![Lovest Alexander](/sites/default/files/2022-07/alexander_lovest_20191.jpg)
Lovest Alexander, Jr., MHS, PA-C, DFAAPA, celebrated 40 years with the Duke PA Program
![Jacqueline S. Barnett, DHSc, MSHS, PA-C](/sites/default/files/2021-09/i3243002.jpg)
Jacqueline S. Barnett, DHSc, MSHS, PA-C, was named division chief for the Division of PA Studies. She also won PAEA's 2021 Leadership Development Award.
![Melinda Blazar, MHS, PA-C](/sites/default/files/2021-09/i1116472.jpg)
Melinda Blazar, EdD, MHS, PA-C (’07), was named director of assessment.
![Alicia R. Bolden, DMSc, MPH, PA-C](/sites/default/files/2021-09/i5829632.jpg)
Alicia R. Bolden, DMSc, MPH, PA-C, was named director of clinical education
![Janelle Bludorn](/sites/default/files/2022-07/image_2658453%283%29%281%29.jpg)
Janelle Bludorn, MS, PA-C, joined the faculty in September 2021. She was named to the PAEA Future Educator Fellowship Steering Committee and appointed PA Liaison to the American College of Emergency Physicians Well-being Committee
![Pat Dieter](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Pat%20Dieter.jpg)
Patricia Dieter, MPA, PA-C, was appointed by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP), for a three-year term. Pat is the first PA appointed to NACNEP. She previously served on another HRSA advisory committee, the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry.
![Rhiannon Giles, BA](/sites/default/files/2021-07/giles-rhiannon.jpg)
Rhiannon Giles, BA, was promoted to communications and recruitment program coordinator
![Kate Holeman, BA](/sites/default/files/2021-07/holeman-kate1.jpg)
Kate Holeman, BA, won PAEA's 2021 Administrative Support Staff Award
![Nicholas Hudak, MSEd, MPA, PA-C,](/sites/default/files/2021-09/i4666292.jpg)
Nicholas Hudak, MSEd, MPA, PA-C, associate professor, was one of three AAPA/PAEA Research Fellows and also named assistant editor of the Journal of Physician Assistant Education.
![Michelle Parrot](/sites/default/files/2022-07/parrott_michelle-dpap-code-yisb5-kah-1404-r-edit%281%29.jpg)
Michelle Parrott joined the staff in January, 2022
![Sandro Pinheiro de Oliveira,](/sites/default/files/2022-07/image_7076472%281%29.jpg)
Sandro Pinheiro de Oliveira, Ph.D., was promoted to professor.
![Peggy Robinson](/sites/default/files/2022-07/image_8683742.jpg)
Peggy Robinson, MS, MHS, PA-C, was promoted to professor on October 1, 2021. She completed her second 4-year term on the Board of Directors of NCCPA on December 31, 2021 where she served as the nominee of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB).