2026 Leadership

Officers

Melissa Lockwood, DPM - Vice-Chair Jean Archer, DPM - Treasurer Nicholas Butler, DPM - Secretary Dorothy Kurtz Phelan DPM, CWSP, FACFAS, FASPS, DBFAS Alton R. Johnson, DPM - Chair

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 Christopher Japour, DPM - Board Member Collin Pehde, DPM, FASPS  Danny Phan, DPM - ASPS Board of Directors   

Mark B. Ellis,
DPM, FASPS, DABPM

Globe, AZ

Christopher Japour,
DPM, MS, Diplomat ABPM, Diplomat ABFAS, Diplomat Royal College of Physicians

Plainfield, 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

James Robert Hanna, DPM - APMA Liaison Lou Ann Hall-Matos, DPM - ASPS Resident Liaison  Valentina Clinton - Resident Liaison  Mansi Patel - Student Liaison to the Board

James Robert Hanna,
DPM, FACFAS

Lockport, NY
APMA Liaison

 Lou Ann Hall-Matos, 
DPM, MS, AACFAS

Mishawaka, IN
Young Professional Liaison

 

Valentina Clinton,
BS

Dunnellon, FL
Resident Liaison

Mansi Patel

DPM Candidate
Class of 2027
Barry University
School of Podiatric Medicine
Student Liaison

 

Committee Chairs 

Alton Johnson, DPM - ASPS Executive Chair Vilayvanh Saysoukha, DPM - ASPS Education Chair Melissa Lockwood, DPM - ASPS Membership Chair  Nicholas Butler, DPM - Secretary 

Alton Johnson Jr.,

DPM, DABPM, FACPM, FASPS, FFPM RCPS (Glasg), CWSP

Ann Arbor, MI

Development, Chair

 

Vilayvanh Saysoukha,
DPM, FASPS

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 - Board Member      

Christopher Japour,
DPM, MS, Diplomat ABPM, Diplomat ABFAS, Diplomat Royal College of Physicians

Plainfield, IL

 Nominating, Chair

 

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

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