Board & Staff

Officers

President
Melanie Artho, MD (2026)
Weddington, NC

President-Elect
Christopher Griggs, MD, MPH, FACEP (2026)  
Charlotte, NC

Secretary-Treasurer
Swarup Misra, DO (2026)  
Charlotte, NC

Immediate Past President
Madjimbaye (Madji) Namde, MD (2026) 
Cary, NC


Directors

Smeet Bhimani, DO (2027) – Chapel Hill, NC
Matthew Heuton, MD (2027) – Raleigh, NC
Richard Jean-Louis, MD, MA (2027) – Winston-Salem, NC
David Johnson, MD (2026) – Charlotte, NC
Cedric Lebrvre, MD (2027) – Winston-Salem, NC
Joshua Loyd, MD, NRP (2026) – Charlotte, NC
Laura Murphy, MD (2026) – Chapel Hill, NC
Josh Sawyer, MD (2026) – Wilmington, NC
Benjamin Wiles, DO (2025) – Wilmington, NC

Resident Board Members:

Rachael Hamm, MD (Atrium), Voting Resident Member
Megan Bouyea, MD (Duke)
Audrey Leclair, MD (ECU)
Michael Wilinski, MD (UNC)
Taylor Meetze, MD (UNC Health Southeastern)
Briton Bennett, MD (WFU)


Councillors

Melanie Artho, MD (2026) – Weddington, NC
Jill Benson, MD, FACEP (2027) – Cary, NC
Tommy Bernard, MD (2026) – Cary, NC
Scott Brown, MD, FACEP (2026) – Cary, NC
Gregory Cannon, MD, FACEP (2026) – Cary, NC 
Christopher Griggs, MD (2026) – Charlotte, NC
Tommy Mason, MD, FACEP (2027)- Cornelius, NC  
Eric Maur, MD, FACEP (2027) – Hickory, NC
Madji Namde, MD (2026) – Cary, NC  
Bret Nicks, MD, MHA, FACEP (2026) – Winston-Salem, NC
Stephen A. Small, MD, FACEP (2027) – Charlotte, NC


Staff

Executive Director/Lobbyist
Colleen Kochanek
PO Box 1038
Wake Forest, NC 27588
(919) 809-5618

Assistant to the Executive Director
Elizabeth Taylor
Advertising and Event Opportunities
PO Box 1038
Wake Forest, NC 27588
(919) 809-5611