WWAMI Regional Contacts
This directory provides contact information for key faculty and staff across the WWAMI regional sites. Use this resource to connect with regional deans, program coordinators, and administrative leads who support medical students throughout their training. Contact details are organized by state and curriculum phase for easy reference.
Foundations Phase
Kathy Young – Assistant Foundations Dean, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Email: kecase2@alaska.edu
Phone: 907-786-4884
Nancy Hall – Program Coordinator, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Email: njhall@uaa.alaska.edu
Phone: 907-786-4789
Max Kullberg – Associate Director, Foundations, Alaska WWAMI, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Email: mpkullberg@alaska.edu
Phone: 907-786-7708
Pam Westerlein – Program Coordinator (Clinical), Foundations, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Email: pdwesterlin@alaska.edu
Clinical Phase
Barb Doty – Assistant Clinical Dean
Email: bdoty@uw.edu
Shyla Dema – Administrator – Program Operations
Email: sdema@uw.edu
Ciera Stafford – Program Coordinator
Email: cejstaff@uw.edu
Foundations Phase
Rayme Geidl – Interim Assistant Foundations Dean, University of Idaho
Email: rgeidl@uidaho.edu
Phone: 208-885-6696
Whitney Vincent – Program Manager I, University of Idaho
Email: wvincent@uidaho.edu
Phone: 208-885-6696
Clinical Phase
Mary E. Barinaga – Assistant Clinical Dean
Email: barinm@uw.edu
Phone: 208-364-4548
Frank Batcha – Assistant Clinical Dean
Email: batchf@uw.edu
Phone: 208-720-9363
Sarah Keshian – Administrator – Program Operations
Email: sarakesh@uw.edu
Phone: 208-364-4546
Foundations Phase
Brant Schumaker– Assistant Foundations Dean, Montana State University
Email: brant.schumaker@montana.edu
Phone: 406-994-4411
Molly Thompson– Program Coordinator, Montana State University
Email: mollythompson1@montana.edu
Kayla Ouert – WWAMI Program Manager, Montana Foundations, Montana State University
Email: kayla.ouert@montana.edu
Phone: 406-994-4411
Clinical Phase
Jay Erickson – Assistant Clinical Dean
Email: jerick@uw.edu
Serena Brewer – Assistant Clinical Dean
Email: szbrewer@uw.edu
Ashleigh Dallas – Coordinator – MT TRUST
Email: abdallas@uw.edu
Sara Houston – MT TRUST Program Administrator
Email: houston3@uw.edu
Phone: 701-471-6065
Bernadette Duperron – Administrator – Program Operations
Email: duperron@uw.edu
Judi Sullivan – Administrator – Program Operations
Email: jasulliv@uw.edu
Phone: 208-995-6264
Vanessa Siddoway – Program Operations Specialist
Email: vsidd85@uw.edu
Eastern Washington
Darryl Potyk – Associate Dean
Email: potykd@uw.edu
Phone: 509-313-7917
Foundations Phase
Janelle Clauser – Assistant Foundations Dean
Email: jclauser@uw.edu
Phone: 509-313-7906
Clinical Phase
Geoffry Jones – Assistant Clinical Dean, Spokane and Eastern Washington
Email: jonesgs@uw.edu
Darin Eckert – Assistant Clinical Dean, Spokane
Email: eckert94@uw.edu
Sherra Gallaher – Administrator – Program Operations
Email: sherrag@uw.edu
Kelly Juarez – Program Coordinator
Email: kellyj13@uw.edu
General Assistance
Sarah Strong – Assistant to the Associate Dean
Email: strong33@uw.edu
Phone: 509-313-7922
Teresa Borrenpohl – Spokane Director of Operations
Email: borrtere@uw.edu
Phone: 509-313-7905
Foundations Phase
Breana Taylor – Assistant Foundations Dean
Email: btaylor6@uw.edu
Clinical Phase
Devin Sawyer – Assistant Clinical Dean
Email: torin@uw.edu
Stacey Erdahl – Administrator – Program Operations
Email: fauchald@uw.edu
Foundations Phase
Todd Guth – Assistant Foundations Dean, University of Wyoming
Email: tguth@uwyo.edu
Phone: 307-766-2497
John Willford – Assistant Director, Foundations Phase, University of Wyoming
Email: willford@uwyo.edu
Phone: 307-766-4249
Natalia Tugwell-Brown – WWAMI Business Manager, University of Wyoming
Email: ntugwell@uwyo.edu
Phone: 307-766-4908
Clinical Phase
Robert Monger – Assistant Clinical Dean
Email: monger@uw.edu
Phone: 307-432-9264
Deb Dolph – Administrator – Program Operations
Email: debdolph@uw.edu
Phone: 307-630-7123