Illinois Downstate Council and Committees
Governor's Council
Susan Hingle, Chair (Governor)
Janet Jokela (Governor-Elect)
Gary Rull (term ends 2013)
Vajeeha Tabassum (term ends 2013)
John Rogers (term ends 2014)
Jitendra Trivedi (term ends 2014)
Ex-officio members:
Andy Arwari (Co-chair CYP)
Akshra Verma (Co-chair CYP)
Amanda Velazquez (Co-chair COSM)
Francisca Mata (Co-chair COSM)
Trinadha Pilla (Co-chair COA)
Melanie Braganza (Co-chair COA)
Awards Committee
David Steward (Chair)
Sara Rusch
Janet Jokela
Steve Goetter
Vajeeha Tabassum
Saad Alvi
Education Committee
John Rogers (Chair)
Gary Rull
Raj Govindiah
Andy Arwari
Larry Jennings
Janet Jokela
Meenakshy Aiyer
Health and Public Policy Committee
(combined with IL Northern; downstate only listed)
David Steward
Prashant Gowda
John Stokes
Siegfried Yu
Vijaya Someraju
Information Technology
(combined with IL Northern; downstate only listed)
Regina Kovach
Tiffany Malli
Siegfried Yu
Membership Committee
Larry Jennings (Chair; Ambassador)
Amanda Velazquez
Janet Jokela
Jitendra Trivedi (Ambassador)
Council of Associates
Trinadha Pilla (Co-chair)
Melanie Braganza (Co-chair)
Nupur Gupta
Kalyani Chandra
Gaurav Jain
Rachel Davis
Suraj Arora
Idelle Fraser
Adil Sattar
Council of Student Members
Amanda Velazquez (Co-chair)
Francisca Mata (Co-chair)
Ben Henkle
Amara Hussain
Jake Varney
Council of Young Physicians
Andy Arwari (Co-chair)
Akshra Verma (Co-chair)
Saad Alvi
Swapna Chalasani
Romaisa Firdose
Azra Hashmi
Mark Lavizzo
Tiffany Malli
Matt Mischler
Saad Muhammad
Vajeeha Tabassum
Siegfried Yu
Ali Wasiti
Page updated: 6/26/12
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Contact Information
Marie Brown, MD, FACP
Governor, Illinois Northern Region
Janet A Jokela, MD, FACP
Governor, Illinois Downstate Region
Donna Seawards
Executive Director
Ph: 224-356-6101
