Meet the Team

Melinda Blazar

Melinda Blazar, EdD, MHS, PA-C

PAEA Assessment Editor in Chief University of Pittsburgh – Hybrid Program meb584@pitt.edu

Ashley Tucker, MPH, PMP

Manager, Exam Development

Exam Development Boards

Emergency Medicine and Surgery
Roland Paquette, PhD, MPAS, PA-C (Baylor University) — Chair
Frank Acevedo, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA (Molloy University)
Regan Alford, MMS, PA-C (Midwestern University – Glendale)
Liz Brownlee, DMS, PA-C, DFAAPA (Lincoln Memorial University – Harrogate)
Christopher Chillura, MSPAS, PA-C (Medical University of South Carolina)
Katie Duffy, MMS, PA-C (West Coast University – Texas)
Jensen Lewis, MSPAS, PA-C (Case Western Reserve University)
Mark L’Eplattenier, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C (Hofstra University)
Brianna Martinez, MPAS, PA-C (Hardin-Simmons University)
Mary Minto, EdD, MHS, PA-C (University of Saint Joseph)
Joan Ward, DMS, PA-C (Drexel University)
Veda Womack, MBA, PA-C (University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth)
Internal Medicine and Family Medicine
Tina Butler, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C (Hardin-Simmons University) — Chair
Liza Bashambu, MSPA, PA-C (West Coast University – California)
Clint Blankenship, PharmD, RPh, PA-C, DFAAPA (Medical University of South Carolina)
Petar Breitinger, MPAS, PA-C (University of Florida)
Krysten Carlson, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C (Franklin Pierce University – Goodyear)
Kristi Collins, DScPAS, MS, MBA, PA-C (Franklin Pierce University)
Rhonda Deen, MD, FACP (Xavier University of Louisiana)
Megan Dougan, MPAS, PA-C (Mercyhurst University)
Jill Ellis, DHSc, PA-C (Grand Valley State University)
Sarah Garvick, MS, MPAS, PA-C (Wake Forest School of Medicine)
Marissa Liveris, MMS, PA-C (Northwestern University)
Michelle McWeeney, PhD, PA-C (Seton Hall University)
Khaled Qanud, MD (Yeshiva University)
Daniel Podd, MPAS, PA-C (St. John’s University)
Michael Rota, DHS, MS, PA-C (Wagner College)
GYNECOLOGIC, SEXUAL, AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH – Pediatrics – Psychiatric & Behavioral Health
Betsy Schmidt, DMS, PA-C (Butler University) — Chair
Carrie Beebout, PsyD, MPAS, PA-C (University of Washington)
Melissa Brown, MSPAS, PA-C (DeSales University)
Elizabeth Bunting, DSc, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA 
Kathy Dexter, MLS, MHA, MPA, PA-C (Augusta University)
Jessica Gibson, MMS, PA-C (Lincoln Memorial University – Harrogate)
Monica Herron, MPAS, PA-C (Northwestern University)
Debra Marinovic, DMSc, MS, PA-C (Touro University Illinois)
Christine McCormick, DMS, MS, PA-C (Thomas Jefferson University, Center City Campus)
Vivian Moynihan, MD, MPH (Westfield State University)
Delaney Provenza, MMS, PA-C (Wake Forest School of Medicine)
Susan A. Raaymakers, DHSc, PA-C, RDCS (University of Michigan, Flint)
Alycia Rosendale, DMSc, PA-C (Franklin Pierce University)
Brittney Sobota, MSPAS, PA-C (West Liberty University)
Rosanne Washington, MHS, PA-C (Tufts University)

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