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VACEP 2027 Election Ballot
VACEP 2027 Board and ACEP Councilor Election
Election closes November 24, 2026
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Please provide your name. (Only VACEP members may vote)
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Board of Directors Nominees (select up to 4)
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Brooke Lindborg, MD (incumbent)
- As an incumbent member of the VACEP Board of Directors, I am proud of the work we have accomplished advocating for emergency physicians across Virginia and would be honored to continue serving another term. During my time on the Board, I have been actively involved in legislative advocacy, including opposing SB 536, which proposed substantially increasing Virginia's medical malpractice cap, and supporting legislation such as HB 1489 aimed at improving workplace safety, strengthening violence reporting requirements, and protecting healthcare providers. My passion for physician advocacy began early in my career, when I served as ACEP's first Health Policy Fellow in Washington, D.C. and also when I worked for a United States Senator gaining valuable experience in healthcare policy on Capitol Hill. I am passionate about protecting physician autonomy, improving provider safety, and ensuring that emergency physicians have a strong voice in Richmond, both for ourselves and for our patients. I hope to build on the relationships and progress established during my first term and continue advocating for policies that support emergency physicians and the patients we serve.
Ashley Nicholson, MD (incumbent)
- As a returning member to the board, it would be an honor to continue to serve Emergency Physicians within the Commonwealth and help promote resolutions for the many areas that challenge our practice today. With clinical experience that expands 13 years, much of this time has also been accompanied with the role of advocacy. Initially serving as a fellow under our former ACEP national president, Dr. Aisha Terry, I have worked to institute policies within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Since this time, I worked with ACEP’s State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs committee to facilitate conversations that help to improve healthcare throughout our individual states. I have also served as board member for both the Washington, DC and Virginia Chapters of ACEP. During my time within VACEP, I have had many experiences that enhance our field. However, one particular opportunity was to serve on the Hospital Violence Reporting Workgroup for the State of Virginia under the order of Governor Glenn Youngkin. Within this word group, stakeholders provided recommendations for the workplace violence reporting system and its associated policies. Within my current clinical site at INOVA Alexandria, I have had the pleasure of working under Dr. Lydia Haile who has provided additional opportunities for growth and advocacy. Such opportunities have included working with the workplace violence committee as it strives to establish consistent awareness and appropriate response to workplace related violence.
As a member of the board, I can be a dependable advocate for our field within VACEP. This role will undoubtedly translate into better care afforded to Virginians as we strive to achieve the goals that make the Commonwealth a better place. To have a seat at the table within this distinguished group would be a privilege and I am excited to take on this responsibility.
Nicholas Hogan, MD
- Emergency physicians need more than a seat at the table—we need a meaningful voice in the decisions that shape our profession and the care we deliver. As a partner in an independent, physician-owned emergency medicine group, I've seen how hospital contracting, reimbursement, and business decisions affect physicians' ability to practice. VACEP's advocacy for physician-led care, fair reimbursement, and physician autonomy speaks directly to those experiences. I'd welcome the opportunity to contribute what I've learned, listen to colleagues from different practice settings across Virginia, and help strengthen our specialty.
Jacob Mace, DO
- I am interested in serving on the VACEP Board of Directors to advocate for emergency physicians and help shape the future of our profession in Virginia. As a practicing community emergency and EMS physician, I recognize the challenges facing our specialty and the importance of having physicians involved in decisions affecting the care we deliver.
Winston Wu, MD
- I am a faculty member at Virginia Tech Carilion in Roanoke. I was VACEP’s Leadership and Advocacy Fellow in 2024, served as an Alternate Councillor that same year, and was elected as a Councillor to ACEP in 2026. Along the way, I have seen firsthand what this chapter cares about and works for. As Series Editor of VACEP’s Evidence-Based Medicine Review Series, I work with faculty and residents across the state, and I am committed to helping our residents grow into active members of Virginia’s emergency medicine community. On the Board, I will keep that focus on the physicians we serve while building the next generation who will carry it forward.
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ACEP Councilor Nominees (select up to 3)
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James Humble, MD (incumbent) -
Since 2019 I have been working with VACEP to try and make all of our jobs just a little easier when possible. Advocacy continues to be my source of wellness and helping to speak out for the issues facing Virginia emergency physicians brings me great pride and joy. Over the last three years I have been honored to serve as a councilor at ACEP and have learned so much. I want to take that experience and to continue to fight for the concerns we face every day. We have had some great wins and some tough losses, but I believe that I can be a strong voice for us with ACEP and across the state as well as in Washington. Thank you for your consideration.
Brooke Lindborg, MD (incumbent)
- I would be honored to continue representing Virginia on the ACEP Council, building on the experience and relationships I have developed during my first term. Over the past three years, I have had the privilege of representing Virginia at ACEP Council meetings in Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and Chicago. These experiences have strengthened my appreciation for the important role the Council plays in shaping the future of emergency medicine and have reinforced my desire to remain actively involved.
Bruce Lo, MD
- My interest in serving as VACEP Councillor comes from a longstanding commitment to advocacy and a belief that emergency physicians must take a seat at the table to help shape the policies that affect their practice, their patients, and the future of our specialty. Through my past work with VACEP and ACEP over the past 2 decades, I have seen how much thoughtful, sustained advocacy can accomplish, and how important it is for our voices to be heard when decisions are made.
I have worked with legislators in Virginia for many years and have made advocacy part of my mentorship of residents. That experience has strengthened my conviction that engagement matters: emergency physicians bring practical knowledge of patient care, access, and the realities of emergency department operations that should inform policy.
Burke Best, MD
- I am interested in joining ACEP council because we help decide on decisions of our governing body. These decisions guide both how we are compensated and how we function in our roles as emergency department providers. I am suited to this position because I have been exposed to council as a VACEP fellow and have started to gain an understanding of how ACEP council functions. I use my position to disseminate information to my local physician group as well as residents at VCUHS - there is a fairly large knowledge gap about state and national policies!
Megan Venezia, MD
- As an emergency physician ten years post-residency, I am eager to contribute to the Virginia ACEP Councilors during a pivotal stage in my career. Over the past decade, my dedication to our specialty has grown through hands-on leadership—spearheading the creation of our company's Wellbeing and Peer Support Committee to protect our workforce, and recently stepping up to the role of Medical Director for one of our emergency departments. These experiences have fueled a strong interest in the operational and systemic factors that shape clinical practice. Joining the Virginia ACEP Delegation offers an ideal platform to collaborate on a larger stage, advocating for policies that support our physicians and elevating the delivery of high-quality, sustainable emergency care across the Commonwealth.
