APIC Government Affairs Panel Discussion and Town Hall Meeting

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.

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.