Welcome New AAFS Affiliates and Members!
We are happy to report that the inaugural slate of mid-year application reviews has been completed, and we welcomed 148 new affiliates and members as of July 1!
If you are interested in applying for membership or upgrading your AAFS membership status, the application portal is open. Applications completed by the October 1 deadline will be considered for approval at the February 17, 2025, Board of Directors Meeting. If you have any questions, please contact Membership Coordinator Cheryl Hunter at chunter@aafs.org.
New Members and Affiliates
| Kaimipono Abella | Finity Dinagsao | Yura Jang | Mark MacKizer | Lisa Provost |
| Hind Abouzahir | Shawn Dolan | Regina Kristine Jensen | Matthew Magee | Jaime Reynolds |
| Babatunde Adetunji | Joy Edegbe | Nicole Jewett | Emily Meckler | Madiha Riasat |
| Marilyn Aguilar | Sarah Edminster | Elizabeth Jones | Jose Medeiros | Lindsey Richards |
| Ramazan Akcan | Victoria Estrada | Hannah Kearney | Alexa Mehlman | Kim Riddle |
| Ida Alt | Veronica Flores | Chandler Kelser | Kathryn Melancon | Mark Ridner |
| Jason Ang | Justin Fortier | Deanna Kendall | Korina Menking | Nurdan Sandikci |
| Claire Ansburg | Alexis Francisco | Naveed Khan | Roger Metcalf | Shivani Sanger |
| Asli ATASOY | Kendall Gehring | Melissa Kindt | Samuel Miller | Hailey Scacciaferro |
| Joni Baird | Mirna Ghemrawi | Nadine Koen | Nicole Mischak | Kaitlynn Schantz |
| Faisal Bandesha | Fatemeh Ghofrani | Kyle Kruk | Kara Mosher | Kaylee Schoepe |
| Nikki Bates | Kaitlin Gil | Sheridan Lea | Eric Motta | Julie Schrader |
| Jamie Benvenutti | Lisa Gilbert | Andrea Leal | Sudurika Mukhopadhyay | Courtney Schram |
| Frank Broccolo | Victoria Green | Jan LeMay | Tracilyn Nakatsuka | Donna ScottTilley |
| Natalia Brothers | Tyler Griffith | Kimberly Lettner | Carol Nicholson | Rachel Sedlak |
| Ella Butler | Rachel Hall | Lisa Licata | Michael Nirenberg | Annetta Sipes |
| Madison Calvert | Joely Harrelson | Vinicius Lima | Ta'jah Norman | Ashley Spicer |
| Randy Carodine | Karmen Harris | Ryan Lynn | Ryan O'Connor | Paige Staub |
| Elaine Chan | Emily Harstel | Siwei Lyu | Jenn Odom | Kaija Swisher |
| Rachel Chan | Tara Heales | Jessica Macdonald | Darlington Onyejike | Ilaria Tarozzi |
| M Chaump | Sarah Heath | Mark MacKizer | Diana Orozco | Natalie Tezsla |
| John Chaves | Ashley Heinrich | Matthew Magee | Patricia Ortiz | Olivia Thompson |
| Yu Cheung | Joshua Hendrix | Kyle Kruk | Morgan Pacini | Heather Vivier |
| Vincenzo Cianci | Pedro Hernandez | Sheridan Lea | Hanna Paige | Elise Wells |
| Samantha Cohen | Soncyarai Heyward | Andrea Leal | Ashley Paris | Sidney Wetherbie |
| Nathan Coleman | Miranda Hines | Jan LeMay | Marlena Patrick | Iona Whitaker |
| Tara Cornelius | Jason Hodges | Kimberly Lettner | Julia Pelesz | Danielle Whittaker |
| Madeline Crowley | Maggi Horn | Lisa Licata | Nuwan Perera | Elaine Wooton |
| Nebile Daglioglu | Kaleigh Howard | Vinicius Lima | Kelly Perkins | Jodie Wright |
| Alison Danielson | Andrenita Humphrey | Ryan Lynn | Kira Perry | Jean Y |
| Charles DeFrance | Jennifer Jacobi | Siwei Lyu | Erika Poole | Yakubu Yuguda |
| Mary Pat DeWald | Kara James | Jessica Macdonald |
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