Membership Steering Committee

Charge(s)

  • Review and vet strategies and activities to improve retention.
  • Develop strategies and activities to enhance growth of the society (goal specific).
  • Monitor member retention and growth trends.
  • Act as Ambassadors and actively recruit members to ASE.
  • Approve and manage member Forums- currently Women in Echo & Echo Lab Medical & Technical Directors Leadership Forum
  • Create strategies and general targets to increase membership in the following areas:
    • Medical students
    • International membership
    • Interventional cardiologist and other medical professionals focused on structural heart
    • Members who deliver healthcare services at point of care.
    • Fellows and Early Career
    • Private Practice physicians and sonographers
  • Oversee Specialty Interest Groups
    • Review and present new Specialty Interest Groups (SIG) application to Executive Committee for approval.
    • Review yearly activities and membership growth to determine ongoing status
    • Recommend transition to Council Status
  • 2024/2025: 20,000 members by September 2025 and assist PR committee with the ASE next 50 Campaign
  • 2024/2025: Lead the coordination and execution of 50 membership events over the 50 weeks leading up to Scientific Sessions 2025

2024 – 2025 Committee Members:
Madeline Jankowski, BS, RDCS, ACS, FASE – Chair
Benjamin Freed MD, FASE – Co-Chair

TBD – Critical Care Representative
TBD – Interventional Echo Representative
Suzanne Poston, BS, ACS, RDCS, RVS, RCS, RCCS, CCT, FASE – Pediatric Representative
Josh Zimmerman, MD, FASE – Perioperative Representative
Diana Masterson, MHA, RDCS – Sonographer Representative
Melissa Warren, MHSc, RVT, RVS – Vascular Representative
Allison Kratka, MD – Fellow Representative
Priscilla Wessly, MD – Rising Star Representative
Jennifer Borowski, RDCS, ACS, FASE – Member at Large
Sydni Hennemann, BS, RDCS, FASE – Member at Large
Jon Owensby, ACS, RDCS – Member at Large
Athena Andha, RCS, FASE – Member at Large
Neeraja Yedlapati, MD, FASE – Member at Large
Cassandra Price, BS, ACS, RCS, RVS, FASE – Member at Large
McKenzie Schweitzer, BS, RDCS, FASE – Member at Large
Evin Yucel, MD – Member at Large
Gary Satou, MD, FASE – Member at Large
April Durham, BS, ACS, RCS, FASE – Member at Large
Shagun Sachdeva, MD, FASE – Member at Large
Jeremy Slivnick, MD, FASE – Member at Large
Vidhu Anand, MBBS, FASE – Member at Large
Kyle Lehenbauer, MD, FASE – Member at Large
Jessica Parr, MD – Member at Large
Satvik Ramakrishna, MD, FACC, FASE – Member at Large
Stephanie Nay, MBA, RCCS, FASE – Member at Large
Ruchira Garg, MD, FASE – Member at Large
Philip Gideon, MD, FASE – Member at Large
Lynsy Friend, BS, ACS, RCS, FASE – Member at Large
Suzanne Morris – Staff Liaison