Board of Directors

The UCNS Board of Directors is comprised of representatives nominated by each of the five parent organizations, subspecialty sponsoring organizations, liaisons from the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and Executive Directors of the parent organizations who serve in an ex-officio capacity.

Voting Directors and Subspecialty Representatives
  • Lawrence R. Wechsler, MD, Chair
  • Salvador Cruz-Flores, MD, MPH. Vice Chair
  • Margie Ream, MD, PhD, Secretary/Treasurer
  • Nancy Bass, MD
  • Amaal J. Starling, MD, MSc
  • C. Alan Anderson, MD
  • Angela Hays Shapshak, MD
  • Amanda Peltier, MD
  • Amy Sanders, MD
Non-Voting Subspecialty Representatives
  • Mohamed El-Dib, MD
  • Jerome J. Graber, MD
  • Justin T. Jordan, MD, MPH
  • Siddharth Kapoor, MD
  • Tahseen Mozaffar, MD
  • Gustavo Rodriguez, MD
Non-Voting Ex Officio Executive Directors
  • Katie Fernstaedt (AUPN)
  • Nadine Goldberg, PhD, MS (ANA)
  • Monique Terrell (PECN/CNS)
  • Mary Post, MBA, CAE (AAN)
Non-Voting Board Liaisons
  • Steven L. Lewis, MD, FAAN (ABPN)
UCNS Executive Director
  • Brenda Riggott, IOM