Committees

Committee
Public Advisory Roundtable

Chair Siri Vaeth, MSW Palo Alto, CA
Chair-Elect Paula Blonski Elgin, IL
Committee Member Amy Skiba Susquehanna, PA
Committee Member De De Gardner, DPH Fairfax, VA
Committee Member - Immediate Past Chair Donna J. Appell, RN Oyster Bay, NY
Committee Member Eliza Rista, JD Huntersville, NC
Committee Member Jean A. Wright, MBA, MD Mint Hill, NC
Committee Member Jon E. Hagstrom, BS Dobbs Ferry, NY
Committee Member - Membership Chair Joyce A. Kullman, BS Kansas City, MO
Committee Member Kari L. Rosbeck Silver Spring, MD
Committee Member Mary E. McGowan Davis, WV
Committee Member Matt J. Granato, BA, MBA, MA Washington, DC
Committee Member Michele DaSilva, MSEd, RRT Warren, NJ
Committee Member - Emeritus Michele Manion, BS Minneapolis, MN
Committee Member Steve S. Park, BS LAKEWOOD, CO
Committee Member Teresa R. Barnes, BA St. Louis, MO
Staff Michelle Turenne, CAE New York, NY
Staff Nusrat Aparna

The ATS Public Advisory Roundtable (ATS PAR) represents a core component of the Society and a mutually beneficial partnership wherein organizations that represent persons affected by respiratory diseases, sleep-related conditions, or critical illnesses collaborate to advance their shared educational, research, patient care, and advocacy missions. ATS PAR brings the patient’s perspective to the Society and provides the Board with strategic guidance for retaining patients and families as a central focus of all ATS activities and programs.

Benchmarks for 2025-2026
1) Serve as a resource to the ATS documents development committee to provide patients to any document working group desiring the patient perspective during the current project proposal/renewal cycle;
2) Serve as a resource to the International Conference committee by providing patient speakers to select scientific sessions at the 2026 International Conference;
3) Represent the patient perspective on ATS committees as well as other applicable ATS activities requiring a patient presence.