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PAEA Staff Directory

PAEA employs 12 full-time staff members. Read the profiles below to find out who does what and how to contact that staff person.


Timi Agar Barwick
Executive Director
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 305
tbarwick@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member since 1991

Areas of responsibility:

  • Board of directors
  • Budget and finances
  • External relations
  • Strategic planning
  • CASPA
  • Human resources
  • Overall Association direction

Staff liaison to
CASPA Advisory Committee, Finance Committee, Federal Affairs Workgroup, and several external organizations


Steven Lane
Associate Executive Director
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 310
slane@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member since May 2005, also 1996-2001

Areas of responsibility:

  • Communications
  • Journal of Physician Assistant Education (JPAE)
  • Governance
  • Data and research
  • Strategic planning

Staff liaison to
Governance Committee, JPAE Editorial Board


Jennifer Jarmin
Director, Education and Meeting Services
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 311
jjarmin@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member since August 2006

Areas of responsibility:

  • Meeting logistics
  • Education programming

Staff liaison to
Education Committee, Faculty Development Institute


Jeanette Smith
Director, Communications
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 304
jsmith@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member June 2009

Areas of responsibility:

  • PAEA Networker
  • Journal of Physician Assistant Education

Athena Abdullah
Director, Government Relations
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 303
aabdullah@paeaonline.org

Association staff member since July 2009

Areas of responsibility:

  • Monitor federal legislative and regulatory activity
  • Educate PAEA members on legislative and regulatory issues and respond to member inquiries
  • Lobby and educate members of Congress and federal agencies on issues that affect PA education

Staff liaison to
Government Relations Committee


Mei Liang
Assistant Director, Data and Research
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 313
mliang@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member since April 2007

Areas of responsibility:

  • Data collection
  • Data analysis
  • Point of contact for internal and external use of PAEA data

Staff liaison to
Data and Research Workgroup, Research Institute Advisory Committee


Geraldene Darden
Assistant Director, Communications and Information Technology
Finance Manager 
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 306
gdarden@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member since 2001

Areas of responsibility:

  • Web site
  • Layout and production, PAEA publications
  • Budgeting and accounting
  • Information Technology
  • Journal of Physician Assistant Education

Staff liaison to
Awards Committee, Finance Committee


Eileen Evans
Manager, Member Communications
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 307
eevans@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member since 2000

Areas of responsibility:

  • Journal of Physician Assistant Education
  • Online PA Programs Directory
  • Membership and subscriptions to PAEA publications
  • PAEA grants programs, student writing competition

Staff liaison to
Nominations Committee, Research Institute Advisory Committee


Lynn Heitzman
Manager, Governance and Executive Services
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 308
Fax: (703) 548-5539
lheitzman@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member since May 2007

Areas of responsibility:

  • Human resources
  • Office management
  • Governance
  • Special projects

Staff liaison to
Governance Committee, International Affairs Committee


Ayeshia Ellington Pompey
Manager, Student and Applicant Services
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 312
Fax: (703) 548-5539
apompey@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member since March 2008

Areas of responsibility:

  • Central Application Services for PA’s
  • National PA Honor Society (Pi Alpha)
  • PACKRAT
  • PAEA Student Writing Competition
  • Cultural diversity

Staff liaison to
PACKRAT, CASPA, and Committee on Ethnic and Cultural Diversity


Toya Vigne
Coordinator, Meetings
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 309
Fax: (703) 548-5539
tvigne@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member since January 2008

Areas of responsibility:

  • Meetings logistics

Co-Staff liaison to
Education Committee, Faculty Development Institute


Erica Call
Administrative Assistant/Membership Services Coordinator
Phone: (703) 548-5538, ext. 300
ecall@PAEAonline.org

Association staff member June 2009

Areas of responsibility:

  • Office management
  • Membership database