Medical Education, and osteopathic medical education systems development. He also leads AACOM’s efforts to identify and develop new projects that advance osteopathic medical education, generate new revenue and/or address related challenges.

Vice President of Undergraduate Medical Education Services, AACOM

Helene Cameron, PhD, MBA, as the vice president of undergraduate medical education services, develops comprehensive programs that support student affairs, from application to graduation. She also functions as AACOM’s primary student advocate, identifying and providing resources to assist students during medical school, while also overseeing medical school recruitment and other activities supporting student success.

Vice President of Finance, AACOM

Fang Jiang, MBA, CPA, as vice president of finance, is responsible for AACOM’s overall financial activities, including daily financial operations, budgeting, financial reporting to the Board and Committees, investment assets, payroll and benefit administration, annual audits and tax filings. She collaborates with other leaders to provide financial insights and optimize the resources to advance AACOM’s strategic efforts.

Vice President of Graduate Medical Education (GME) Initiatives, AACOM

Alegneta Long, MPP, as vice president of GME initiatives, leads and manages AACOM’s strategy and roles in the development and implementation of graduate medical education (GME) initiatives, the transition to the single GME accreditation system, and the changing environment in clinical education. Ms. Long also oversees AACOM's Assembly of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Educators (AOGME) and works with the AOGME Board to provide strategic and programmatic leadership to promote and expand initiatives to support the osteopathic graduate medical education community.

Vice President of Information Technology & Chief Information Officer, AACOM

Jeff Tjiputra, DSc, MLS, as vice president of information technology and chief information officer, is responsible for driving AACOM’s information and technology strategy and execution for its cloud, infrastructure and application platforms, and business solutions that support business needs and transform business processes for AACOM staff and stakeholders.