ABOUT US

In November 2005, the board of directors of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) recognized an opportunity to create and support a new organization to expand its capacity to serve the public's interest and to make positive contributions to the PA profession. Endowed by the NCCPA, the NCCPA Foundation was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and began operations in March 2006.

Our VISION

To improve the public's health and access to affordable care.

Our Mission

To advance the role of certified physician assistants in improving health.

Our Board

Disty Pearson, PA-C, Chair
Children's Hospital of Boston

Barbara Barzansky, PhD, MHPE, Vice Chair
Secretary, Council on Medical Education, American
Medical Association

Ted Wendel, PhD, Secretary/Treasurer
Vice President of Operations, AT Still University

Patricia Cook, MD, FACP
Retired Professor Internal Medicine

Pamela M. Dean, MBA
Acting NCCPA CEO

Cynthia Lord, MHS, PA-C
Program Director, Quinnipiac University PA Program

Don Pedersen, PhD, PA-C
Professor and Chief of the Division of PA Studies, University of Utah

Our Staff

Anita Duhl Glicken, MSW, President