ABCD Leadership

President
Biddanda (Suresh) Ponnappa
Associate Dean, Learning Resources/Biomedical Communications
Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee
ponnappa@etsu.edu
Voice: 423-439-2402
Fax: 423-439-7025

President-Elect
Robert Wright
Director, Biomedical Communications
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, Texas
rwright@hsc.unt.edu
Voice: 817-735-2678
Fax: 817-735-5086

Secretary
Kathleen Gebhart, CMI
Director, HSC Media Services
SUNY Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
kgebhart@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Voice: 631-444-3228
Fax: 631-444-3500
www.kathygebhart.com

Treasurer
Joseph Smith
Director, Educational Communications/IMT
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
smithjc@upstate.edu
Voice: 315-464-4860
Fax: 315-464-7905

Board of Directors
Lynda Banzi Sponholtz
Director, Radiology Educational Media Services
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
LBANZI@partners.org
Voice: 617-724-5342
Fax: 617-726-7508

Board of Directors
JBC Journal Editor Representative
Manny Bekier
Director, Biomedical Communications
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
mbekier@downstate.edu
Voice: 718-270-7551
Fax: 718-270-7549

Board of Directors
Jennifer Torrance
Senior Manager, Multimedia Services
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine
jennifer.torrance@jax.org 
Voice: 207-288-6323
Fax: 207-288-6020

Board of Directors
Susan Weil-Kazzaz
Director, Media Services
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
weils@mskcc.org
Voice: 646-888-2040
Fax: 646-422-0161

Immediate Past President
Mary A. Dorta
Director, Medical Graphics & Photography
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
mdorta@mdanderson.org
Voice: 713-794-4698
Fax: 713-792-6835