Steve Hanson is the Next AAPA President
California PA Stephen H. Hanson is the winner of the special election for American Academy of Physician Assistants president-elect.
Hanson takes office immediately and will serve as president-elect through June 9, 2009. He will be AAPA president from June 10, 2009, to June 9, 2010.
From the AAPA announcement:
Steve was elected in a special election conducted December 12 – 19, 2008 to fill the vacancy
caused by the November 12, 2008 death of Paul Robinson, AAPA president elect. Four other
candidates (James Anderson, Sandra Keavey, Patrick Killeen, and Robert Wooten) ran for the
president-elect position. In accordance with AAPA bylaws, the voters were the 2009 delegates to
the AAPA House of Delegates. They voted electronically between December 12 – 19, 2008.
Steve Hanson has many past years of AAPA leadership experience. He served on the AAPA
Board of Directors from 2000 – 2005, holding the positions of Second Vice Speaker of the
House of Delegates and Vice President/Speaker of the House of Delegates from 2002 to 2005.
Most recently, he was the Liaison Coordinator from 2006 – 2008, managing AAPA’s 17 medical
liaisons to physician organizations. He has been a member of the American Academy of
Physician Assistants since 1982.
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