Officers
President
Madjimbaye (Madji) Namde, MD (2025)
Cary, NC
President-Elect
Melanie Artho, MD (2025)
Weddington, NC
Secretary-Treasurer
Christopher Griggs, MD, MPH, FACEP (2024)
Charlotte, NC
Immediate Past President
Jill Benson, MD, FACEP (2025)
Cary, NC
Directors
Smeet Bhimani, DO (2025) – Chapel Hill, NC
Matthew Heuton, MD (2025) – Raleigh, NC
David Johnson, MD (2026) – Charlotte, NC
Joshua Loyd, MD, NRP (2026) – Charlotte, NC
Laura Murphy, MD (2026) – Chapel Hill, NC
Swarup Misra, DO (2025) – Charlotte, NC
Josh Sawyer, MD (2026) – Wilmington, NC
Brandon Smallwood, MD, FACEP (2025) – Wilmington, NC
Benjamin Wiles, DO (2025) – Wilmington, NC
Resident Board Members:
Mark Baumgarten, MD (Atrium)
Caitlin Dakermanji, MD (WFU)
Tess Munoz, MD, Voting Resident Member (UNC)
Sekar Novika, MD (Duke)Sekar Novika, MD (Duke)
Christian Schroeder, MD (ECU)
Councillors
Melanie Artho, MD (2025)
Jill Benson, MD, FACEP (2025)
Tommy Bernard, MD (2026) – Cary, NC
Scott Brown, MD, FACEP (2026) – Cary, NC
Gregory Cannon, MD, FACEP (2026) – Cary, NC
Jennifer Casaletto, MD, FACEP (2025) – Mount Holly, NC
Tommy Mason, MD, FACEP (2025)- Cornelius, NC
Eric Maur, MD, FACEP (2025) – Hickory, NC
Madji Namde, MD (2025) – Cary, NC
Bret Nicks, MD, MHA, FACEP (2026) – Winston-Salem, NC
Stephen A. Small, MD, FACEP (2025) – 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