Susan Kepes PAC Susan has held all DEAPA offices except Vice President since she began service on the Board in 1986, including serving as a DEAPA representative to the AAPA House of Delegates, a position she has continuously held since 1987. Her HOD service has included involvement on three reference committees, the Nominating Committee, the Credentialing Committee, and the mentoring program. A 1983 graduate of the PA Program of Wake Forest University, she came to Maine in 1985 as one of the first PAs at the Mercy Hospital ER in Portland. For more than 15 years, she has practiced primary care pediatrics and serves as a preceptor to PA students from the University of New England. She lives in Portland with her husband (and fellow PA, Alan Hull, and their daughter Linnéa. When she is not in the garden or spying on birds, Susan likes to read and listen to music.