{"id":32,"date":"2024-09-24T19:28:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T19:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:01:52","slug":"leadership-administration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/leadership-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership &amp; Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 90.2958%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 93px\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%\" colspan=\"4\">The <strong>Academy<\/strong> is <strong>Co-Sponsored<\/strong> by the Geisel Office of Educational Affairs and the Department of Medical Education, and led by two <strong>Co-Directors<\/strong>, who provide strategic direction and oversight. They work collaboratively to advance the academy's mission of promoting excellence in health professions education.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 258px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-663\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/12\/IMG_5123.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/12\/IMG_5123.jpeg 685w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/12\/IMG_5123-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/12\/IMG_5123-41x55.jpeg 41w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/12\/IMG_5123-580x773.jpeg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 23.8773%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-662 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/12\/NicoleBorges_web2-e1736866188443.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/12\/NicoleBorges_web2-e1736866188443.jpg 569w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/12\/NicoleBorges_web2-e1736866188443-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/12\/NicoleBorges_web2-e1736866188443-41x55.jpg 41w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.0048%;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/Thomas-Thesen-cropped-e1760386303671-225x300.png\" alt=\"Thomas Thesen profile image. Man with brown hair smiling.\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/Thomas-Thesen-cropped-e1760386303671-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/Thomas-Thesen-cropped-e1760386303671-41x55.png 41w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/Thomas-Thesen-cropped-e1760386303671-580x772.png 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/Thomas-Thesen-cropped-e1760386303671.png 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.1179%;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-495 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/10\/Vergo-Picture-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 125px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/faculty\/facultydb\/view.php\/?uid=7942\"><strong>Sonia Nagy Chimienti, MD FIDSA<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCo-Sponsor<br \/>\nDean of Educational Affairs<br \/>\nProfessor of Medicine<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 23.8773%;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/faculty\/facultydb\/view.php\/?uid=7300\"><strong>Nicole Borges, PhD<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCo-Sponsor<br \/>\nChair and Professor of<br \/>\nMedical Education<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 27.0048%;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/faculty\/facultydb\/view.php\/?uid=8274\"><strong>Thomas Thesen, PhD<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>Co-Director<br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Medical Education<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:thomas.thesen@dartmouth.edu\">thomas.thesen@dartmouth.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 24.1179%;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/faculty\/facultydb\/view.php\/?uid=4935\"><strong>Maxwell T. Vergo, MD<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>Co-Director<br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Medicine<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:maxwell.t.vergo@hitchcock.org\">maxwell.t.vergo@hitchcock.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 90.4419%;height: 441px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 103px\">\n<td style=\"width: 122.054%;height: 103px\" colspan=\"3\">The academy also benefits from <strong>administrative support<\/strong>, which ensures efficient operation and coordination of its various events, and initiatives, such as faculty development, mentorship, and educational scholarship programs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 257px\">\n<td style=\"width: 35.844%;height: 257px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/F2E723A0-82D0-41A5-8BED-4AB0A9B9D5F8_1_201_a-scaled1-851x1024-1-e1760386825616-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/F2E723A0-82D0-41A5-8BED-4AB0A9B9D5F8_1_201_a-scaled1-851x1024-1-e1760386825616-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/F2E723A0-82D0-41A5-8BED-4AB0A9B9D5F8_1_201_a-scaled1-851x1024-1-e1760386825616-41x55.jpeg 41w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/F2E723A0-82D0-41A5-8BED-4AB0A9B9D5F8_1_201_a-scaled1-851x1024-1-e1760386825616.jpeg 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.5237%;height: 257px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-196 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/1000010462-e1760386669147-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/1000010462-e1760386669147-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/1000010462-e1760386669147-735x1024.png 735w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/1000010462-e1760386669147-768x1071.png 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/1000010462-e1760386669147-39x55.png 39w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/1000010462-e1760386669147-1102x1536.png 1102w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/1000010462-e1760386669147-800x1115.png 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/1000010462-e1760386669147-580x809.png 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2024\/09\/1000010462-e1760386669147.png 1363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.6863%;height: 257px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-650 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/10\/Headshot-10-2025_V2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/10\/Headshot-10-2025_V2-1.png 622w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/10\/Headshot-10-2025_V2-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/10\/Headshot-10-2025_V2-1-41x55.png 41w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/10\/Headshot-10-2025_V2-1-580x773.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 81px\">\n<td style=\"width: 35.844%;height: 81px;text-align: center\"><strong>Kerry Schmitt<br \/>\n<\/strong>Administrative Coordinator<br \/>\n<b>Focus: <\/b>Member Management &amp; Events<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:kerry.e.schmitt@dartmouth.edu\">kerry.e.schmitt@dartmouth.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 34.5237%;height: 81px;text-align: center\"><strong>Lyndsey Boulton<br \/>\n<\/strong>Operations Coordinator<br \/>\n<b>Focus: <\/b>Communications &amp; Website<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:lyndsey.boulton@dartmouth.edu\">lyndsey.boulton@dartmouth.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.6863%;height: 81px;text-align: center\"><strong>Amanda Sanchez<br \/>\n<\/strong>Program Coordinator<br \/>\n<strong>Focus:<\/strong> Accredited Continuing Education<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:amanda.e.sanchez@hitchcock.org\">amanda.e.sanchez@hitchcock.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academy is Co-Sponsored by the Geisel Office of Educational Affairs and the Department of Medical Education, and led by two Co-Directors, who provide strategic direction and oversight. 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