Pillar Team Members
The Foundation Pillar is lead by a team including members of the Board of Directors and staff leadership, including:
| Norman Christopher, MD, FAAP – Chair | Akron Children’s Hospital |
| Robert Murray, MD, FAAP – Co-Chair | The Ohio State University |
| Michael Gittelman, MD, FAAP – Ohio AAP President | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Sarah Adams, MD, FAAP | Akron Children’s Hospital |
| William Cotton, MD | Retired, Nationwide Children’s Hospital |
| Kate Griswold, MD | Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital |
| Pam Oatis, MD | Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center |
| Chris Peltier, MD, FAAP | Pediatric Associates of Mount Carmel, Inc. |
| Karyn Wulf, MD MPH | Abbott Nutrition |
| Judith Romano, MD, FAAP | Wheeling Hospital’s Center for Pediatrics |
| Jay Highman | Nature’s One |
| Janay Stevens, J.D. | Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease LLP |
| Adam Ross | OhioHealth |
| Melissa Wervey Arnold (Ohio AAP Staff) | Ohio AAP Chief Executive Officer |
| Elizabeth Dawson (Ohio AAP Staff) | Ohio AAP Chief Operations Officer |
| Hayley Southworth, MS (Ohio AAP Staff) | Ohio AAP Director of Program Management and Training |
| Olivia Simon (Ohio AAP Staff) | Ohio AAP Foundation & Communications Coordinator |
| Erin Flynn | Clover Lindsay Consulting |