NCCAOM GOVERNANCE
NCCAOM Board of Commissioners
The NCCAOM is governed by the Chief Executive Officer and ten Commissioners. In approving nominations, the Board Development Committee considers diversity in ethnicity, gender, geographic distribution, professional experience, education and school of thought within the profession.
Iman Majd, Board Chair
MD, MS, EAMP/L.Ac., Dip. ABFM,
ABoIM, Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM)®, DABMA,
ABIHM, Certified GUNN-IMS
Education and Experience
Daniel Jiao, Vice Chair
Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM)®
Education and Experience
Afua Bromley, Board Treasurer
MSOM, Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM)®, L.Ac.
Education and Experience
Matthew Stanley, Board Secretary
CAE
Education and Experience
Janet Zand, L.Ac., Board Commissioner
and Member at Large
O.M.D., Dipl. Ac., C.H., O.M. (NCCAOM)®
Education and Experience
Zonglan Xu, Board Commissioner
MD(China), Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM)®
Education and Experience
Jayne Tsuchiyama, Board Commissioner
D.A.O.M., D.Ac., Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM)®
Education and Experience
Nicholas Dougherty, Board Commissioner
DAOM, L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. (NCCAOM)®
Education and Experience
P. Divya Parikh, Board Commissioner
MPH, CAE
Education and Experience
Beverly L. Black, Board Commissioner
MHSA, CAE
Education and Experience
Mina Larson, CEO
M.S., MBA, CAE,
Education and Experience
Nicholas Dougherty, DAOM, L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. (NCCAOM)<sup>®</sup>
Dr. Dougherty has worked in private practice settings as well as one of the leading Integrative Medicine clinics in the United States, the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing. Through this work, he has garnered a unique view on the integrative approach to healthcare.
Dr. Dougherty is a graduate of the Master’s program at the American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM) in Minnesota, 2009. His need for further personal advancement and passion for education led Dr. Dougherty to continue his education by enrolling in the first doctorate program for TCM in Minnesota, of which he graduated in 2018 with a focus on integrative psychology and reproductive health.
Dr. Jayne Tsuchiyama, D.A.O.M., Dipl. O.M. D.Ac. (NCCAOM)<sup>®</sup>
Dr. Jayne Tsuchiyama, L.Ac. DAOM, MS, Dipl. OM (NCCAOM)®, is a graduate of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, NY. She earned her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, San Diego. Dr. Tsuchiyama is a licensed acupuncturist in New York and Hawaii and an NCCAOM diplomate since 2004. She founded and runs the acupuncture programs in the cancer and women’s centers at The Queens Medical Center, the largest hospital in the Pacific Basin. Appointed by two governors, she served for 8 years on the state Board of Acupuncture – four years as Chair.
Dr Tsuchiyama has been a four time recipient of major annual grants from Susan G Komen for the Cure to support a program to provide acupuncture treatment for low income breast cancer patients.
Her collaborative work in the hospitals with oncology patients, young and old was recognized with awards by the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Healthcare, Acupuncturists without Borders and I’mi Hale, a native Hawaiian Cancer Network.
Dr Tsuchiyama appears regularly at the state capitol and local media, testifying and communicating her advocacy for our profession.
Dr. Tsuchiyama joined the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners in 2020.
Beverly L. Black, MHSA, CAE
Beverly L. Black, MHSA, CAE, has over 25 years of managerial experience with national, statewide, and community-based programs in non-profit, health-related, and educational associations and organizations. Her primary focus is on organizational excellence, strong governance skills and leadership development. She also has worked with many boards to optimize their performance, created strategic plans that guide organizations’ growth, and enhanced and updated many organizations’ bylaws and policies.
Currently, she is retired from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and now serves association clients as a consultant and educator on Board training, strategic planning and bylaws review and enhancement.
Additionally, Ms. Black has served on state and national Boards of Directors in the health field. She was elected Chair of both the Georgia Society of Association Executives (GSAE) and its Foundation. She currently serves as a Public Member of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Board of Directors. She has also worked as an active member of the American Society of Association Executives’ CAE Commission and Small-Staff Committee. She also currently serves on the Education Committee for the Institute for Credentialing Excellence.
Ms. Black has a Bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of NC at Chapel Hill and a Master’s degree in Health Services Administration from George Washington University. She was awarded the Certified Association Executive designation in 1996 and GSAE’s Clifford M. Clarke Award.
Ms. Black is a Public Member and her service as Commissioner on the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners began in February 2021 Beverly Black has over 25 years of managerial experience with national, statewide, and community-based programs in non-profit, health-related, and educational associations and organizations. Her primary focus is on organizational excellence, strong governance skills and leadership development. She also has worked with many boards to optimize their performance, created strategic plans that guide organizations’ growth, and enhanced and updated many organizations’ bylaws and policies.
Currently, she is retired from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and now serves association clients as a consultant and educator on Board training, strategic planning and bylaws review and enhancement.
Additionally, Ms. Black has served on state and national Boards of Directors in the health field. She was elected Chair of both the Georgia Society of Association Executives (GSAE) and its Foundation. She currently serves as a Public Member of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Board of Directors. She has also worked as an active member of the American Society of Association Executives’ CAE Commission and Small-Staff Committee. She also currently serves on the Education Committee for the Institute for Credentialing Excellence.
Ms. Black has a Bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of NC at Chapel Hill and a Master’s degree in Health Services Administration from George Washington University. She was awarded the Certified Association Executive designation in 1996 and GSAE’s Clifford M. Clarke Award.
Ms. Black is a Public Member and her service as Commissioner on the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners began in February 2021
Matthew P. Stanley
Matthew P. Stanley, CAE currently serves Richmond Public Schools, in Richmond, Virginia, as the Director of Advocacy and Outreach in the Office of Engagement, leading the school division’s government advocacy efforts and community outreach strategies. In 2020, Matthew was named one of Richmond’s Top 40 under 40 in Style Weekly, the region’s weekly culture and arts periodical.
Matthew was previously a partner at AEGIS Associates, LLC, a state government relations and association management firm in Richmond, Virginia. Within a portfolio of non-profit and corporate clients in the healthcare and educator sectors, he served as the Associate Executive Director of the Virginia Association of Independent Specialized Education Facilities (VAISEF) and the Virginia Coalition of Private Provider Associations (VCOPPA). Matthew is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and previously served on the Virginia Society of Association Executives’ Board of Directors.
Within the Richmond community, he has served on several Boards and Commissions including service as President of the Fan District Association, Treasurer of the Monroe Park Conservancy, and Chair of the City Council Compensation Review Advisory Committee.
Matthew graduated with dual degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University in International Studies and French Language. In addition to his studies at VCU, he studied at Sciences Po Aix, also known as Institut d’Études Politiques in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Matthew began his first term on the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners in February 2017 as a Public Member and currently serves as Secretary.
Afua Bromley
Afua Bromley, MSOM, Dipl. Ac (NCCAOM)®, L.Ac., is a 1998 graduate of the Florida College of Integrative Medicine (formerly the National College of Oriental Medicine) in Orlando, FL. After graduation, she also completed a summer internship at Yu Huang Ding Hospital in Yantai, China.
Bromley served on the MO Governor’s Acupuncture Advisory Committee (Missouri’s acupuncture regulatory committee) from 1999-2006, helping write the rules and regulations for the State of Missouri after its licensing law was passed. She has also served as President of the Acupuncture Association of Missouri. In addition to her private practice, Bromley worked at CHIPS (Community Health-In-Partnership Services), a multi-specialty clinic for uninsured and underinsured individuals in north St. Louis from 2000-2012. Throughout her career, she has worked to promote equal access to quality integrative medical care to those in underserved communities, particularly African-American and Latino communities, as well as those living with HIV/AIDS. She is founder of Universal Holistic Healthcare Service, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), dedicated to providing acupuncture and integrative medicine through service and empowerment education, through such activities as STD/HIV prevention education, nutrition workshops and a women’s support group for those living with HIV/AIDS.
She has been an NCCAOM Diplomate since 1999 and her service as Commissioner on the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners began in February, 2014.
Janet Zand
Janet Zand, L.Ac., O.M.D., Dipl. Ac., Dipl. C.H., Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM)®, has over thirty years of private practice experience in natural medicine including: acupuncture, herbal medicine, functional medicine and nutrition. She has taught and lectured to physicians, acupuncturists, chiropractors and nurses since 1983.
Dr. Zand is the author of Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child, A Parent’s Guide to Medical Emergencies, and Smart Medicine for Healthier Living (Penguin/Putnam Publishing, 1994, 1997, 1998, respectively).
She was the cofounder and Chairman of the Board of Zand Herbal Formulas, Inc. from 1978-2002.
In 2009, Dr. Zand engaged in a unique nitric oxide research project and the ultimate co-formulation with the University of Texas of NEO40, by Neogenis Labs. There have been more than 1.5 million doses of this ground breaking nitric oxide nutritional supplement sold.
In 2015, Zand was inducted into the Hall of Legends, and acknowledged by the National Nutritional Food Association and New Hope as a thought leader, innovator and leader in the natural products industry.
Zand began her first term on the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners in February, 2017.
Zonglan Xu, MD(China)
Zonglan Xu, MD(China), Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM)® is a graduate of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Jinan, Shandong, China. She began volunteering for the NCCAOM in the mid-1990s, initially as a point location examiner and item writer for Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology (she was a part of a team that developed the first Chinese Herbology exam for NCCAOM) and later as a subject matter expert on the Acupuncture and Point Location Exam Development Committee (EDC) prior to join the NCCAOM Board of Commissioner.
After graduating in 1982 with training in the integrated medical environment in China and specialization in traditional Chinese Acupuncture and Herbology, she has been an educator and practitioner of traditional Chinese Medicine in China and the U.S. She has been an NCCAOM Diplomate and Florida Licensed Acupuncturist since 1990. Because of her decades of quality teaching, practical experiences and enthusiasm for the patients and profession, she was appointed to the Florida Board of Acupuncture by the Florida governor in 2002 and served eight years including Chair of the Board from 2004 to 2008.
Dr. Xu has numerous publications on Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine in both China and the U.S. Her Pocket Handbooks on Chinese Herbology have received worldwide praise by practitioners and students alike. Besides dedicating herself to TCM education, she has been working in the Government sponsored Acupuncture Detoxification Program and maintains her active private practice in South Miami. She is also actively involved in the community to promote accessibility of Chinese culture and was the past President for the Florida Acupuncture Association contributing countless hours to build and maintain the high standards for the profession as well as for the protection and benefit of public safety.
Dr. Xu joined the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners in 2013.
Daniel Jiao
Daniel Jiao, DAOM, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M. (NCCAOM)®, currently serves as a credentialed acupuncturist with the Sutter Home, Palo Alto Medical Center Foundation Medical Group in the Department of Integrative Medicine. He has served as the chief instructor for Oriental Medicine in the Medical Acupuncture Program at Stanford University. In addition, he taught in the Department of Health Sciences at California State University at Long Beach. Presently, Dr. Jiao is a part-time director in the Doctoral Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at the American College of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine. He previously served as a consultant for the California State Acupuncture Board and site-visit team member for the State Accreditation Committee. Jiao also continues serve part-time as a faculty at the American College of TCM’s California Institute of Integral Studies.
Iman Majd
Dr. Majd, MD, MS, EAMP/L.Ac, Dip. ABFM, ABoIM, Dipl. Ac.(NCCAOM)®, DABMA, ABIHM, Certified GUNN-IMS, is the Founding Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Clinic at the University of Washington. He is an Integrative Medicine physician, who has a wholistic approach to health. In His practice, Dr. Majd, combines a whole-health approach with conventional medicine to optimize patients’ health.
Dr. Majd achieved his Master’s degree in Acupuncture from Bastyr University and is an NCCAOM Board Certified acupuncturist® (isn’t this a registered title?). He is also certified by the American Board of Medical Acupuncture (DABMA).
Dr. Majd serves as faculty at the Department of Family Medicine at UW, he is board-certified in Integrative Medicine by the American Board of Integrative Medicine (ABoIM). He is actively involved with national and international organizations to promote and integrate acupuncture services in mainstream medicine. He also worked as a United States representative with International Organization for Standardization to set standards for acupuncture.
His clinical and research interests include an integrative approach to neurodegenerative disorders, pain management and immune wellness. He is strongly committed to the notion of a more inclusive and collaborative health care model that embraces and incorporates different disciplines and providers in patient care.
Dr. Majd joined the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners in 2014 and is passionate about teaching and sharing best practices regarding acupuncture and integrative medicine to the next generation of providers.
As Chair, Dr. Majd will continue to be an advocate of qualified and competent acupuncturists through NCCAOM National Board Certification.
P. Divya Parikh, MPH, CAE
P. Divya Parikh, MPH, CAE is the Vice President of Research & Education for the Medical Professional Liability (MPL) Association, with responsibilities in leading key strategic initiatives for research, education, and technology. MPL Association (formerly PIAA), is a nonprofit trade association of MPL insurance companies owned and operated by domestic and international healthcare professionals and health systems. Ms. Parikh joined the MPL Association in August 2007 and oversees the Association’s efforts to maintain the Data Sharing Project (DSP), which is the world’s largest independent medical professional liability research database, providing a rich resource for the investigation of the underlying causes pertaining to MPL claims. Ms. Parikh has published numerous articles discussing MPL claims trends in medical journals as well as industry-related publications. She presents at workshops and meetings for the MPL industry domestically and internationally. Ms. Parikh also serves as program director for the Fellows Leadership Program and the Chief Medical Officer Roundtable, in addition to serving as staff liaison to the claims, risk management/patient safety, and board governance roundtable educational sections, the Data Sharing Advisory Committee and the COVID-19 Claims Litigation working group. Prior to joining the MPL Association, Ms. Parikh served as the Clinical Research Coordinator and Intramural Training Director at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Ms. Parikh holds a Master of Public Health Degree from Johns Hopkins University.
Mina Larson, M.S., MBA, CAE
Mina Larson, M.S., MBA, CAE
Mina Larson has utilized her association management and leadership experience to serve the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) for the past 16 years, moving up to the Chief Executive Officer position in July 2019. Ms. Larson helped create the public relations and marketing department and launched a media campaign that brought national recognition to NCCAOM and its Diplomates. She also led the Advocacy team that has helped bring federal recognition to NCCAOM National Board-Certified Acupuncturist™.
Ms. Larson has devoted many hours overseeing NCCAOM’s Regulatory Affairs Department, partnering with states to adhere to NCCAOM standards for the safe and ethical practice of acupuncture and Oriental medicine (AOM). She also utilizes her years of legislative and lobbying experience to advocate for the advancement of NCCAOM certification both at the state and federal level. Ms. Larson also spearheaded the Vision 2020 Plan that resulted in NCCAOM to become paperless, improved staff productivity, and enabled NCCAOM to move their headquarters to Washington D.C. with a focus on advocacy and services for its Diplomates. Prior to arriving at the NCCAOM, she served in former California Governor Pete Wilson’s Executive Office and Communications Office and handled media relations for the California State Assembly. Ms. Larson holds a Master of Science in Non-Profit Association Management and MBA from University of Maryland Global Campus as well as a CAE from ASAE. She also has a dual bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Government from California State University, Sacramento. She has also taught various training workshops throughout the country on improving media relations, marketing and advocacy.