Board of Governors Chairs
The Board of Governors (BOG) was established in 1982 as a grassroots member network within the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Over the course of its history, 39 individuals have served as Chair, providing leadership – that uniquely consistent and defining force behind great and enduring organization – to the BOG, and representing its interests as a member of the Academy’s Board of Directors.
2022-2023 Karen Rizzo
2021-2022 Troy Woodard
2020-2021 Lance Manning
2019-2020 Spencer Payne
2018–2019 Ken Yanagisawa
2017–2016 Sanjay Parikh
2016–2017 Stacey Ishman
2015–2016 David Edelstein
2014–2015 Wendy Stern
2013–2014 Peter Abramson
2012–2013 Denis Lafreniere
2011–2012 Sujana Chandrasekhar
2010–2011 Michael Seidman
2009–2010 Gavin Setzen
2008–2009 Jerry Schreibstein
2007–2008 Pablo Stolovitzky
2006–2007 Peter Weber
2005–2006 Leonard W. Brown
2004–2005 Thomas B. Logan
2003–2004 Richard Waguespack
2002–2003 Rebecca Gaughan
2001-2002 Joseph E. Leonard
2000-2001 Michael Setzen
1999-2000 C. Ron Cannon
1998-1999 James Denneny, III
1997-1998 David R. Nielsen
1996-1997 Michael S. Benninger
1995-1996 John G. Campbell (deceased)
1994-1995 Ira D. Papel
1993-1994 W. Frederick McGuirt, Sr.
1992-1993 Gary T. Turner
1991-1992 Paul I. Wills
1990-1991 Willard (Bill) B. Moran, Jr.
1989-1990 D. Morton Boyette
1988-1989 J. David Osguthorpe
1987-1988 Neil O. Ward
1986-1987 William E. Silver
1985-1986 Robert J. Keim (deceased)
1984-1985 William P. King (deceased)
1983-1984 Willard E. Fee, Jr.
1982-1983 Marvin A. Singleton – First Chair – BOG founded 1982
