PRESIDENT ELECT
John C. Jennings, MD
League City, TX
Professional Position
Professor of ob-gyn, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Permian Basin
Education
MD: University of Tennessee
Residency: University of Tennessee, City of Memphis Hospitals; University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston
ACOG Activities
National: vice president; member, Executive Committees, Executive Boards, Council of District Chairs; chair, Working Group on Midwifery; vice chair, Grievance Committee; member, committees on Government Affairs, Credentials; member, subcommittees on State Legislative, Issue of the Year, Projects to Advance Women’s Health; member, task forces on Strategic Planning, MOMS; participant, Chantilly II Conference on Future Directions in Resident Education; representative, AMA State Legislative Conference; recipient, Outstanding District Service Award
Districts VII and XI: District XI chair; member, Advisory Council; District VII Texas Section chair, vice chair, legislative chair, Advisory Council member; District VII Educator of the Year
SECRETARY
Ben H. Cheek, MD
Columbus, GA
Professional Position
Private practice, president of OB/GYN Associates of Columbus; clinical faculty for the family practice residency program, The Medical Center, Columbus; clinical assistant professor of ob-gyn for Mercer University School of Medicine, Columbus
Education
MD: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
Residency: Emory University, Atlanta
ACOG Activities
National: member, Executive Board, Council of District Chairs; member, committees on Government Affairs, Nominations, Credentials; member, Ob-GynPAC Governing Committee
District IV: chair; vice chair; secretary; treasurer; Georgia Section chair, vice chair
FELLOW-AT-LARGE
Paul G. Tomich, MD
Omaha, NE
Professional Position
Director, division of maternal-fetal medicine, University of Nebraska College of Medicine; medical director, the Nebraska Medical Center for University Tower and Clarkson Tower, the Nebraska Health Care System
Education
MD: Loyola University, Chicago
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
ACOG Activities
National: assistant secretary; member, Executive Committees, Executive Board; chair, Council of District Chairs; chair, task forces on Meetings Management, Section Activities; vice chair, Grievance Committee; advisor, Junior Fellow Congress Advisory Council; McCain Fellow; member, committees on Nominations, Continuing Medical Education, Scientific Program, Obstetric Practice; member, Ob-GynPAC Governing Committee; local arrangements chair, Annual Clinical Meeting; member, task forces on Nominations, Women and Young Fellows; ACOG liaison to American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs; member, editorial boards for Planning Your Pregnancy and Precis (Obstetrics); recipient, Outstanding District Service Award
District VI: chair; vice chair; Junior Fellow advisor; Junior Fellow secretary-treasurer, assistant secretary-treasurer; Illinois Section vice chair
YOUNG PHYSICIAN-AT-LARGE
Michelle Y. Owens, MD
Jackson , MS
Professional Position
Associate professor and vice chair, University of Mississippi, Jackson; medical director, Wiser Hospital and Ambulatory Services; associate fellowship director of maternal-fetal medicine, University of Mississippi, Jackson
Education
MD: Medical College of Virginia
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
ACOG Activities
National: member, committees on Obstetric Practice, Health Care for Underserved Women; member, Hypertension in Pregnancy Task Force; participant, ACOG Leadership Institute
District VII: young Fellow representative