On behalf of the American Medical Writers Association Southwest Chapter, we would like to thank you for attending our hybrid conference on Saturday, May 13. Some of us attended the event in Houston and other participants joined us on Zoom. As always, we learned something new and had a lively conversation during the networking portion of the event.

A special thanks goes to the following people who helped ensure our event was successful:

🔹 Chapter Conference Co-Chairs: Erica Ann Walker Goodoff, BJ/BA, ELS(D), Treasurer, Assistant Program Chair; J. Kelly Byram, MS, MBA, ELS, Director-at-Large (New Mexico), Chapter Survey Coordinator
🔹 President: Damiana Chiavolini, PhD
🔹 President-Elect/Program Chair, Director-at-Large (Virtual): Dean Colston, PhD
🔹 Immediate Past President: M. David Stewart, PhD
🔹 Director-at-Large (Houston): Katie Fung-Yip, MD
🔹 Social Media Coordinators: Julie Bradford, MA, and Doĝan Can Kirman, PhD
🔹 Chapter Advisory Council Delegate: Kimberly Mankiewicz, PhD, ELS
🔹 Website Manager: Vamsi Ahobila, MD

We’d also like to express our deepest appreciation to our program presenters:

🔹 Anne Murray, PhD, MWC®; Dallas, Texas
🔹 Katrina R. Burton, BS; Houston, Texas
🔹 Jennifer Bridgers, MS, MWC; Raleigh, North Carolina
🔹 Gail Flores, PhD; San Diego, California
🔹 Heather Zeiger, MS, MA; Dallas, Texas
🔹 Caroline Sietmann, MALIS; Chicago, Illinois
🔹 Kristi Boehm, MS, ELS; Houston, Texas
🔹 Larry Lynam, DSc, MA, RM, SM; Tucson, Arizona

And, of course, we are most grateful for our attendees for participating. To capture the moment, you will see a fun screenshot of some of us (below) who were present on Zoom at our hybrid conference. More pictures are to come of those individuals who attended in person.

Image Description: A screenshot of fifteen people smiling on Zoom after attending the 2023 AMWA Southwest Chapter Hybrid Conference. Four additional members were present but had their videos off when this photo was taken. The American Medical Writers Association Southwest Chapter logo was noted in the lower right-hand corner of image.

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