RhAPP Board of Trustees
The RhAPP Summit Board of Trustees will lead the initial planning, needs assessment, educational programming plan, and will determine the need, name, and scope of their society. The goal will be to develop remote, local, and ultimately, national educational programming for and by APPs.
Steering Committee


Danielle Gatti-Palumbo, Pharm.D., BCACP, AAHIVP
Pharmacist Ambulatory Care
Northwell Health Rheumatology
Great Neck, New York

Kyle George, PA-C
Idaho Arthritis Center
Meridian, Idaho

Elizabeth (Betsy) Kirchner, DNP
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio


Amanda Mixon, PA-C
Colorado Center for Arthritis and Osteoporosis
Longmont, Colorado

Monica Richey, MSN, ANP-BC
Northwell Health
New York, New York

Wendy Simmons, PA-C, DFAAPA
Carolina Arthritis Associates
Wilmington, North Carolina
Eileen J. Lydon, ANP-BC
Department of Rheumatology
NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
New York, New York
Jessica Farrell, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist/
Associate Professor
The Center for Rheumatology
& Albany College of Pharmacy
& Health Sciences
Albany, New York
Patricia Travis, CNP
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio


Christy Vath, PA-C
Seattle Rheumatology Associates
Seattle, Washington