Meet Our Board

2026 Executive Committee

President
Lauren Le Goff, MS, MLS(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

President Elect

Julia Bell, MS, MLS (ASCP), CIC
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Past President
Kelly (Zabriskie) Gralnick BS, MLS, CIC, FAPIC

BayCare Health System

Secretary
Karlye Kucenic, MS, CIC
Nemours Children's Health

Treasurer
Mary Ehly, BSN, RN, CIC
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Treasurer in Training

Hanan Saab MPH, BSMT, CIC

Tower Health/Pottstown Hospital

2026 Committee Directors

Awards and Nominating Committee

Beth Schroeder, MPH, CIC

Nemours Children's Health

Communications
Julie Paoline, MA, CIC, FAPIC
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology

Education

Meg Gilman, MAS, CIC, FAPIC
Nemours Children's Health

Professional Development

Hillary Hei, MPH, CIC, LSSGB, FAPIC
ECRI

Long-Term Care Committee
Tiina Peritz, MS, BSN, RN, CIC
Philadelphia Department of Public Health

Membership Committee
Lisa Gillen, MS, BS M(ASCP), CIC
Jefferson Health

2026 Appointed Positions

Historian
Dottie Borton, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC
Consultant

Chapter Legislative Representative
Marissa McMeen, MPH, MLS(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC

Lantana

Chapter Bylaws Coordinator
Maria Vacca, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

The Delaware Valley & Philadelphia APIC chapter Board meets throughout the year.