APPE Leadership
As a member-driven organization, it's important that our leadership reflects the community it serves. APPE’s Board of Directors brings together members across disciplines to guide the organization’s mission—advancing ethical inquiry, fostering dialogue, and supporting the next generation of ethics professionals.
We invite you to be part of shaping its future. Learn about the Board nomination and election process.
APPE’s leadership extends beyond the Board, though. Members play an active role in shaping the organization through committees that support programming, member engagement, outreach, and more.
Joining a committee is one of the best ways to get involved and help guide the work of APPE in meaningful ways. Whether you’re new to APPE or a long-time member, serving on a committee is a powerful way to contribute, connect, and grow as a leader. Explore APPE Committees Below.
APPE Board of Directors
APPE Board members are elected by the APPE membership each spring and serve four-year terms that run July 1 to June 30. If you're interested in learning more about running for an APPE Board member seat, reach out to contact@appe-ethics.org.
Vivian Altiery De Jesus
PGY-3 Internal Medicine and Rising Chief Resident
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Jonathan Beever
APPE Board Chair-Elect
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Director, Center for Ethics
University of Central Florida
Cara Biasucci
Director of Ethics Education
Creator/Director of Ethics Unwrapped
University of Texas at Austin
Dennis Cooley
APPE Board Chair
Director, Northern Plains Ethics Institute
North Dakota State University
Liza Dawson
Chief of Bioethics, IRB chair, and Research Integrity Officer
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)
Raquel Diaz-Sprague
Visiting Scholar
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mark Doorley
Director, The Ethics Program
Villanova University
Jun Fudano
Professor, Center for Higher Education Studies
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Mohammad Hosseini
APPE Board Secretary
Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Deborah S. Mower
APPE Board Treasurer
Director, The Center for Practical Ethics
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hume Bryant Associate Professor of Ethics
Department of Philosophy and Religion
University of Mississippi
Julia A. Pedroni
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy
Williams College
Alex Richardson
Associate Director, Content Strategy and Engagement
Prindle Institute for Ethics, DePauw University
Earl Spurgin
Professor, Chair of Philosophy
John Carroll University
Ann Thebaut
Director, Center for Applied Ethics and Humanities
Santa Fe College
Qin Zhu
Associate Professor of Engineering Education
Virginia Tech
Ex Officio Board Members
Appointed by the APPE Board, Ex Officio Members are graduate students, early career scholars, or other professionals early in their engagement with applied ethics. They are non-voting members and serve two-year terms.
Sally Moore
PhD Student, The Ohio State University
Elisa Reverman
Clinical Ethics Fellow, Cleveland Clinic
APPE Staff
APPE Committees
APPE IEB® Committee
Alex Richardson (Chair)*
Raquel Diaz-Sprague*
Mark Doorley*
Deborah Mower*
Sherri Conklin
John Garcia
Cynthia Jones
Michael Jordan
Leonidas Kirby
Bob Ladenson
Rachel Robison-Greene
Conference Committee
Earl Spurgin (Co-Chair)*
Vivian Altiery De Jesus (Co-Chair)*
Mark Doorley*
Jun Fudano*
Lida Anestidou
Daniel Cheung
Robert Doyle
Patrick Flanagan
Kelly Laas
Katherine Ott Walter
Alif Laila Tisha
Mallory Wietrzrykowski
Finance Committee
(Board members only)
Deborah Mower (Chair)*
Cara Biasucci*
Jonathan Beever*
Alex Richardson*
Ann Thebaut*
Governance Committee
(Board members only)
Jonathan Beever (Chair)*
Vivian Altiery De Jesus*
Raquel Diaz-Sprague*
Sally Moore*
Earl Spurgin*
Membership Committee
Liza Dawson*
Raquel Diaz-Sprague*
Jun Fudano*
Ann Thebaut*
Nominating Committee
Dena Plemmons (Co-Chair)*
Alex Richardson (Co-Chair)*
Julie Pedroni*
Jun Fundano*
Qin Zhu*
Jay Al-Hashimi
Lida Anestidou
Patrick Flanagan
Lisa M Lee
Outreach and Engagement Committee
Raquel Diaz-Sprague (Co-Chair)*
Mohammad Hosseini (Co-Chair)*
Daniel Cheung
Crystallee Crain
Diana Martin
Damilola Oduola
Dena Plemmons
Kingsley Reeves
Niccollette Tamayo-Jimenez
Programming Committee
Julie Pedroni (Co-Chair)*
Qin Zhu (Co-Chair)*
Raquel Diaz-Sprague*
Elisa Reverman*
Jay Al-Hashimi
Jeff Dunn
Charles de Souza
Robert Doyle
Godswill Agbagwa
John Stys
Laine Walters Young
*Board Member
Want to get involved?
There is an annual call out for committee participation in spring. You can also reach out to contact@appe-ethics.org for more information and to let us know of your interest.