2024 APIC Annual Business Meeting

Dr. Devin Jopp joined APIC as CEO on December 7, 2020. He brings to APIC more than two decades of association leadership with a wide array of experience and accomplishments from across the healthcare and nonprofit sectors. He has been recognized as one of the top 100 most influential healthcare leaders by Healthcare Management International Magazine and one of the top 50 healthcare IT experts by Health Data Management Magazine. Prior to APIC, he served as CEO for the American College Health Association, the principal leadership organization for advancing the health and well-being of the nation’s 20 million college students and their campus communities through advocacy, education, and research.  He has also previously served as president and CEO for the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a national nonprofit advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services focused on enhancing the exchange of healthcare information.  Before joining WEDI, he served as chief operating officer for the Service Corp of Retired Executives, a national nonprofit organization that provides business mentoring and training to American entrepreneurs.   

Dr. Tania Bubb is the Senior Director of Infection Prevention & Control at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY. She has worked as an Infection Preventionist since 2006 at major academic medical centers with responsibilities spanning the continuum of care. She’s served her local and national APIC board of directors. Prior to serving at the national level, Dr. Bubb chaired the APIC Professional Development Committee, was a member of the American Journal of Infection Control Editorial Review Board, and a member of APIC’s Practice Resources Editorial Panel.  Most recently, Dr. Bubb co-chaired APIC’s Health Inequities and Disparities Taskforce and is the 2024 APIC President. She is an experienced speaker and author, having presented at local and national APIC events as well as other conferences, and authored publications related to the field of infection prevention and control.

Dr. Bubb received Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Nursing from City University of New York Herbert H. Lehman College and earned her Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Nursing from New York University.

Dr. McLay is the CEO of Infection Control International and is a consultant in the fields of healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention and control, and public health. Carol received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Ottawa in Canada, an MPH from Emory University, and a DrPH in epidemiology at the University of Kentucky.

Dr. McLay is an instructor at Spalding University where she shares her passion and expertise about epidemiology. She enjoys frequent overseas travel to advance knowledge and understanding of key concepts and principles in infection prevention and control practice with international healthcare professionals. In the fall of 2014, she spent 6 weeks in Sierra Leone working with the WHO Ebola Response Team as an Infection Prevention and Control Specialist.

Carol serves as the Lead Nurse Planner with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), where she has responsibility for the management of their continuing education programs. 

She currently serves as a member of the External Affairs Committee of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). She is the author of The Infection Prevention Competency Review Guide, 4th edition, and APIC’s Certification Study Guide, 5th and 6th edition.

Stephanie Carraway currently holds the position of director of Infection Prevention at Moffitt Cancer Center, bringing with her 14 years of experience in the field. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Florida State University, a Master of Public Health Infection Control degree from the University of South Florida, and an MBA from the University of Arizona Global Campus.

Actively engaged with APIC since 2011, Carraway served her chapter on the nominating committee, annual conference committee, and assumed the role of President for her local APIC chapter, 055 (Bay Area) in 2017. She has also been active in APIC at a national level, serving on the Annual Conference committee from 2021-2023. Certified in Infection Control (CIC), Long-term Care, and endoscopy reprocessing (CER), Carraway was recognized as an APIC Fellow in 2022.

Carraway’s involvement in the field also includes participation in the Florida Professionals in Infection Control (FPIC), where she has held various roles on the board, including secretary, communications chair, conference committee chair, and seminar committee member. Additionally, she plays a vital role in the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA), actively participating in the CER job analysis task force and standard setting committee. Her experience in catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) improvement efforts has earned her invitations to speak twice for the Florida Hospital Association, and to present poster abstracts at the national APIC Annual Conference.