Board of Directors

Below are the profiles for the 2025-28 President and Board of Directors. Click on the photos to read the full profile.

Don Donahue, DHEd, MBA, MSJ

President

United States

Professor and Chair of Allied Health, Excelsior University

Killiam Argote, MD

Board Member

Colombia

Emergency Department Specialist, International Committee of the Red Cross

Joseph Bonney, MBChB, MPH, MScDM

Board Member

Ghana

Emergency Medicine Specialist, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Sandra Castelblanco Betancourt, RN, MSc

Board Member

Colombia

Specialist Consultant in Hospital Disaster Safety

Romeo Fairley, MD, MPH

Board Member

United States

Associate Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Ryan Hata, MD

Board Member

United States

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Indiana University

Alison Hutton, PhD

Board Member

Australia

Professor of Nursing, University of Western Sydney

Anas Khan, MBBS, MHA

Board Member

Saudi Arabia

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, King Saud University

Tatsuhiko Kubo, PhD

Board Member

Japan

Professor of Public Health and Health Policy, Hiroshima University

Dr. Mick Molloy

Board Member

Ireland

Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Wexford General Hospital

Jamla Rizek, DNP, MSN, MBA

Board Member

United States

Disaster Nursing Faculty, BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine

Jessica Ryder, MBBS

Board Member

United States

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado

Valerie Rzepka, NP-PHC, MSc, DTM&H

Board Member

Canada

Independent Consultant

Heejun Shin, MD, MS, FIBODM

Board Member

South Korea

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital

Dr. Derrick Tin

Board Member

Australia

Associate Professor, University of Melbourne

Debra Weiner, MD, PhD

Board Member

United States

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician; Boston Children’s Hospital