The following Steering Committee members will plan and develop the 20th Annual Osteopathic Medical Education Leadership Conference, a collaborative event hosted by the AOA and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine:

• Co-Chair: Michael D. Adelman, DO, JD, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean, WVSOM; Chair, AACOM Board of Deans
• Co-Chair: John B. Bulger, DO, Associate Chief Academic Officer, Geisinger Health System
• Clinton E. Adams, DO, Dean Western U/COMP
• Robert A. Cain, DO, Director of Medical Education, Grandview Medical Center
• Kari Ann Hortos, DO, Acting Associate Dean and Professor, MSUCOM
• Lorenzo Pence, DO, Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, WVSOM

The OME Leadership Conference will be held in early January 2010, in Southern California.