Board of Directors
The NAGE Board of Directors consists of two elected officers (President and President-Elect), two officers appointed from the Board of Directors (Treasurer and Secretary), and seven additional members of the Board of Directors. The Past-President position serves in an ex officio capacity. Officers serve one year terms and members of the Board of Directors serve for three year terms.
The Board of Directors works with Affiliates in Washington DC to ensure timely responses to legislative and policy activities that may directly or indirectly impact geriatric training across the nation.
2026-2027 Board
President
Catherine Carrico, PhD
University of Wyoming
ccarricco@uwyo.edu
President-Elect
Sweta Tewary
Jessie Trice Community Health System
SATewary@jtchs.org
Immediate Past President
Samantha Cotton, PhD
University of Louisville
sam.cotton@louisville.edu
Treasurer
Anna Faul, PhD
University of Louisville GWEP
anna.faul@louisville.edu
Secretary
Gunjan Manocha, PhD
University of North Dakota GWEP
Gunjan.manocha@und.edu
Board Members
Katherine Bennett, MD
Northwest GWEP
bennett4@uw.edu
Maura Brennan, MD, AGSF, FAAHPM, FACP, HMDC, PD
Baystate Health GWEP
maura.brennan@bhs.org
Molly Jenkins, MSW, MPH, LCSW
Rush University Medical Center GWEP
Molly_Jenkins@rush.edu
Jeffrey Graupner, MPH
University of Chicago GWEP
jgraupner@uchicagomedicine.org
Naushira Pandya MD, CMP, FACP
Nova Southeastern University –
South Florida GWEP
pandya@nova.edu
Margaret Sanders, MA, LSW
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Florida GWEP
mbs@neomed.edu
Maryam Tabrizi, DMD, MPH
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
mary.tabrizi@unlv.edu