Leadership

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents is the governing body of the ACCP. It is composed of the following twenty members:

• The President
• The President-Elect
• The Immediate Past President
• The Treasurer
• The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Council of Governors
• The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Council of NetWorks
• The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Council of International Regents
• The CHEST Foundation, President & Trustee
• Nine Regents-at-Large

Suhail Raoof, MBBS, FCCP, President and Chair
Darcy D. Marciniuk, MD, FCCP, President-Elect and Vice-Chair
David D. Gutterman, MD, FCCP, Immediate Past President
Edward J. Diamond, MD, FCCP, Treasurer and Financial Oversight Committee
Stephanie M. Levine, MD, FCCP, The CHEST Foundation, President & Trustee

Regents-at-Large
Clayton T. Cowl, MD, FCCP
LeRoy M. Graham, MD, FCCP
Richard M. Hamrick III, MD, FCCP
Susan M. Harding, MD, FCCP
Angeline A. Lazarus, MBBS, FCCP
Scott Manaker, MD, FCCP
Barbara A. Phillips, MD, FCCP
Curtis Sessler, MD, FCCP
Gerard A. Silvestri, MD, FCCP
 

Paul H. Sammut, MBBCh, FCCP, Chair, Council of Governors & Membership
Francis J. Podbielski, MD, FCCP, Vice-Chair, Council of Governors

Jay I. Peters, MD, FCCP, Chair, Council of NetWorks
Burton Lesnick, MD, FCCP, Vice-Chair, Council of Networks

Panagiotis K. Behrakis, MD, FCCP, Chair, Council of International Regents & Governors
Paraschiva A. Postolache, MD, FCCP, Vice-Chair, Council of International Regents & Governors

Ex Officio Members
Paul A. Markowski, CAE, Secretary, ACCP Executive Vice President & CEO
Michael H. Baumann, MD, FCCP, President-Designate
Richard S. Irwin, MD, Master FCCP, CHEST, Editor in Chief

US and Canadian Governors

Charge to the Council of US and Canadian Governors

The charges to the Council of Governors are the following:

(1) Serve as the communication conduit between members, working committees, and the ACCP leadership. In this regard, governors shall provide a voice to and for members at the local level with regard to their professional needs, including collegiality, membership, education, regulatory issues, and reimbursement.

(2) Serve to help organize ACCP members to advocate at the local level to impact regulatory and policy change.

These charges will provide members of the Council of Governors with opportunities to participate in one or more of the following four capacities (AMES), depending on individual interests identified at the start of each year of service:

Advocacy—Participate through identification of local issues, engagement in grassroots advocacy, meeting with local political figures, and/or service on the Chest Medicine Affairs (CMA) Committee.
Membership—Participate through active retention of members, identification of members’ needs; service on ACCP committees, NetWork steering committees, or task forces; or being a governor mentor.
Education—Participate through promotion of ACCP resources and identification of needed resources, learning about advocacy, business of medicine, and leadership during targeted programs designed specifically for governors, and/or providing lectures or roundtable discussion forums for members at regional and national venues, including the annual CHEST meeting.
Service—Participate through representation of their region and service on ACCP Work Groups and committees, including the Contractor Carrier Advisory Committee, Membership Committee, CMA, and governor/region awards programs. 

Policy and Procedures Manual 

ACCP Council of U.S. and Canadian Governors Directory

Governors Virtual Chapter Tool

Administrative and Regulatory Advocacy Basics

International Regents and Governors

ACCP International Regents and Governors offer leadership in their countries through recruitment of new members, approval of member applications, and as liaisons to the College on behalf of their members. If you would like more information about the ACCP in your country, please contact your International Regent or Governor.

International Regents and Governors constitute the Council of International Regents and Governors. Every year, Regents elect the Vice-Chair of the council. The Vice-Chair serves for 1 year before becoming Chair. Both council Chairs serve on the ACCP Board of Regents. If you want more information about the Regent position, please contact internationaledu@chestnet.org.