The Board of Managers is comprised of two representatives from each partner state VMAs. The SWVS Board of Managers meeting is held during the SWVS where each year new officers are inducted for a term of one to three years.
T. Murt Byrne,
DVM
Past President
NMVMA Representative
Mark Shackelford,
DVM
President
OVMA Representative
Christie McHughes,
DVM
Vice President
LVMA Representative
Ben Buchanan,
DVM
Treasurer
TVMA Representative
Paula Plummer,
LVT
CE Committee Chair
Jesse Brandon,
DVM
LVMA Representative
Chris France,
DVM
ARVMA Representative
Michael Joyner,
DVM
TVMA Representative
Daniel Levenson,
DVM
NMVMA Representative
Gordon McDonald,
DVM
ARVMA Representative
Mike Schoonover,
DVM
OVMA Representative
Christopher Blake Hackler,
DVM
Industry Representative - IDEXX
Taylor Buchanan
Industry Representative - Zoetis
Gayle Millard,
DVM
Industry Representative - Boehringer Ingelheim
Kevin Walter
Industry Representative - i3 Merchant Solutions
Maggie Milligan
ARVMA Executive Director
Melanie Talley,
CAE
LVMA Executive Director
Cordon DeKock
OVMA Executive Director
Tamara Spooner
NMVMA Executive Director
Troy Alexander
TVMA Executive Director
The SWVS Continuing Education Committee is a standing committee of SWVS. It is composed of representatives from each partner state VMAs. CE members are assigned to one specialty track and are responsible for planning the speakers and sessions in their track.
Trisha Marullo,
DVM
Past CE Committee Chair
Companion Animal
Paula Plummer,
LVT
CE Committee Chair
Technician
Chance Armstrong,
DVM
Food Animal
Mike Beard,
DVM
Companion Animal
Rosslyn Biggs,
DVM
Food Animal
Alice Blue-McLendon,
DVM
Non-Traditional/Exotics
Ann Chapman,
DVM
Equine
Pam Delahoussaye,
DVM
Professional Development/Wellness
Jon Fletcher,
DVM
Companion Animal
Anne Hale,
DVM
Companion Animal
Shannan Hall-Ursone,
DVM
Biomedical Research
Jodi Michaelson,
CVPM
Practice Management/Office Personnel
Pam Mitchell,
DVM
Companion Animal
Stephen Pittenger,
DVM
Technology/Master Classes
Joe Pluhar,
DVM
Equine
Brandon Louth,
DVM
Non-Traditional/Exotics
Christen Smith,
RVT
Co-Lab Manager
Rachel Ramesar,
DVM
Integrative Medicine
Debbie Reed,
RVT
Lab Manager
Kellie Turnage,
CVPM
Practice Management/Office Personnel
Katie Tyler,
DVM
Companion Animal
Kevin Washburn,
DVM
Interactive Labs
T. Murt Byrne, DVM
2023 – New Mexico
Natalie McDonald, DVM
2022 – Arkansas
Emily Walker, DVM
2018 – New Mexico
Thomas Tully, Jr., DVM
2013-2014 – Louisiana
Timothy Woody, DVM
2009 – Arkansas
Ronald Stried, DVM
2005 – Texas
Jed Ford, DVM
2021 – Texas
Mark Ferrell, DVM
2017 – Oklahoma
Larry Woods, DVM
2012 – Oklahoma
Wayne Roberson, DVM
2008 – Louisiana
Kenneth Bartles, DVM
2004 – Oklahoma
Kirk Ryan, DVM
2020 – Louisiana
Darryl Leslie, DVM
2016 – New Mexico
Allen Roussel, DVM
2011 – Texas
Lyndon Graf, DVM
2007 – Oklahoma
Dwight King, DVM
2002-2003 – Texas
Mike Beard, DVM
2019 – Arkansas
Anmarie Macfarland, DVM
2015 – Texas
Michael Alber, DVM
2010 – New Mexico
Dennis McCurnin, DVM
2006 – Louisiana
Trisha Marullo, DVM
2023-2022, Louisiana
Paul DeMars, DVM
2014-2015, Oklahoma
Allen Roussel, DVM
2003-2006, Texas
Jon Fletcher, DVM
2020-2021, Louisiana
Susan Culp, DVM
2012-2013, Texas
Amanda Favis, DVM
2018-2019, New Mexico
Bonnie Beaver, DVM
2010-2011, New Mexico
Gregory Rich, DVM
2016-2017, Louisiana
Thomas Tully, Jr., DVM
2007-2009. Louisiana
