On June 10, 2013, the first board meeting took place in Houston, Texas. Present at this historical meeting were Dr. James Murphy, Guenet Degaffee, MD, Yonas Woldetsadik, Mara Piccolo, Daniel Getachew, Wondwossen Goshu, CRNA, DNP, Biruh Workeneh, MD, FASN and Rodrigo Hasbun, MD.