AAVMC Deans Leadership Conference

JANUARY 16-18, 2020 • NAPLES, FLORIDA

WELCOMEFor decades, the AAVMC has convened this conference, a special gathering open only to member institution deans and invited guests. The meeting provides a venue where our association’s executive leaders can consider and address the issues, opportunities and challenges shaping the future of academic veterinary medicine. Thank you for being here. Please contact AAVMC Program Manager Leslie Wilson or any member of the AAVMC staff if we can assist you in any way.

SPONSORSThe AAVMC would like to express its appreciation to the following sponsors for their support of this meeting:

AGENDATHURSDAY, JANUARY 16

8:00 a.m.BREAKFAST

8:30 a.m.Board of Directors Meeting (Open Meeting) Sunset Terrace

12:30 p.m.LUNCHChickee Hut

2:00 p.m.Thought Leader RoundtableGulfbreeze

Moderator: Michael Lairmore, AAVMC President

Everett Hoekstra, President, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA

Carol McConnell, Vice President and Chief Veterinary Officer, Nationwide

Ken Rotundo, President, Mind Genomics Advisors

4:00 p.m.Meeting Adjourns

5:00 p.m.Welcome ReceptionSponsored by CovetrusPool Pavilion

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17Sunset Terrace

8:30 a.m.BREAKFAST

9:00 a.m.Welcome and IntroductionCalvin Johnson, Past President

9:15 a.m.Innovative Approaches to Transdisciplinary Engagement and Technology TransferMichael Lairmore, University of California – Davis

Willie Reed, Purdue University

Mark Stetter, Colorado State University

10:30 a.m.BREAK

11:00 a.m.Integrating Arts and Humanities with Medical EducationAshley Bear, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

12:30 p.m.LUNCHOcean Lawn

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AGENDA2:00 p.m.Third Party RankingsDan Grooms, Iowa State University

Mark Stetter, Colorado State University

Lorin Warnick, Cornell University

3:00 p.m.BREAK

3:30 p.m.Accreditation UpdateSheila Allen, Senior Accreditation Advisor

Lorin Warnick, AAVMC Liaison to COE

4:00 p.m.Group Discussion: Hot Topics

4:30 p.m.Meeting Adjourns

6:00 p.m.ReceptionSponsored by Royal CaninOcean Lawn

7:00 p.m.DinnerSponsored by Royal CaninEverglades Room

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18Sunset Terrace

8:30 a.m.BREAKFAST

9:00 a.m.Veterinary Futures CommissionEleanor Green, Chair, Veterinary Futures Commission

9:30 a.m.AAVMC Strategic PlanMichael Lairmore, President

Andrew Maccabe, CEO

10:00 a.m.Discussion: Implementing the AAVMC Strategic Plan

10:30 a.m.BREAK

11:00 a.m.Discussion: Implementing the AAVMC Strategic Plan (Continued)

12:00 p.m.Announcements from the Floor and Wrap-upCalvin Johnson

12:30 p.m.Meeting AdjournsBox lunches available.

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Everett HoekstraPresident, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.

Everett Hoekstra is President of Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. Since joining Boehringer Ingelheim in

1997, he has held a variety of leadership roles, mainly in finance at the company’s human pharmaceutical business. Prior to his current role, he served for several years as chief finan-cial officer of the U.S. animal health business.

A native of Iowa, Hoekstra spent 12 years early in his career as co-owner and business manager for a veterinary group in the Midwest. As part of that group, he helped build several successful veterinary agriculture businesses, including a swine biologics business (today part of Boehringer Ingelheim), a veterinary distribution company (today part of Animal Health International of the Patterson group of companies), and a bovine reproductive technol-ogy services company (Trans Ova Genetics).

Everett holds a BA in Business Administration and is a Licensed Certified Public Accountant.

Ken RotondoPresident, Mind Genomics Advisors

Dr. Ken Rotondo, a veterinarian, speaker, consultant and entrepreneur, has collaborated with a variety of groups

and organizations to optimize business and personal performance. Recognized as an expert in practice management and the dynamics of successful practices and businesses, he specializes in effective client communication, customer experience engineering, and consumer insights.

He has owned and operated five veterinary hospitals in New York, is a Past President of the New York State Veterinary Medical Society, and served on the Veterinary Futures Commission.

Ken has lectured throughout the United States, Canada and Europe on behavioral economics,

motivational and marketing analytics and applying machine learning principles to patient/client communication. Dr. Rotondo holds a DVM degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Carol McConnellVice President and Chief Veterinary Officer, Nationwide

Carol McConnell DVM, MBA is Vice President and Chief Veterinary Officer at Nationwide. In this role, she oversees

the company’s veterinary research and relations.

Her prior roles have included positions at ALZA Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, and Priority Veterinary Management Consultants, where she provided consulting services to veterinarians around the country.

Dr. McConnell was a practicing veterinarian at Wilmington Animal Hospital in Delaware. She holds a BS from Cornell University, an MBA from Purdue University and a DVM degree from University of California, Davis.

Ashley BearSenior Program Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Dr. Ashley Bear is a Senior Program Officer with the Board on Higher Education and Workforce

at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Before coming to the Academies, Dr. Bear was a Presidential Management Fellow with the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure in the Directorate for Biological Sciences. During her fellowship years, Dr. Bear also worked as a Science Policy Officer for the State Department’s Office of the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State. Dr. Bear holds a ScB in Neuroscience from Brown University and a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Yale University.

SPEAKERS

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MEMBER INSTITUTIONSAtlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island (Canada)Auburn University (United States)Colorado State University (United States)Cornell University (United States)Iowa State University (United States)Kansas State University (United States)Lincoln Memorial University (United States)Long Island University (United States)Louisiana State University (United States)Massey University (New Zealand)Michigan State University (United States)Midwestern University (United States)Mississippi State University (United States)Murdoch University (Australia)North Carolina State University (United States)Ohio State University (United States)Oklahoma State University (United States)Oregon State University (United States)Purdue University (United States)Ross University (Saint Kitts and Nevis)Royal Veterinary College, University of London (United Kingdom)Seoul National University (Republic of Korea)St. George’s University (Grenada)Texas A & M University (United States)Tufts University (United States)Tuskegee University (United States) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)

Université de Montréal (Canada)Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands)University of Arizona (United States)University of Bristol (United Kingdom)University of Calgary (Canada)University of California, Davis (United States)University College Dublin (Ireland)University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)University of Florida (United States)University of Georgia (United States)University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)University of Guelph (Canada)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States)University of Melbourne (Australia)University of Minnesota (United States)University of Missouri (United States)University of Pennsylvania (United States)University of Queensland (Australia)University of Sydney (Australia)University of Tennessee (United States)University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States)VetAgro Sup (France)Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (United States)Washington State University (United States)Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan (Canada)Western University of Health Sciences (United States)

COLLABORATIVE MEMBERSUniversidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (Mexico)

PROVISIONAL MEMBERSCity University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)Jordan University of Science and Technology (Jordan)St. Matthew’s University (Cayman Islands)United Arab Emirates University (United Arab Emirates) Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas (Mexico)Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (México)University of Adelaide (Australia)University of Tokyo (Japan)University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno (Czech Republic)University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice (Slovak Republic)

AFFILIATE MEMBERSDepartments of Veterinary Science Pennsylvania State University (United States)South Dakota State University (United States)University of Connecticut (United States)University of Kentucky (United States)University of Nebraska-Lincoln (United States)

Departments of Comparative Medicine Johns Hopkins (United States)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)Pennsylvania State University (United States)Stanford University (United States)University of California, San Diego (United States)University of Michigan (United States)

OtherAngell Animal Medical Center (United States)

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