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2018 Directory of Governance and Policy Development Participants
AHA Officers and Board of Trustees
Regional Policy Boards
Committees and Section Councils
Strategic Leadership Groups
Ad Hoc Committees
Representatives to Other Organizations
Affiliate and Subsidiary Organizations
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Table of Contents
Officers and Board of Trustees ................................................ 2
Committees of the Board of Trustees Committee on Health Care Strategy and Innovation ........... 4 Committee on Nominations ................................................. 4 Executive Committee ............................................................ 4 Operations Committee ......................................................... 5
Specialty Committees Committee of Commissioners to The Joint Commission ...... 6 Committee on Clinical Leadership ........................................ 6 Committee on Governance .................................................. 7
Regional Policy Boards Membership Section for Health Care Systems Delegates & Alternates ...................................................... 8 General Constituency Sections Delegates and Alternates
Section for Federal Hospitals ......................................... 9 Section for Metropolitan Hospitals ............................... 9 Section for Small and Rural Hospitals ......................... 10
Special Constituency Sections Delegates and Alternates Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation .......... 11 Section for Maternal and Child Health ........................ 11 Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services .... 11
At-Large Delegates and Alternates ..................................... 12 Regional Delegates and Alternates .................................... 12 State Delegates and Alternates ......................................... 13
Section Councils Membership Section for Health Care Systems .................. 18 General Sections
Section for Metropolitan Hospitals ............................. 18 Section for Small or Rural Hospitals ............................ 19
Special Sections Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation .............. 20 Section for Maternal and Child Health ....................... 20 Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services .... 21
Awards Committees AHA Equity of Care Awards ............................................... 22 AHA NOVA Award .............................................................. 22 Circle of Life Award ............................................................. 22 Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award ............................ 23
AHA Quest for Quality Award ............................................. 23
Strategic Leadership Groups and Ad Hoc Committees Academic Medical Center Strategic Leadership Group ...... 24 AHA Task Force on 340B ..................................................... 24 Interoperability Advisory Group ......................................... 24 Provider-sponsored Health Plan Strategic Leadership Group ............................................. 25
MACRA Advisory Group ...................................................... 25 Post-Acute Care Strategic Steering Committee .................. 26
Representatives and Nominees to Other Organizations ...... 27
Subsidiaries and Related Organizations AHAPAC Steering Committee ............................................. 28 American Organization of Nurse Executives ...................... 28 Health Forum ...................................................................... 28 Health Research & Educational Trust ................................. 29 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity ............................ 29
Professional Membership Groups ........................................ 30
AHA Executive Staff
President and CEO
Richard J. Pollack, Washington, DC
Executive Vice President/COO; CEO, Health Forum
Maryjane Wurth, Chicago, IL
Executive Vice President, Government Relations and
Public Policy
Thomas P. Nickels, Washington, DC
Senior Vice Presidents
Jay Bhatt, DO, Chief Medical Officer, AHA; President and CEO,
Health Research & Educational Trust
Christina Fisher, Association Services, and CFO
Gail Lovinger Goldblatt, Association Secretary
Melinda Reid Hatton, General Counsel
Alicia Mitchell, Communications
Ashley Thompson, Public Policy Analysis and Development
Vice Presidents
Matt Fenwick, Strategy and Relationships
Robert Sarkis, Chief Information Officer
Darlene Vanderbush, Executive Operations
Dale Woodin, Professional Membership Groups
Other Executives
Rose Hartman, Director, Human Resources
Susan Gergely, Acting CEO/COO, AONE
Gloria Kupferman, Chief Data Strategy Officer
Doug Shaw, Chief Operating and Development Officer,
Health Forum
Honorary — President-Emeritus
Richard J. Umbdenstock
Honorary — Secretary-Emeritus
Michael P. Guerin
Offices
Chicago: 155 North Wacker, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60606
Washington: 800 10th Street, NW, Two CityCenter, Suite 400,
Washington, DC 20001
Updated March 2018
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Eugene A. WoodsAtrium HealthCharlotte, NC (Past Chair)
Richard J. Pollack President and CEO American Hospital Association Washington, DC (President)
Nancy Howell Agee President and CEO Carilion Clinic Roanoke, VA (Chair)
Brian A. Gragnolati President and CEO Atlantic Health System Morristown, NJ (Chair-elect)
Officers
Board Members
Term expires 2018
2018 AHA Board of Trustees
Mary Beth Walsh, MD Special Assistant to the President for Policy and Advocacy Burke Rehabilitation Hospital White Plains, NY
Randall D. Oostra President and CEO ProMedica Toledo, OH
Judith F. Rich President and CEO TMC HealthCare Tucson, AZ
Steven P. Johnson President and CEO UPMC Susquehanna Williamsport, PA
Carmela Coyle President and CEO California Hospital Association Sacramento, CA
Melinda L. Estes, MD President and CEO Saint Luke’s Health System Kansas City, MO
Bruce Lawrence Senior Advisor to the Board INTEGRIS Health Edmond, OK
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Jason A. Spring Chief Strategic Officer Kalispell Regional Healthcare Kalispell, MT
David R. Molmen CEO Altru Health System Grand Forks, ND
Allen Weiss, MD President and CEO NCH Healthcare System Naples, FL
Term expires 2019
Term expires 2020
William F. Carpenter III Chairman and CEO LifePoint Health Brentwood, TN
Vanessa Ervin Board Member Onslow Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, NC
Rodney F. Hochman, MD President and CEO Providence St. Joseph Health Renton, WA
M. Michelle Hood President and CEO Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems Brewer, ME
Wright L. Lassiter III President and CEO Henry Ford Health System Detroit, MI
Christina R. Campos Administrator Guadalupe County Hospital Santa Rosa, NM
Robert F. Casalou Regional President and CEO Trinity Health Michigan Canton, MI
Douglas P. Cropper President and CEO Genesis Health System Davenport, IA
David Entwistle President and CEO Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA
John M. Haupert President and CEO Grady Health System Atlanta, GA
Candice L. Saunders President and CEO WellStar Health System Marietta, GA
Peter J. Wright President and CEO Valley Regional Healthcare Claremont, NH
Claire M. Zangerle, RN Chief Nurse Executive Allegheny Health Network Pittsburgh, PA
Committees of the Board of Trustees
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Committee on Health Care Strategy and Innovation
Chair: Brian A. Gragnolati, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ
Terms Expire 2018 Nancy Howell Agee, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA
Carl S. Armato, Novant Health, Winston Salem, NC
Douglas P. Cropper, Genesis Health System, Davenport, IA
Kris A. Doody, RN, Cary Medical Center, Caribou, ME
David T. Feinberg, MD, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
William J. Fulkerson, MD, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC
A. Marc Harrison, MD, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
John M. Haupert, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
Larry Kaiser, MD, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Laura Kaiser, SSM Health, St. Louis, MO
James C. Leonard, MD, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL
Kimberly McNally, RN, UW Medicine, Seattle, WA
Ronald A. Paulus, MD, Mission Health, Asheville, NC
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, TN
Thomas M. Priselac, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA
Cliff Robertson, MD, CHI Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Nick Turkal, MD, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI
Chris D. Van Gorder, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA
Joe Wilkins, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ
Executive Management: Maryjane Wurth
Secretary: Christina Jack
Committee on Nominations
Chair: James H. Hinton, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX
Terms expire 2018 Thomas L. Bell, Kansas Hospital Association, Topeka, KS
Terms expire 2019 Mary L. Blunt, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, TN
Term expires 2020
Reginald W. Coopwood, MD, Regional One Health, Memphis, TN
Jim Skogsbergh, Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL
Term expires 2021 Kris A. Doody, RN, Cary Medical Center, Caribou, ME
Ex officio: Eugene A. Woods, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
Secretary: Gail Lovinger Goldblatt
Assistant Secretary: Kathy Poole
Executive Committee
Chair: Nancy Howell Agee, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA
Terms expire 2018
Melinda L. Estes, MD, Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO
Brian A. Gragnolati, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ
Rodney F. Hochman, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, WA
Bruce Lawrence, INTEGRIS Health, Edmond, OK
Richard J. Pollack, AHA, Washington , DC
Eugene A. Woods, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC
Secretary: Gail Lovinger Goldblatt
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Operations Committee
Chair: Bruce Lawrence, INTEGRIS Health, Edmond, OK
Terms expire 2018
Steven P. Johnson, UPMC Susquehanna, Williamsport, PA
Todd Linden, Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell, IA
Lawrence J. Massa, Minnesota Hospital Association, St. Paul, MN
Lamont M. Yoder, RN, Banner Gateway Medical Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Terms expire 2019
M. Michelle Hood, Eastern Maine Health Systems, Brewer, ME
Wright L. Lassiter III, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Jason A. Spring, Kalispell Regional Healthcare, Kalispell, MT
Terms expire 2020
Douglas P. Cropper, Genesis Health System, Davenport, IA
Candice Saunders, WellStar Health System, Marietta, GA
Executive Management: Christina Fisher
Specialty Committees
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Committee of Commissioners to The Joint Commission
Chair: Gregg S. Meyer, MD, Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Salem, MA
Terms expires 2018 Scott C. Malaney, Blanchard Valley Health System, Findlay, OH
David B. Pryor, MD, Ascension Healthcare, St. Louis, MO
R. Timothy Rice, Greensboro, NC
Term expires 2019 Grant C. Davies, Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA
Terms expire 2020 Joan S. Clark, RN, DNP, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX
Marie E. Knedler, RN, CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs, IA
Executive Management: Ashley Thompson
Secretary: Nancy Foster
Committee on Clinical Leadership
Chair: Cheryl L. Hoying, RN, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Chair‐elect: Adam L. Myers, MD, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX
Immediate Past Chair: David A. Perlstein, MD, SBH Health System, Bronx, NY
Terms expire 2018Scott J. Ellner, DO, Centura Health, Englewood, CO
Richard W. Freeman, MD, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, Brewer, ME
M. Beatrice Grause, RN, Healthcare Association of New York State, Albany, NY
Thomas J. Hansen, MD, Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL
Jeffrey T. Mueller, MD, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
Christine M. Stabler, MD, Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, PA
Patrice M. Weiss, MD, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA
Stephanie Wolf‐Rosenblum, MD, Southern New Hampshire Health System, Nashua, NH
Terms expire 2019 Amy Adome, MD, Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CA
Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, Nebraska Medicine - Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Daniel A. Handel, MD, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Medical Center, Mt. Pleasant, SC
Anthony P. Weiss, MD, Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY
Roxie Cannon Wells, MD, Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital, Elizabethtown, NC
Terms expire 2020 Kenneth Cochran, RN, MD, Opelousas General Health System, Opelousas, LA
Jason Cohen, MD, North Valley Hospital, Whitefish, MT
Steven I. Goldstein, University of Rochester – Strong Memorial Hospital and Highland Hospital, Rochester, NY
Marshall E. Hicks, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Paul Hicks, MD, Ohio Hospital Association, Columbus, OH
Hal B. Jenson, MD, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
John B. McWhorter III, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX
Donna Poduska, RN, UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, CO
Kari Quickenden, PharmD, Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, Rock Springs, WY
Robert Rose, RN, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC
William Wilson, MD, UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
Ex Officio: Allen S. Weiss, MD, NCH Healthcare System, Naples, FL
Executive Management: Jay Bhatt, DO
Senior Staff: Elisa Arespacochaga
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Committee on Governance
Chair: David B. Hyman, DDS, Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, CT
Chair-Elect: Victor J. Orler, Presence Health, Chicago, IL
Past Chair: Andrew Stern, Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, TX
Terms expire 2018 David Brown, Billings Clinic, Billings, MT
Rosemary Burns, East Texas Medical Center Foundation, Tyler, TX
Shirley Carraway, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC
William Cox, MD, UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center, Hendersonville, NC
Wuanita M. Delaney, Henry Ford Allegiance Health, Grass Lake, MI
Richard Evnen, Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln, NE
Catherine Quencer, Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, NY
Fran Roberts, Presbyterian Healthcare Services Central Region, Albuquerque, NM
Terms expire 2019
Michael Charlton, AtlantiCare, Galloway, NJ
Donna Fraiche, Woman’s Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA
Scott Hilburn, Mason General Hospital and Family of Clinics, Shelton, WA
Kevin Nietmann, Calvert Memorial Hospital, Huntington, MD
Alan Osumi, MD, Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, Globe, AZ
Carolyn F. Scanlan, Lancaster General Hospital, Hummelstown, PA
Patrick Shannon, Mackinac Straits Health System, Inc., Sault St. Marie, MI
Delia Vetter, Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford, MS
Gene Wenstrom, Lake Region Healthcare , Sartell, MN
Terms expire 2020 Mary Armstrong, Park City Hospital, Park City, UT
David Blandino, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Nancy Kabat, ProMedica Health System, Ottawa Hills, OH
Bill Menner, Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell, IA
Sandra Randolph, Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL
Sharon Remmer, Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, Oakdale, NY
Debra Silberstein, Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA
Rick Smith, Schneck Medical Center, Seymour, IN
James Wynne, Texas Health Resources, Kaufman, TX
Ex officio: Vanessa Ervin, Onslow Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, NC
Senior Staff: Debra Stock
Secretary: Rita Harmata
Regional Policy Boards
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Section for Health Care Systems Delegates & Alternates
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Thomas Buckingham, Select Medical Corporation, Mechanicsburg, PA
Alternate: Eric Bieber, MD, Rochester Regional Health System, Rochester, NY
Delegate: Clisby Hall, JD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Alternate: Sanford Cohen, MD, Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, FL
Delegate: Bruce Holstien, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, Spartanburg, SC
Alternate: Jeffrey Bromme, Adventist Health System Sunbelt Health Care Corporation, Altamonte Springs, FL
Delegate: C. David Huffstutler, St. David’s HealthCare, Austin, TX
Alternate: Michael Hulefeld, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA
Delegate: Michael Lappin, Aurora Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI
Alternate: Christina Freese-Decker, Spectrum Health Hospital Group, Grand Rapids, MI
Delegate: Michael K. Lauf, Cape Cod Healthcare, Hyannis, MA
Alternate: John M. Murphy, MD, West Connecticut Health Network, Danbury, CT
Delegate: Patricia A. Maryland, DrPH, Ascension Healthcare, Saint Louis, MO
Alternate: Jeffrey Johnston, Mercy Hospital St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Delegate: Pamela Nicholson, Centura Health, Englewood, CO
Alternate: David Price, HonorHealth and Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Delegate: Greg Stubblefield, Baptist Health Medical Center, Little Rock, AR
Alternate: Roberta I. Levy Schwartz, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: John Antes, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
Alternate: Kevin Vermeer, UnityPoint Health, West Des Moines, IA
Delegate: David Goldberg, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Alternate: Bruce J. Flanz, MediSys Health Network, Jamaica, NY
Delegate: Sally Hurt-Deitch, The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus, El Paso, TX
Alternate: Lynn Sund, Saint Francis Health System, Tulsa, OK
Delegate: Scott Kelly, Rogue Regional Medical Center, Asante Health, Medford, OR
Alternate: Gary Fybel, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA
Delegate: Daniel J. Lauffer, Thomas Health System, South Charleston, WV
Alternate: Pamela Sutton Wallace, UVA Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA
Delegate: Diane Postler-Slattery, Mid-Michigan Health, Midland, MI
Alternate: Neeraj Kanwal, MD, ProMedica Flower Hospital, Sylvania, OH
Delegate: James Tsai, MD, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Alternate: Israel Rocha Jr., NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, Elmhurst, NY
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Jason R. Fahrlander, Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN
Alternate: Nancy Susick, RN, Beaumont Hospital, Troy, MI
Delegate: Michael Waldrum, MD, Vidant Health, Greenville, NC
Alternate: David J. Masterson, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, Williamsburg, VA
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Jason Chang, The Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Vacancy
Members of the Board of Trustees serve as
ex-officio members of the RPBs.
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RPBs
Section for Metropolitan Hospitals
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: David L. Callecod, Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette, LA
Alternate: Charles Spicer, OU Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Delegate: Edmundo Castaneda, Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento, CA
Alternate: J. Michael Marsh, Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Bellevue, WA
Delegate: Greg Duckett, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., Memphis, TN
Alternate: Bland Eng, Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, FL
Delegate: Joseph Pepe, MD, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, NH
Alternate: Kurt A. Barwis, Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group, Bristol, CT
Delegate: Anthony McLean, St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way, WA
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Michael Wiemann, MD, St. John Providence Health System, Warren, MI
Alternate: Saju George, Garden City Hospital, Garden City, MI
Delegate: James Ross, West Tennessee Healthcare, Jackson, TN
Alternate: Owen Bailey, University of South Alabama Hospitals, Mobile, AL
Section for Federal Hospitals Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Pamela J. Reeves, MD, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI
Alternate: Vacancy
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Col. Mark Thompson, MD, McDonald Army Health Center, Ft. Eustis, VA
Alternate: Col. Patricia D. Fowler, U. S. Air Force Hospital Dover, Dover, DE
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Deborah Addo, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Alexandria, VA
Alternate: Christopher R. Hummer, Carolinas Medical Center Pineville, Charlotte, NC
Delegate: Dianne J. Anderson, RN, Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA
Alternate: Bruce Auerbach, MD, Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA
Delegate: Damond Boatwright, SSM Health Care of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Alternate: Cliff Megerian, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Delegate: Joseph W. Devine, Kennedy Health System, Cherry Hill, NJ
Alternate: Alan Lieber, Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
Delegate: Kimberly Ryan, Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, GA
Alternate: Lee Ann Liska, Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, GA
Delegate: M. Brooks Turkel, UPMC Pinnacle Lancaster, Lancaster, PA
Alternate: Mary P. Leahy, MD, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Suffern, NY
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: S. Mark Laney, MD, Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph, St. Joseph, MO
General Constituency Section Delegates and Alternates
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RPBs
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Jim Gebhart, Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK
Alternate: Chris Karam, CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, TX
Delegate: Raymond Grady, Methodist Hospitals, Gary, IN
Alternate: Douglas Elwell, Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Chicago, IL
Delegate: Kreg Gruber, Beacon Health System, South Bend, IN
Alternate: Terika Richardson, Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago, IL
Delegate: Keith D. Noll, WellSpan York Hospital, York, PA
Alternate: Kathryn Martin, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Delegate: Margaret Sabin, Penrose- St. Francis Health Services, Colorado Springs, CO
Alternate: Sandra Podley, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM
Delegate: Dean Teague, Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, MD
Alternate: Kenneth Marshall, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, KY
Section for Small or Rural Hospitals
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Dennis E. Burke, Good Shepherd Health Care System, Hermiston, OR
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Keith Heuser, Mercy Hospital, Valley City, ND
Alternate: Leslie Marsh, Lexington Regional Health Center, Lexington, NE
Delegate: Sheryl Rickard, Bonner General Hospital, Sandpoint, ID
Alternate: Konnie Martin, San Luis Valley Health, Alamosa, CO
Delegate: Craig J. Marks, PMH Medical Center, Prosser, WA
Alternate: Julie Petersen, Kittas Valley Healthcare, Ellensburg, WA
Delegate: Matthew J. Thompson, Carson City Hospital/Carson Health, Carson City, MI
Alternate: Stephanie J. Riemer, Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital, Grayling, MI
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: L. Lee Isley, Granville Health System, Oxford, NC
Alternate: Jane Wheatley, Taylor Regional Hospital, Campbellsville, KY
Delegate: Maria Ryan, RN, Cottage Hospital, Woodsville, NH
Alternate: Cynthia K. McGuire, Monadnock Community Hospital, Peterborough, NH
Delegate: Mark Stoddard, Central Valley Medical Center, Nephi, UT
Alternate: Shelby Nelson, Platte County Memorial Hospital, Wheatland, WY
Delegate: Virgil Watson Jr., South Central Kansas Medical Center, Arkansas City, KS
Alternate: Bryan Slaba, Wagner Community Memorial Hospital, Wagner, SD
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Debra Close, Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru, IN
Alternate: Pamela Jensen, ProMedica Memorial Hospital, Fremont, OH
Delegate: Donna Boatright, Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater, TX
Alternate: Peggy L. Abbott, Ouachita County Medical Center, Camden, AR
Delegate: Roger L. Hall, Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, Miramar Beach, FL
Alternate: Scott Christensen, Delta Regional Medical Center, Greenville, MS
Delegate: Patrick O'Donnell, Summit Health, Chambersburg, PA
Alternate: Sean Fadale, Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton, NY
Delegate: Avah Stalnaaker, RN, Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, Weston, WV
Alternate: Erika Skula, Manchester Memorial Hospital, Manchester, KY
General Constituency Section Delegates and Alternates
Section for Metropolitan Hospitals, continued
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RPBs
Special Constituency Section Delegates & Alternates
Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Michele Skripps, RN, HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Alternate: David L. Mork Jr., Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehab Specialty Hospitals, Warm Springs, GA
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Donna Phillips, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA
Alternate: Monica Titus, RN, Acuity Specialty Hospital of New Jersey/Acuity Specialty Hospital of Southern New Jersey, Atlantic City, N.J.
Section for Maternal and Child Health
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Mark Boucot, Garrett Regional Medical Center, Oakland, MD
Alternate: Ken Kozel, University of Maryland Shore Medical Center, Easton, MD
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: James Shmerling, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT
Alternate: Vacancy
Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Leonard Licina, Kahi Mohala Behavioral Health, Ewa Beach, HI
Alternate: Paul Rains, St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center, Stockton, CA
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Debbie Cunningham, RN, Behavioral Center, Greensboro, NC
Alternate: Michael Nagowski, Cape Fear Valley Health System, Fayetteville, NC
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RPBs
At-Large Delegates & Alternates
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Charles E. Cavagnaro III, MD, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Alternate: Michael Wagner, MD, Tufts Medical Center and the Floating Hospital for Children, Boston, MA
Delegate: CAPT Cynthia Gantt, USN, Navy Medicine East, Portsmith, VA
Alternate: DeAnne M. Seekins, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
Delegate: Les Lacy, Great Plains Health Alliance, St. Francis, KS
Alternate: Craig Lambrecht, MD, Sanford Bismarck, Bismarck, ND
Delegate: Miguel Lapuz, MD, Veterans Affairs VISN 8 Office, St. Petersburg, FL
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Debbie Flores, Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, Sun City West, AZ
Alternate: Robert Ladenburger, Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Paula F. Baker, Freeman Health System, Joplin, MO
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Sharon Cox, Rawlins County Health Center, Atwood, KS
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Michele Cusack, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY
Alternate: Sharon Hanson, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY
Delegate: Kristen Morris, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Becky Pape, RN, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Corvallis, OR
Alternate: Mivic Hirose, Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center, San Francisco, CA
Delegate: Cherie E. Sibley, LifePoint Health, Brentwood, TN
Alternate: Bradley S. Chambers, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Delegate: Nicholas Tejeda, The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus, El Paso, TX
Alternate: Vacancy
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Casey Cooper, Cherokee Indian Hospital, Cherokee, NC
Alternate: John Chessare, MD, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Delegate: Edgar E. Prettyman, PsyD, Texas NeuroRehab Center, Austin, TX
Alternate: Kevin Gross, Hillcrest HealthCare System, Tulsa, OK
Delegate: Pablo Velez, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista, CA
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Ginger Williams, MD, Oaklawn Hospital, Marshall, MI
Alternate: Kimberly Hupp Bordenkircher, RN, Henry County Hospital, Napoleon, OH
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Vacancy
Regional Delegates & Alternates
Terms expire 2018
Region 2
Delegate: Michael J. Edbauer, DO, Catholic Health System, Buffalo, NY
Alternate: Katherine Behan, MD, Aria - Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA
Delegate: F.J. McCarthy, North Shore LIJ Health, Great Neck, NY
Alternate: Sr. Pat Codey, St. Joseph Healthcare System, Patterson, NJ
Region 7
Delegate: Anthony P. Blalock, MD, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Lafayette, LA
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Barbara Williams, Conway Regional Medical Center, Conway, AR
Alternate: J.V. Martin, Hendrick Medical System, Abilene, TX
Region 8
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Karla Hardesty, San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Alamosa, CO
Alternate: Karen Wells, CHRISTUS St. Vincent Medical Center, Santa Fe, NM
Terms expire 2019
Region 3
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Schonay Barnett-Jones, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Delegate: Steven R. Toney, MD, Davis Memorial Hospital, Elkins, WV
Alternate: Jonathan R. Kaufmann, MD, Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, DE
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RPBs
State Delegates and Alternates
Alabama
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Keith Granger, Community Health Systems, Birmingham
Alternate: Vacancy
Alaska
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Bruce Lamoureux, Providence Health & Services Alaska, Anchorage
Alternate: Daniel P. Neumeister, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, Sitka
Arizona
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Stephen Purves, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix
Alternate: Michael Patterson, Havasu Regional Medical Center, Lake Havasu City
Arkansas
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Dan McKay, Sparks Regional Medical Center, Fort Smith
Alternate: Ron Peterson, Baxter Regional Medical Center, Mountain Home
California
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: June Collison, Community Hospital of San Bernardino, San Bernardino
Alternate: Barry Arbuckle, PhD, MemorialCare Health System, Fountain Valley
Delegate: Patty Haggen, John Muir Health, Walnut Creek
Alternate: Roger E. Seaver, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Valencia
Delegate: Steven C. Herber, MD,
Region 6
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: John S. Pletz, Capital Regional Medical Center, Jefferson City, MO
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Jennifer Scott Koontz, MD, Newton Medical Center, Newton, KS
Region 9
Delegate: Steven G. Gordon, MD, St. Charles Health System, Bend, OR
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Curt Morris, Pomona Valley Medical Center, Pomona, CA
Alternate: Vacancy
Terms expire 2020
Region 1
Delegate: Stephen E. Diaz, MD, MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta, and Waterville, ME
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: K. Eric Henrikson, MD, Hallmark Health System, Melrose, MA
Alternate: Julie Rosen, Hebrew Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
Region 4
Delegate: Robert Phil Shannon, Regional One Health, Memphis, TN
Alternate: Edward Norris, Tidelands Health, Murrells Inlet, SC
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Vacancy
Region 5
Delegate: Barbara James, Bronson Healthcare Group, Kalamazoo, MI
Alternate: Gregory Brogan, Sparrow Health System, Lansing, MI
Delegate: David Kyungjin Lee, MD, OhioHealth, Columbus, OH
Alternate: Vacancy
St. Helena Hospital Center/Adventist Health, Saint Helena
Alternate: Lee Domanico, Marin Healthcare District and Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae
Delegate: Mark R. Laret, UC San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco
Alternate: Christina E. Oh, Placentia-Linda Hospital, Placentia
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: James R. Holmes, Redlands Community Hospital, Redlands
Alternate: Steven J. Packer, MD, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey
Delegate: Ronald C. Werft, Cottage Health System, Santa Barbara
Alternate: Gary K. Wilde, Community Memorial Health System, Ventura
Canada
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Vacancy
Colorado
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: John Hicks, Platte Valley Medical Center, Brighton
Alternate: Arlene Harms, Rio Grande Hospital, Del Norte
Regional Delegates and Alternates, continued
14
RPBs
Connecticut
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: William M. Jennings, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Christopher Lehrach, MD, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven
Alternate: Vacancy
Delaware
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Jeffrey M. Fried, Beebe Medical Center, Lewes
Alternate: Janice E. Nevin, MD, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington
District of Columbia
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Michael Sachtleben, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Alternate: James A. Diegel, Howard University Hospital
Florida
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: John Couris, Jupiter Medical Center, Jupiter
Alternate: Steve Johnson, Health First, Inc., Rockledge
Delegate: Susan Davis, Sacred Heart Health System, Pensacola
Alternate: Jack Kolosky, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Vacancy
Georgia
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Kurt Stuenkel, Floyd Medical Center, Rome
Alternate: Wayne Senfeld, Tanner Health System, Carrollton
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Cindy R. Turner, Bacon County Hospital, Alma
Alternate: Vacancy
Hawaii
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Kathryn Raethel, Castle Medical Center, Kailua
Alternate: Raymond P. Vara Jr., Hawaii Pacific Health, Honolulu
Idaho
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Tim Powers, North Canyon Medical Center, Gooding
Alternate: Dennis Mesaros, St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center, Meridian
Illinois
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Maureen Kahn, Blessing Hospital, Quincy
Alternate: Patrick Magoon, Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago
Delegate: Kevin Poorten, KishHealth System, Dekalb
Alternate: Martin Judd, Presence Saints Mary & Elizabeth Medical Center, Chicago
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Edgar J. Curtis, Memorial Health System, Springfield
Alternate: Philip M. Kambic, Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Jose R. Sanchez, Norwegian American Hospital, Chicago
Alternate: Larry M. Goldberg, Loyola University Health System, Maywood
Indiana
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Michael J. Packnett, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne
Alternate: Bryan A. Mills, Community Health Network, Indianapolis
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Martin Padgett, Clark Memorial Hospital, Jeffersonville
Alternate: Blake A. Dye, St. Vincent Heart Center, Indianapolis
Iowa
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Scott A. Curtis, Kossuth Regional Health Center, Algona
Alternate: Timothy Charles, Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Eric Crowell, UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines
Alternate: Marie Knedler, CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs
Kansas
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Randall Peterson, Stormont Vail Health, Topeka
Alternate: Carrie L. Saia, Holton Community Hospital, Holton
Kentucky
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Harold C. Warman Jr., Highlands Regional Medical Center, Prestonsburg
Alternate: Dennis Johnson, Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown
State Delegates and Alternates, continued
15
RPBs
State Delegates and Alternates, continued
Louisiana
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Kathy Bobbs, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Lafayette
Alternate: Nancy Hellyer, CHRISTUS Central Louisiana and CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria
Maine
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Arthur Blank, Mount Desert Island Hospital, Bar Harbor
Alternate: John Ronan, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, Blue Hill
Maryland
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Norvell V. Coots, MD, Holy Cross Health, Baltimore
Alternate: Charles Reuland, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore
Massachusetts
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Normand E. Deschene, Wellforce, Lowell
Alternate: Ronald P. Bryant, Baystate Nobel Hospital, Westfield
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Christine C. Schuster, Emerson Hospital, Concord
Alternate: Douglas Brown, UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc., Worcester
Michigan
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Gwen MacKenzie, Ascension Healthcare, Warren
Alternate: T. Anthony Denton, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Edwin Ness, Munson Healthcare, Traverse City
Alternate: James Falahee, Bronson Healthcare Group, Kalamazoo
Minnesota
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Bryan Lydick, Redwood Area Hospital, Redwood Falls
Alternate: Mark Koch, Mayo Clinic Health System, Rochester
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Randy Ulseth, FirstLight Health System, Mora
Alternate: Steve Underdahl, Northfield Hospital, Northfield
Mississippi
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Evan S. Dillard, Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg
Alternate: C. Douglas Higginbotham, South Central Regional Medical Center, Lauren
Missouri
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Jon Doolittle, Northwest Medical Center, Albany
Alternate: Jeff Tindle, Carroll County Memorial Hospital, Carrollton
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Patrick Carron, Perry County Memorial Hospital, Perryville
Alternate: Julie Quirin, Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City
Montana
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: James R. Kiser II, Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, Polson
Alternate: Steve Loveless, St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings
Nebraska
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Ryan C. Larsen, Community Medical Center Inc., Falls City
Alternate: Daniel DeBehnke, Nebraska Medicine - Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
Nevada
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Mason VanHouweling, University Medical Center, Las Vegas
Alternate: Robert Carnahan, Banner Churchill Community Hospital, Fallon
New Hampshire
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Vacancy
Alternate: Vacancy
New Jersey
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Leslie D. Hirsch, Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, New Brunswick
Alternate: Stephen P. Zieniewicz, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Kevin J. Slavin, St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson
Alternate: Kenneth Sable, Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune
16
RPBs
State Delegates and Alternates, continued
New Mexico
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: David Shaw, Nor-Lea General Hospital, Lovington
Alternate: Troy Greer, Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque
New York
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Eva Benedict, Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville
Alternate: Daniel J. Messina, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island
Delegate: John F. Collins, NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola
Alternate: Susan Fox, White Plains Hospital, White Plains
Delegate: Norman E. Dascher Jr., Samaritan Hospital and St. Peter’s Health Partners, Troy
Alternate: Michael Stapleton, F.F. Thompson Hospital, Canandaigua
Delegate: Dianne Shugrue, Glen Falls Hospital, Glens Falls
Alternate: Kenneth Gibbs, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn
North Carolina
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Terry Akin, Cone Health, Greensboro
Alternate: William Mahone, Halifax Regional Medical Center, Roanoke Rapids
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Joann Anderson, Southeastern Health, Lumberton
Alternate: Donald Gintzig, Wake Forest Health & Hospitals, Raleigh
Delegate: John D. McConnell, MD, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem
Alternate: Christopher Ellington, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill
North Dakota
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Darrold Bertsch, Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen
Alternate: Timothy Sayler, Essentia Health Fargo, Fargo
Ohio
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: R. Bruce James, Union Hospital, Dover
Alternate: Mary H. Boosalis, Premier Health, Dayton
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Michael Szubski, University Hospitals, Shaker Heights
Alternate: Cynthia Moore-Hardy, Lake Health, Willoughby
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Olas (Chip) A. Hubbs III, Memorial Health, Marysville
Alternate: Kevin Webb, ProMedica Health System, Toledo
Oklahoma
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Jim Berry, Northeastern Health System, Tahlequah
Alternate: Corey Lively, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Elk City
Oregon
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Rand O’Leary, PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield
Alternate: Cheryl Nester-Wolfe, Salem Hospital, Salem
Pennsylvania
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Joseph A. Scopelliti, MD, Guthrie Healthcare System, Sayre
Alternate: Brian A. Nester, DO, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Susan Croushore, Mercy Health System, Conshohocken
Alternate: Kenneth DeFurio, Butler Memorial Hospital, Butler
Delegate: Dominic S. Moffa, Geisinger Health System, Danville
Alternate: Theresa Larivee, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia
Puerto Rico
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Eric Grafals, Hospital Menonita de Caguas, Caguas
Alternate: Jorge Matta González, Hospital Universitario de Adultos, San Juan
Rhode Island
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Christopher Lehrach, MD, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT
Alternate: Demetra Ouellette, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence
17
RPBs
State Delegates and Alternates, continued
South Carolina
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Bill Manson, AnMed Health, Anderson
Alternate: Scott Campbell, Providence Hospital, Columbia
South Dakota
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Eric Hilmoe, Sanford Health Network, Sioux Falls
Alternate: Mark Schmidt, Avera Gettysburg Hospital/Avera Oahe Manor, Gettysburg
Tennessee
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Joseph R. Landsman, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville
Alternate: Vacancy
Delegate: Kevin M. Spiegel, Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga
Alternate: Charles H. Whitfield Jr., Laughlin Memorial Hospital, Greeneville
Texas
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Elmer Ellis, East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System, Tyler
Alternate: Kate Henderson, Seton Medical Center Austin, Austin
Delegate: Glenn A. Robinson, Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center, Waco
Alternate: Enrique Gallego, Laredo Medical Center, Laredo
Delegate: David J. Tesmer, Texas Health Resources, Arlington
Alternate: Vacancy
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Phyllis A. Cowling, United Regional Health Care System, Wichita Falls
Alternate: Jeffrey Canose, Texas Health Resources, Arlington
Delegate: John M. Henderson, Childress Regional Medical Center, Childress
Alternate: Troy Villarreal, HCA Healthcare, Houston
Delegate: George Hernandez Jr., University Health System, San Antonio
Alternate: Adam Willmann, Goodall-Witcher Hospital Authority, Clifton
Utah
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Greg Poulsen, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City
Alternate: Tad A. Morley, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City
Vermont
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Steven R. Gordon, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro
Alternate: Timothy Ford, Springfield Hospital, Springfield
Virginia
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Steven C. Arner, Carilion Medical Center, Roanoke
Alternate: Toni R. Ardabell, Bon Secours Richmond Health System, Richmond
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Mary N. Mannix, Augusta Health, Fishersville
Alternate: Vacancy
Washington
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Bryce Helgerson, Legacy Salmon Creek, Vancouver
Alternate: Mike Glenn, Jefferson Healthcare, Port Townsend
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Eric Moll, Mason General Hospital, Shelton
Alternate: Elaine Couture, Providence St. Joseph Health, Spokane
West Virginia
Terms expire 2019
Delegate: Mary Beth Barr, Grant Memorial Hospital, Petersburg
Alternate: Frank Weber, Select Specialty Hospital – Charleston, Charleston
Wisconsin
Terms expire 2020
Delegate: Therese B. Pandl, HSHS — Eastern Wisconsin Division, Green Bay
Alternate: Michael Wallace, Fort HealthCare, Fort Atkinson
Delegate: Edward A. Harding, Bay Area Medical Center, Marinette
Alternate: Gordon Lewis, Burnett Medical Center, Grantsburg
Wyoming
Terms expire 2018
Delegate: Douglas A. McMillan, West Park Hospital, Cody
Alternate: Andy Fitzgerald, Campbell County Health, Gilette
Section Councils
18
Section for Health Care Systems Council
Chair: Steven J. Corwin, MD, NewYork-Presbyterian, New York, NY
Chair-elect: Anthony D. Slonim, MD, Renown Health, Reno, NV
Immediate Past Chair: Joe McDonald, Catholic Health System, Buffalo, NY
Terms expire 2018
David C. Herman, MD, Essentia Health, Duluth, MN
Stephen L. Mansfield, Methodist Health System, Dallas, TX
C. Wright Pinson, MD, Vanderbilt Health System, Nashville, TN
Terms expire 2019
Brian Donley, MD, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH
Elizabeth Dunne, PeaceHealth, Vancouver, WA
Stephen K. Klasko, MD, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA
Scott Reiner, Adventist Health, Roseville, CA
Penny Wheeler, MD, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN
Terms expire 2020
Russell Cox, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY
Robert Garrett, Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ
A. Marc Harrison, MD, Intermountain Healthcare, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Elliot Joseph, Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, CT
Dennis Murphy, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
Marsha Rappley, MD, VCU Health System, Richmond, VA
Robert Sehring, OSF Healthcare, Peoria, IL
M. Shane Spees, North Mississippi Health Services Inc., Tupelo, MS
Troy Wells, Baptist Health, Little Rock, AR
Albert Wright Jr., West Virginia University Health System, Morgantown, WV
Board Liaison: Rod Hochman, MD, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, WA
Senior Staff: Eileen O’Keefe
Secretary: Merry Beth Kraus
Section for Metropolitan Hospitals Council
Chair: Kathleen R. Becker, JD, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, Saint Louis, MO
Chair-elect: Dennis W. Pullin, Virtua Health, Marlton, NJ
Immediate Past Chair: Elaine Couture, RN, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital, Spokane, WA
Terms expire 2018
Bo Boulenger, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, FL
Darin Goss, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
Michael P. Halter, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Kim N. Hollon, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA
Charles Lucore, MD, St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, IL
Donald McKenna, St. Mary’s Health Care System, Athens, GA
Terms expire 2019
Akram Boutros, MD, MetroHealth
Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Paulette Davidson, Rapid City Regional
Hospital, Rapid City, SD
Delvecchio Finley, Highland Hospital,
Oakland, CA
Jennifer Nolan, Flaget Memorial
Hospital, Bardstown, KY
L. Reuven Pasternak, MD, Stony Brook
University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
Cristina Rivera, Rio Grande Regional
Hospital, McAllen, TX
Lynn Torossian, Henry Ford West
Bloomfield Hospital,
West Bloomfield, MI
Membership Section General Sections
19
Section for Small or Rural Hospitals Council
Chair: Joan M. Coffman, HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur, IL
Chair-elect: David L. Schreiner, Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, Dixon, IL
Immediate Past Chair: Rachelle H. Schultz, Winona Health, Winona, MN
Terms expire 2018
Kevin Donovan, Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, NH
William D. Jacobsen, Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital, Rocky Mount, VA
Thomas Nordwick, Uvalde Memorial Hospital, Uvalde, TX
Terms expire 2019
James W. Donovan, LincolnHealth, Damariscotta, ME
Jeremy Lyman, Blue Mountain Hospital, Blanding, UT
Vicky McFall, Monroe County Medical Center, Tompkinsville, KY
Siri Nelson, Renown South Meadows Medical Center, Reno, NV
Michael L. Ogden, Little Falls Hospital, Little Falls, NY
Philip E. Pandolph, Meadville Medical Center, Meadville, PA
Mary Anne P. Shannon, UP Health System-Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Manuela Wolf, RN, Harlan County Health System, Alma, NE
Terms expire 2020
Trevor Castaneda, Tennova Newport Medical Center, Newport, TN
Frank May, UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center, Steamboat Springs, CO
David L. Schreiner, Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, Dixon, IL
Harry Weis, Tahoe Forest Hospital District, Truckee, CA
Debra Wright, Howard Memorial Hospital, Nashville, AR
General Sections
Terms expire 2020
Mark Adams, Ogden Regional Medical Center, Ogden, UT
Tod Augsburger, Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia, SC
Teressa Conley, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals - Rose de Lima Campus, Henderson, NV
John A. DiAngelo, Inspira Health Network, Mullica Hill, NJ
Stephen Robinson, Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner, Kenner, LA
Jacky Schultz, Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD
E.W. Tibbs, Centra Health, Inc., Lynchburg, VA
Board Liaison: Melinda L. Estes, MD, Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO
Senior Staff: Eileen O’Keefe
Secretary: John Supplit
Board Liaison: Jason A. Spring, Kalispell Regional Healthcare, Kalispell, MT
Senior Staff: Eileen O’Keefe
Secretary: John Supplit
Metropolitan Hospitals Council, continued
20
Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Council
Chair: Ken Bowman, Van Matre HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, Rockford, IL
Chair-elect: Derrick Jones, Lovelace Rehabilitation Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
Immediate Past Chair: Daniel Ari Mendelson, MD, Highland Hospital, Rochester, NY
Terms expire 2018
Joan Doyle, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Lori Jarboe, HealthSouth Lakeview Rehabilitation Hospital, Elizabethtown, KY
Yameeka Jones, Vibra Hospital of San Diego, San Diego, CA
Douglas A. Struyk, Christian Health Care Center, Wyckoff, NJ
Terms expire 2019
Jason Bernd, Novant Health Charlotte Orthopaedic Hospital, Charlotte, NC
Michelle Gittler, MD, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, Chicago, IL
Cynthia Kelleher, University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute, Baltimore, MD
Robert G. Larrison Jr., Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC
Mary K. Moscato, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Roslindale, MA
Jose L. Vargas, MD, West Gables Rehabilitation Hospital, Miami, FL
Terms expire 2020
Jean Clark, Kindred Hospital Seattle-Northgate, Seattle, WA
Alfred D'Angelo, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Michael Eric Garrard, Emory Rehabilitation Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Derrick Jones, Lovelace Rehabilitation Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
Linda Krach, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
James Mendez, Kindred Hospital-Dallas, Dallas, TX
Amit Mohan, Barlow Respiratory Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Board Liaison: Mary Beth Walsh, MD, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY
Senior Staff: Eileen O’Keefe
Secretary: Shawna Brown
Section for Maternal and Child Health Council
Chair: Charlotte Ipsan, Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Louisville, KY
Chair-elect: Sarah Kirby, RN, Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge, Columbia, SC
Immediate Past Chair: Patricia DePompei, RN, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Terms expire 2018
Sherri De Shazo, RN, WakeMed North Family Health and Women’s Hospital, Raleigh, NC
Paul A. King, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Kristine Bell Larison, RN, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, OR
Barbara Walczyk-Joers, Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, Saint Paul, MN
Caryn Wilson, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Terms expire 2019
Christine M. Candio, RN, St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield, MO
Amy Casseri, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, TN
Debra J. Krmpotic, RN, Banner Thunder-bird Medical Center, Glendale, AZ
Keith J. Loud, MD, Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH
Terms expire 2020
Richard Beigi, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Kathleen Galbraith, Duke Regional Hospital, Durham, NC
Kathleen Gorman, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC
Lara Khouri, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Board Liaison: Judith F. Rich, TMC HealthCare, Tucson, AZ,
Senior Staff: Eileen O’Keefe
Secretary: Bonnie Connors Jellen
Special Sections
21
Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services Council
Chair: Mary Lou Mastro, RN, Edward-Elmhurst Health, Elmhurst, IL
Chair-elect: Joseph A. Miller, Hackensack Meridian Health, Neptune, NJ
Immediate Past Chair: Ann Schumacher, RN, CHI Health Immanuel, Omaha, NE
Terms expire 2018
Gene E. Green, MD, South Shore Health System, South Weymouth, MA
Cynthia A. Meyer, HCA Healthcare, Aurora, CO
Raymond A. Waller, Brighton Center for Recovery, Brighton, MI
Terms expire 2019
John M. Eiler, St. Louis, MO
Cynthia A. Persily, RN, Highland Hospital, Charleston, WV
John Santopietro, MD, Silver Hill Hospital, New Canaan, CT
Richard Wohl, University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, Plainsboro, NJ
Scott York, Community Health Systems, Inc., Franklin, TN
Terms expire 2020
Denise Dugas, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Nicole Gagne, UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc., Worcester, MA
Tammy Gavin, White River Medical Center, Batesville, AR
Jerry Gold, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
Arpan Waghray, Swedish Health Services, Seattle, WA
Ellen Williams, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Board Liaison: M. Michelle Hood, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, Brewer, ME
Senior Staff: Eileen O’Keefe
Secretary: Rebecca Chickey
Special Sections
Awards Committees
22
AHA Equity of Care Awards
Committee
Chair: Ramanathan Raju, MD, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
Terms expire 2018
Craig A. Becker, Tennessee Hospital Association, Brentwood, TN
Bob Clarke, Furst Group, Rockford, IL
Richard P. de Filippi, Ariano Partnership, Cambridge, MA
Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, Dignity Health and American Geriatric Society, San Francisco, CA
Stephen K. Jones, RWJBarnabas Health, New Brunswick, NJ
Robert K. Kuramoto, MD, Quick Leonard Kieffer Intl., Chicago, IL
Robert C. Like, MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Frank Robinson, Baystate Health, Inc., Springfield, MA
Juana S. Slade, AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson, SC
Executive Management: Jay Bhatt, DO
Secretary: Cynthia Washington
AHA NOVA Award Committee
Chair: Mary Kitchell, Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames, IA
Terms expire 2018
Jillian Barber, Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames, IA
Michelle Hood, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, Brewer, ME
Loy M. Howard, Tanner Health System, Carrollton, GA
Paul Lerg, Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital, Grayling, MI
Brian Peters, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Okemos, MI
Executive Management: Alicia Mitchell
Secretary: Kathy Poole
Circle of Life Award Committee
Chair: Martha Twaddle, MD, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL
Terms expire 2018
James A. Block, MD, J.A. Block Health Associates, LLC, Baltimore, MD
Myra Christopher, Center for Practical Bioethics, Kansas City, MO
Constance M. Dahlin, RN, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Beverly, MA
Deirdre Downes, Isabella Geriatric Center, Inc., New York, NY
Steve Franey, Franey & Associates, Portland, OR
Steven P. Johnson, UPMC Susquehana, Williamsport PA
Kathleen Kerr, Mill Valley, CA
John Mastrojohn, RN, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Alexandria, VA
Shirley Otis-Green, Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, Sacramento, CA
Tina Picchi, Camarillo, CA
Greg Vigdor, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, Phoenix, AZ
Executive Staff: Gail Lovinger Goldblatt
Secretary: Kathy Poole
23
Dick Davidson Quality
Milestone Award for Allied
Hospital Associations
Chair: Mary Beth Walsh, MD, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY
Terms expire 2018
Emma Metcalf, RN, Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Julie L. Quirin, Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO
Deneen Richmond, RN, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA
Kimberly A. Russel, Bryan Health, Lincoln, NE
Bo Ryall, Arkansas Hospital Association, Little Rock, AR
Paul Salles, Arkansas Hospital Association, Baton Rouge, LA
Executive Staff: Jay Bhatt, DO
Secretary: Debbie Pierce
AHA Quest for Quality Prize
Chair: Thomas Burke, MD, Fredricksburg, TX
Terms expire 2018
Kenneth Alexander, Louisiana Hospital Association, Baton Rouge, LA
Madeleine Biondolillo, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Robert Dean, DO, Vizient, Inc., Holland, MI
Paul Hofmann, Hofmann Healthcare Group, Moraga, CA
Beverley Johnson, Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care, Bethesda, MD
Saranya Loehrer, MD, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA
Sanjay Malaviya, RL Solutions, Toronto, ON
Kenneth Sands, MD, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, TN
Mary Beth Sirio, RN, Pittsburgh, PA
Gary Yates, MD, Press Ganey and Healthcare Performance Improvement, Virginia Beach, VA
Claire Zangerle, RN, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Executive Staff: Gail Lovinger Goldblatt
Secretary: Dave Parlin
Strategic Leadership Groups and Ad Hoc Work Groups
24
Academic Medical Center
Strategic Leadership Group
Chair: David Entwistle, Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA
Marna P. Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT
Steven J. Corwin, MD, NewYork-Presbyterian, New York, NY
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY
John Duval, VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA
William J. Fulkerson, MD, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC
Robert C. Garrett, Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ
Bryce D. Gartland, MD, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Dean M. Harrison, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, Chicago, IL
Kenneth P. Kates, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Mark R. Laret, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
John B. McWhorter III, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX
Dennis M. Murphy, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
Thomas M. Priselac, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Steven M. Safyer, MD, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Kevin M. Spiegel, Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, TN
Johnese Spisso, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
David Torchiana, MD, Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Boston, MA
Richard Webster, RN, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA
Thomas F. Zenty III, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Secretary: Ashley Thompson
AHA Task Force on 340B
Chair: Bruce Bailey, Tidelands Health, Georgetown, SC
Nancy Howell Agee, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA
Jimm Bunch, Park Ridge Health, Hendersonville, NC
Reginald Coopwood, MD, Regional One Health, LLC, Memphis, TN
Charles Daniels, University of California San Diego Health System, San Diego, CA
Kenneth Davis, MD, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY
Patti DePompei, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH
David Entwhistle, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA
William Fulkerson, MD, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC
Richard Gilfillan, MD, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI
Rod Hanners, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA
John M. Haupert, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
Rodney F. Hochman, MD, Providence Health & Services, Renton, WA
M. Michelle Hood, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, Brewer, ME
Narendra Kini, MD, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL
Wright L. Lassiter III, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Patricia Maryland, Ascension Health, St. Louis, MO
Dennis M. Murphy, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
Warner Thomas, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA
Jim Skogsbergh, Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL
Kevin Sowers, Johns Hopkins Health
System, Baltimore, MD
Robert Stone, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
Interoperability Advisory
Group
Chair: Mitzi Cardenas, Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, MO
Mark D. Barner, Ascension Healthcare, Saint Louis, MO
Anthony D. Chavis, MD, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA
George Conklin, CHRISTUS Health, Irving, TX
Marty Fattig, Nemaha County Hospital, Auburn, NE
Jamie Ferguson, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Oakland, CA
Julian M. Goldman, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Steve Gordon, MD, St. Charles Health System, Inc., Salem, OR
Stan Huff, MD, Intermountain Healthcare, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Liz Johnson, RN, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Dallas, TX
Frank May, UC Health Yampa Valley Medical Center, Steamboat Springs, CO
Denni McColm, Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar, MO
David Mendelson, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Gregg S. Meyer, MD, Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Salem, MA
William H. Morris, MD, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, TN
Marc Probst, Intermountain Healthcare, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Linda Reed, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ
Stephanie L. Reel, Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, MD
Christopher Ross, Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester, Rochester, MN
Matthew Shafiroff, MD, Stellaris Health, Armonk, NY
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Marcus Shipley, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI
Sulaiman H. Sulaiman, Mission Health System, Asheville, NC
Larry Wolf, Kindred Healthcare, Louisville, KY
Secretary: Chantal Worzala
Provider-sponsored Health Plan
Strategic Leadership Group
Chair: James H. Hinton, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX
Gregory A. Adams, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Oakland, CA
Anthony Barrueta, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Oakland, CA
Barclay E. Berdan, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX
Richard C. Breon, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI
Susan Coakley, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Michael J. Dowling, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
Cardwell Feagin, UAB Health System, Birmingham, AL
Jake Henry Jr., Saint Francis Health System, Tulsa, OK
Joseph R. Impicciche, Ascension Healthcare, Saint Louis, MO
Steven P. Johnson, PhD, Health First, Inc., Rockledge, FL
Howard P. Kern, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA
Mark A. Keroack, MD, Baystate Health, Inc., Springfield, MA
Kelby K. Krabbenhoft, Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD
Wright L. Lassiter III, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
James C. Leonard, MD, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL
Rhonda Medows, MD, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, WA
Michael Murphy, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, CA
Greg Poulsen, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
Kenneth A. Samet, MedStar Health, Columbia, MD
Kate Walsh, MPH, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Steve Youso, Geisinger, Danville, PA
Secretary: Ashley Thompson
MACRA Advisory Group
Norman A. Cohen, MD, OHSU Hospital, Portland, OR
Mark Froimson, MD, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI
Antonio Gurule, MD, San Luis Valley Health, Alamosa, CO
Michael L. Langberg, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA
Judith A. Melin, MD, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Burlington, MA
Adam L. Myers, MD, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX
Robert E. Nesse, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Pankaj H. Patel, MD, Advocate Health Care, Chicago, IL
Andrew Racine, MD, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Secretary: Ashley Thompson
Interoperability Advisory Group, continued
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Post-Acute Care Strategy
Steering Committee
Chair: James R. Prister, RML Specialty Hospital, Chicago, IL
Douglas Baer, Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital, Jacksonville, FL
John Capasso, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI
Edwin H. Cooper Jr., AcuityHealthcare, LP, Austin, TX
Brad Hollinger, Vibra Healthcare, Mechanicsburg, PA
Lynn C. Jones, Christiana Care Visiting Nurse Association, New Castle, DE
Denise Keefe, Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Anthony F. Misitano, Post Acute Medical, LLC, Enola, PA
Robert Ortenzio, Select Medical Corporation, Mechanicsburg, PA
John D. Rockwood, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
Jon C. Skinner, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Dallas, TX
Mark Tarr, HEALTHSOUTH Corporation, Birmingham, AL
Janet Tomcavage, RN, Geisinger, Danville, PA
Kent Wallace, Kindred Hospital-New Jersey Morris County, Louisville, KY
Mary Beth Walsh, MD, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY
Robert Wyllie, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH
Secretary: Joanna Hyatt Kim
Representatives and Nominations to Other Organizations
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Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
term expires 2018
Stephanie Wolf-Rosenblum, MD, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Nashua, NH
term expires 2020
Hal B. Jenson, MD, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education: Review Committee
terms expire 2019
Katasha Charleston, Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL Apostolos Dallas, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA Linda A. Santos, Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables, FL
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
term expires September 2018
Thomas J. Hansen, MD, Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL
terms expires September 2020
David Entwistle, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA Steven I. Goldstein, Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY John B. McWhorter III, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX
Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International
Term expires 2018
Thomas Blake Harrison, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ American Joint Replacement Registry
Term expires 2018
Kristen Murtos, NorthShore Skokie Hospital, Skokie, IL
American Board of Medical Specialties Jay Bhatt, DO, AHA
American Psychiatric Association: Committees
Term expires 2018
Harsh K. Trivedi, MD, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD
Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Management Education
term expires June 30, 2018
Kenneth P. Kates, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
National Resident Matching Program Jay Bhatt, DO, AHA
American College of Surgeons: Commission on Cancer term expires 2020
Marshall E. Hicks, MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
American Dental Association: Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention
term expires September 2018
Melanie S. Lang, DDS, MD, Spokane Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seattle, WA
National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
term expires 2018
Martha Mather, Our Lady of Peace, Louisville, KY
AHA Representatives AHA Nominees
Subsidiaries and Related Organizations
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AHAPAC Steering Committee
Chair: Kevin E. Lofton, Catholic Health Initiatives, Englewood, CO
Terms expire 2018
Andrew S. Davidson, Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, Lake Oswego, OR
Cheryl L. Hoying, RN, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Steven P. Johnson, UPMC Susquehanna, Williamsport, PA
Bruce Lawrence, INTEGRIS Health, Edmond, OK
Brian Peters, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Okemos, MI
Judith F. Rich, TMC HealthCare, Tucson, AZ
Terms expire 2019
Andrew Carter, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Vanessa Ervin, Onslow Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, NC
Rod Hochman, MD, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, WA
David Molmen, Altru Health System, Grand Forks, ND
Paul Salles, Louisiana Hospital Association
Andrew Stern, Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, TX
Terms expire 2020
Robert Casalou, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Canton, MI
Joseph Letnaunchyn, West Virginia Hospital Association, Charleston, WV
Candice Saunders, WellStar Health System, Marietta, GA
Peter Wright, Valley Regional Hospital, Claremont, NH
Executive Staff: Thomas P. Nickels, AHA
Secretary: Mark Seklecki, AHA
American Organization of Nurse Executives
President: Robert L. Dent, DNP, RN, Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland, TX
President-elect: Mary Beth Kingston, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI
Past President: Joan Shinkus Clark, DNP, RN, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX
Treasurer: Lamont Yoder, MSN, MBA, RN, Banner Gateway Medical Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Acting CEO/COO: Susan Gergely, AHA
Terms expire 2018
Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, AtlantiCare, Atlantic City, NJ
Rachel Behrendt, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Hospice of the Valley, Scottsdale, AZ
Stuart D. Downs, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, CPHQ, WellStar Health System, Atlanta, GA
M. Lindell Joseph, PhD, RN, University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA
Terms expire 2019
Dana Bjarnason, PhD, RN, OHSU Hospital, Portland, OR
Cole Edmonson, DNP, RN, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX
Erik Martin, DNP, RN, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Terms expire 2020
Anne Schmidt, South County Hospital, Wakefield, RI
Deb Zimmermann, VCU Medical
Center, Midlothian, VA
Appointed Members
Patricia Mook, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA
Gretchen Pacholek, MSN, RN, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Geralyn Randazzo, MS, RN, Northwell Health, Seaford, NY
Megan Seston, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC
Health Forum
Chair: Jeanette G. Clough, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Terms expire 2018
Rhonda Anderson, RN, Scottsdale, AZ
James A. Berg, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, TX
Darren Black, Summit Partners, Boston, MA
Terms Expire 2019
David L. Bernd, Virginia Beach, VA
Aaron Martin, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, WA
William D. Petasnick, Bonita Springs, FL
Brian Peters, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Okemos, MI
Allen S. Weiss, MD, NCH Healthcare System, Naples, FL
Terms expire 2020
Monica S. Doyle, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA
Teri G. Fontenot, Woman’s Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA
Todd C. Linden, Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell, IA
President: Maryjane Wurth, AHA
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Institute for Diversity and Health Equity
Chair: Nicholas Tejeda, The Hospitals of Providence Transmoutain Campus, El Paso, TX
Terms expire 2018
Andrew W. Carter, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Suzanne B. Jackson, Hopewell, VA
David A. Tam, MD, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA
Terms expire 2019
Stephen R. Adkins, Charles City, VA
Peggy Harris, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC
Ramanathan Raju, MD, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
John Vassall II, MD, Seattle, WA
Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Terms expire 2020
Bruce Bailey, Tidelands Health, Georgetown, SC
Andres Gonzalez, Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Terika Richardson, Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago, IL
Juana Slade, AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson, SC
Joe Wilkins, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ
Statutory
Deborah J. Bowen, American College of Healthcare Executives, Chicago, IL
Richelle Webb Dixon, National Association of Health Services Executives, Missouri City, TX
Michael Rodgers, The Catholic Health Association of the United States, Washington, DC
Executive Staff: Jay Bhatt, AHA
Secretary: Cynthia Washington, AHA
Health Research & Educational Trust
Chair: David P. Tilton, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
Terms expire 2018
Christopher J. Durovich, Children’s Health System of Texas, Dallas, TX
Alison June Fleury, Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CA
Kyle L. Grazier, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Raymond T. Hino, Skyway Surgery Center, Chico, CA
Terms expire 2019
Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA
Randall D. Oostra, ProMedica, Toledo, OH
Eduardo Sanchez, MD, American Heart Association, Dallas, TX
Terms expire 2020
Alisahah Cole, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
Anupam Jena, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Lawrence Massa, Minnesota Hospital Association, Saint Paul, MN
Kimberly McNally, RN, UW Medicine, Seattle, WA
Ries Robinson, MD, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM
Ex officio: Richard J. Pollack, AHA
President: Jay Bhatt, DO, AHA
Professional Membership Groups
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American Society for Healthcare Engineering
President: Bradley R. Taylor, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN
Executive Director: PJ Andrus, AHA
American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration
President: Jamie Parsons, Ballad Health, Johnson City, TN
Executive Director: Catherine Carruth, AHA
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
President: Faye D. Sheppard, RN, Patient Safety Resources, Cuero, TX
Executive Director: Matt Hornberger, AHA
Association for the Healthcare Environment
President: Pam Toppel, OSF St. James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac, IL
Executive Director: Patti Costello, AHA
Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management
Chair: Teresa L. Dail, RN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Executive Director: Deborah Sprindzunas, AHA
Association for Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals
President: Kristyn Ireland, North Ottawa Community Health System, Grand Haven, MI
Governance & Operations Manager: Ursula Pawlowski, AHA
Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development
President: Ben Dillon, Geonetric, Cedar Rapids, IA
Executive Director: Diane Weber, RN, AHA