2021 Directory of Governance, Policy Development and

2021 Directory of Governance, Policy Development and

Leadership Group Participants

AHA Officers and Board of Trustees

Committees and Regional Policy Boards

Task Forces, Strategic Leadership Groups and

Advisory Groups

Awards Committees

Representatives and Nominees to Other Organizations

Affiliates and Subsidiaries

Professional Membership Groups

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Table of Contents Officers and Board of Trustees ............................................. 2 Committees of the Board of Trustees Executive .......................................................................... 4 Nominations ..................................................................... 4 Operations ........................................................................ 4 Committees Behavioral Heath Services ................................................. 5 Clinical Leadership ............................................................ 5 Governance ...................................................................... 6 Health Care Strategy & Innovation .................................... 6 Health Systems ................................................................. 7 Maternal and Child Health ................................................ 7 Rural Health ...................................................................... 8 Regional Policy Boards Behavioral Health Services ......................................... 9 Federal Hospitals ....................................................... 9 Health Systems ......................................................... 9 Maternal & Child Health ............................................. 9 Metropolitan Hospitals .............................................. 9 Post-Acute Care .......................................................... 9 Rural Health Services ................................................. 9 Transitional At-Large Delegates .................................10 At-Large Delegates ...................................................11 Regional Delegates ...................................................11 State Delegates ........................................................12 Regional Executives ...................................................14 Task Forces COVID-19 Pathways to Recovery ......................................15 National Provider Network...............................................15 Price Transparency ..........................................................15 Primary Care ....................................................................16 Strategic Leadership Groups Academic Medical Centers ..............................................17 Federal Health System .....................................................17 Health Systems EVPs/COOs ..............................................17 Post-Acute Care ...............................................................18 Provider-Led Health Plans ................................................18 Urban Hospital Sustainability ...........................................19 Advisory Groups Center for Health Innovation Leadership .........................20 Hospitals Against Violence ...............................................20 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity Leadership ........21 Physician Alliance Steering ...............................................21 Population & Community Health ......................................21 Awards Committees AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Awards ....................................22 AHA Quest for Quality Prize .............................................22 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award.......................22 Circle of Life Award ..........................................................23 Foster G. McGaw Prize ....................................................23 Representatives and Nominees to Other Organizations .....24 Affiliates and Subsidiaries AHAPAC Steering Committee ...........................................25 American Organization for Nursing Leadership .................25 Health Forum ...................................................................26 Health Research & Educational Trust................................26 Professional Membership Groups and Roundtables ...........27

AHA Executive Staff President and CEO

Richard J. Pollack, Washington, DC

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

M. Michelle Hood, Chicago, IL

Executive Vice President, Government Relations and

Public Policy

Stacey Hughes, Washington, DC

Senior Vice Presidents

Robyn Begley, RN, Workforce; Chief Nursing Officer, AHA;

CEO, AONE

Christina Fisher, Association Services, and CFO

Susan Gergely, Chief People Officer

Gail Lovinger Goldblatt, Association Secretary

Melinda Reid Hatton, General Counsel

Joy Lewis, Health Equity Strategies, and Executive Director,

Institute for Diversity and Health Equity

Alicia Mitchell, Communications

Jeanette Porter, Field Engagement

C. Douglas Shaw, Business Development

Ashley Thompson, Public Policy Analysis and Development

Vice Presidents and Other Executives

Robert Sarkis, Chief Information Officer

Darlene Vanderbush, Executive Operations

Gloria Kupferman, Chief Data Strategy Officer

Assistant Secretary

Cecily Pew

Honorary — President-Emeritus

Richard J. Umbdenstock

Honorary — Secretary-Emeritus

Michael P. Guerin

AHA Offices

Chicago: 155 North Wacker, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60606

Washington: 800 10th Street, NW, Two CityCenter, Suite 400,

Washington, DC 20001

Updated July 2021

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Richard J. Pollack President and CEO American Hospital Association Washington, DC (President)

Officers

Board Members

Term expires 2021

2021 AHA Board of Trustees

Melinda L. Estes, MD President and CEO Saint Luke’s Health System Kansas City, MO (Past Chair)

Rod Hochman, MD President and CEO Providence Renton, WA (Chair)

Wright Lassiter III President and CEO Henry Ford Health System Detroit, MI (Chair-Elect)

Marna P. Borgstrom CEO Yale New Haven Health System New Haven, CT

Delvecchio S. Finley President and CEO Atrium Health Navicent Macon, GA

Susan Fox President and CEO White Plains Hospital Center White Plains, NY

Rebecca Hultberg President and CEO Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems Lake Oswego, OR

Gregory P. Poulsen Senior Vice President, Policy Intermountain Healthcare Salt Lake City, UT

Harsh Trivedi, MD President and CEO Sheppard Pratt Health System Baltimore, MD

Phyllis Cowling President and CEO United Regional Health Care System Wichita Falls, TX

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Term expires 2022

Term expires 2023

Sylvia Young President and CEO HCA Continental Division Denver, CO

Michael Charlton Board Chair, AtlantiCare President and CEO Icon Hospitality Galloway, NJ

Joanne Conroy, MD President and CEO Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health Lebanon, NH

Mary Mannix President and CEO Augusta Health Fishersville, VA

C. Wright Pinson, MD Deputy CEO and Chief Health System Officer Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Roxie C. Wells, MD President Hoke Hospital Raeford, NC

Ronald Werft President and CEO Cottage Health Santa Barbara, CA

Douglas S. Brown President, Community Hospitals, and Chief Administrative Officer UMass Memorial Heath Care Worcester, MA

D. Montez Carter President and CEO St. Mary’s Health Care System Athens, GA

Mary Beth Kingston, RN Chief Nursing Officer Advocate Aurora Health Milwaukee, WI

Janice E. Nevin, MD President and CEO ChristianaCare Wilmington, DE

James R. Prister President and CEO RML Specialty Hospital Chicago/Hinsdale, IL

Nicolas Tejeda Group CEO The Hospitals of Providence — Tenet Healthcare El Paso, TX

Warner L. Thomas President and CEO Ochsner Health New Orleans, LA

Bruce D. White CEO Knox Community Hospital Mount Vernon, OH

Russell Gronewold President and CEO Bryan Health Lincoln, NE

Committees of the Board of Trustees

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Executive

Chair: Rod Hochman, MD, Providence, Renton, WA

Terms expire 2021

Marna P. Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT

Melinda L. Estes, MD, Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO

Susan Fox, White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, NY

Wright L. Lassiter III, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Richard J. Pollack, AHA, Washington, DC

Greg Poulsen, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT

Secretary: Gail Lovinger Goldblatt

Nominations

Chair: Eugene A. Woods, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC

Term expires 2021

Kris A. Doody, RN, Cary Medical Center, Caribou, ME

Terms expire 2022

Nancy Howell Agee, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA

Andrew W. Carter, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Terms expire 2023

Brian Gragnolati, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ

James C. Leonard, MD, Carle Health, Urbana, IL

Term expires 2024

David Entwistle, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA

Ex officio: Melinda L. Estes, MD, Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO

Secretary: Gail Lovinger Goldblatt

Assistant Secretary: Jane Jeffries

Operations

Chair: Marna P. Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT

Terms expire 2021

David R. Marshall, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA

Jeffrey Tieman, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, Montpelier, VT

Harsh Trivedi, MD, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD

Terms expire 2022

Michael Charlton, AtlantiCare, Galloway, NJ

Joanne Conroy, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Lebanon, NH

Roxie C. Wells, MD, Hoke Hospital, Raeford, NC

Terms expire 2023

Nicholas Tejeda, The Hospitals of Providence — Tenet Healthcare, El Paso, TX

Bruce White, Knox Community Hospital, Mount Vernon, OH

Executive Management: Christina Fisher

Secretary: Deborah Johnson

Committees

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Behavioral Health Services

Chair: Robert Trestman, MD, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA

Chair-Elect: Arpan Waghray, MD, Providence, Renton, WA

Past Chair: Raymond A. Waller, Ascension Brighton Center for Recovery, Brighton, MI

Terms expire 2021

Brenda Romero, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Espanola, NM

Matthew Stanley, DO, Avera Behavioral Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD

Terms expire 2022

Craig E. Aasved, Shodair Children's Hospital, Helena, MT

Jill Howard, RN, LifePoint Health, Brentwood, TN

Louis Josephson, Brattleboro Retreat, Brattleboro, VT

Jess P. Shatkin, MD, NYU Langone Hospitals, New York, NY

Helen J. Strike, RN, Regina Hospital, Hastings, MN, and River Falls Area Hospital, River Falls, WI

Terms expire 2023

Zelia Baugh, JPS Health Network, Fort Worth, TX

John Boyd, Sutter Center for Psychiatry, Sacramento, CA

Kathleen Brady, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Mark Chastang, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC

Mary Marran, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI

Manish Sapra, MD, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY

Alpa Shah, MD, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield, WI

Jair Soares, MD, UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center, Houston, TX

Board Liaison: Harsh Trivedi, MD, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD

Executive Management: Jen Porter

Secretary: Rebecca Chickey

Clinical Leadership

Chair: Thomas Yackel, MD, VCU Health System, Richmond, VA

Chair‐elect: Daniel Handel, MD, Indiana University Health, Bloomington, IN

Past Chair: Patrice M. Weiss, MD, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA

Terms expire 2021

Brooke Buckley, MD, Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, Wyandotte, MI

Fritz François, MD, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

Michael S. McNear, MD, Jersey Community Hospital, Jerseyville, IL

Michael Suk, MD, Geisinger, Danville, PA

Terms expire 2022 Christine M. Carr, MD, South Carolina Hospital Association, Columbia, SC

Tommy Ibrahim, MD, Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, NY

Sharmila Makhija, MD, Montefiore Health System, Bronx, NY

Patrick Torcson, MD, St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington, LA

David William Zaas, MD, MUSC Health — Charleston Division, Charleston, SC

Terms expire 2023 Gaurava Agarwal, MD, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL

Kevin Dishman, MD, Stormont Vail Health, Topeka, KS

David Lopez, Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX

Robert McCann, MD, Accountable Health Partners, Rochester, NY

Susan Robel, RN, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT

Sylvain Trepanier, RN, Providence, Southern California Region, Irvine, CA

Ena Williams, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Baligh Yehia, MD, Ascension Medical Group, St. Louis, MO

Ex Officio Leon Haley Jr., MD, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Thomas J. Hansen, MD, Advocate Aurora Health, Downers Grove, IL

Joseph Hardman, MD, Oregon Health & Science University, Hillsboro, OR

Marshall E. Hicks, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Christine Stabler, MD, Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, PA

Gay Wehrli, MD, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA


Senior Management: Elisa Arespacochaga

Secretary: Kristen Thorin

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Committees

Governance

Chair: Carolyn F. Scanlan, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA

Chair-Elect: William Menner, UnityPoint Health — Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell, IA

Past Chair: Richard Evnen, Bryan Health, Lincoln, NE

Terms expire 2021

Gregory Bentz, Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO

Shirley Carraway, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC

Deborah Farrell, Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Buena Vista, CO

Susan Holliday, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Stephen R. Howard, Beaumont Health, Southfield, MI

Winfred Parnell, MD, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX

Gary R. Yates, MD, Common Spirit Health, Englewood, CO

Terms expire 2022

Matthew Altman, Kittitas Valley Healthcare, Ellensburg, WA

Sandra Carr-Johnson, MD, Cape Fear Valley Health System, Fayetteville, NC

Thomas Cassady Jr., Beacon Health System, South Bend, IN

Therese Fitzpatrick, RN, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL

Sarah Freymann Fontenot, Peterson Health, Kerrville, TX

Steve Gordon, MD, St. Charles Health System, Bend, OR

JoAn Headington, Unity Point Health — Allen Hospital, Waterloo, IA

Sr. Teresa Maltby, Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, IA

Vincent Williams, Sinai Chicago, Chicago, IL

Terms expire 2023

Randy Clapp, El Campo Memorial Hospital, El Campo, TX

George Farris, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX

Carolyn Hardy, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis, TN

James L. Liggins Jr., Bronson Healthcare Group, Kalamazoo, MI

Elizabeth A. Ryan, Inspira Health, Princeton, NJ

Kristin Troy, Steele Memorial Medical Center, Salmon, ID

Ex officio: Michael Charlton, AtlantiCareHealth System, Egg Harbor, NJ


Secretary: Sue Ellen Wagner

Health Care Strategy & Innovation

Chair: Jaewon Ryu, MD, Geisinger, Danville, PA

Nancy Howell Agee, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA

Carl Armato, Novant Health, Winston-Salem, NC

Douglas P. Cropper, Genesis Health System, Davenport, IA


Brian A. Gragnolati, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ

A. Marc Harrison, MD, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT

John M. Haupert, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA

James H. Hinton, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX

Joseph R. Impicciche, Ascension Healthcare, St. Louis, MO

J. Stephen Jones, MD, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA


Janice Nevin, MD, ChristianaCare, Wilmington, DE

Randall Oostra, ProMedica Health System, Toledo, OH

Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, TN

Thomas M. Priselac, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Jim Skogsbergh, Advocate Aurora Health, Downers Grove, IL

Michael Slubowski, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI

Steve Smoot, SSM Health, St. Louis, MO

John Starcher, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Cincinnati, OH

Eugene A. Woods, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC

Executive Management: M. Michelle Hood

Secretary: Christina Jack

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Committees

Health Systems

Chair: Penny Wheeler, MD, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN

Chair-elect: Robert Garrett, Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ

Immediate Past Chair: Brian G. Donley, MD, Cleveland Clinic London, London, UK

Terms expire 2021

David S. Chernow, Select Medical Corporation, Mechanicsburg, PA

Lydia Jumonville, SCL Health, Broomfield, CO

Sarah Krevans, Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA

Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA

Mark A. Sullivan, Catholic Health System, Buffalo, NY

Saumya Sutaria, MD, Tenet Healthcare, Dallas, TX

Terms expire 2022

Christina Freese Decker, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI

Christopher Howard, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, CA

Laura Kaiser, SSM Health, St. Louis, MO

Stephen Markovich, MD, OhioHealth, Columbus, OH

Philip O. Ozuah, MD, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Timothy T. Pehrson, INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma City, OK

Dennis W. Pullin, Virtua Health, Marlton, NJ

Michael A. Slubowski, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI

Kevin Tabb, MD, Beth Israel Leahy Health, Cambridge, MA

Terms expire 2023

Marc Boom, MD, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX

Jeffrey Flaks, Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, CT

Cynthia Hundorfean, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA

Howard Kern, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA

Anne Klibanski, MD, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA

Richard Liekweg, BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, MO

Jason Little, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., Memphis, TN

Kevin Sowers, Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, MD

Board Liaison: Sylvia Young, HCA Continental Division, Denver, CO



Maternal and Child Health

Chair: Richard Beigi, MD, UPMC Magee – Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Chair-elect: Lara Khouri, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Past Chair: Kristine Bell, RN, Providence Health & Services, Portland, OR

Terms expire 2021

Steven Brockman-Weber, RN, Ascension Texas, Austin, TX

Cris Daskevich, Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Rick Majzun, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA Maryam Tarsa, MD, UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA

Terms expire 2022

Luanne M. Thomas Ewald, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Detroit, MI

Christopher Jett, USA Health Children’s and Women’s Hospital, Mobile, AL

Victor R. Klein, MD, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY

Maria Padin, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Terms expire 2022

Cheri Barker Johnson, RN, Woman’s Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA

David Paul, MD, ChristianaCare, Newark, DE

Lisa Saul, MD, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN

Board Liaison: Delvecchio Finley, Atrium Health Navicent, Macon, GA

Executive Management: Robyn Begley, RN

Secretary: Kate Cain

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Committees

Rural Health Services

Chair: Siri Nelson, Marshall Medical Center, Placerville, CA

Chair-elect: Philip E. Pandolph, Meadville Medical Center, Meadville, PA

Immediate Past Chair: Thomas Nordwick, Uvalde County Hospital, Uvalde, TX

Terms expire 2021

Rebecca W. Carter, RN, FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital, Troy, NC

Scott Christensen, Delta Health System, Greenville, MS

Michael D. Dellipriscoli, University of Vermont Medical Center, Montpelier, VT

Vance Jackson, Davis Health System, Elkins, WV

Tamara Miller, Madison Regional Health System, Madison, SD

Joseph Perras, MD, Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, Windsor, VT

Terms expire 2022

Sean Fadale, Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home, Gloversville, NY

Crystal Landry, RN, Penobscot Valley Hospital, Lincoln, ME

Jeremy Lyman, Blue Mountain Hospital, Blanding, UT

Steven J. Simonin, Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics, Clarion, IA

Kirk E. Thomas, Geisinger, Lewistown, PA

Terms expire 2023

Leonard R. Hernandez, Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado, KS

Ruby Kirby, West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar Hospital, Bolivar, TN

Konnie Martin, San Luis Valley Health, Alamosa, CO

J. David McCormack, Vaughan Regional Medical Center, Selma, AL

Robert C. Schmitt II, Gibson Area Hospital and Health Services, Gibson City, IL

Michael K. Stewart, Saline Memorial Hospital, Benton, AR

Theresa Sullivan, Samaritan Healthcare, Moses Lake, WA

Francine Witt, RN, Effingham Health System, Spring Field, GA

Julie Yaroch, DO, ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital, Adrian, MI

Federal Health System Ex officio: P. Benjamin Smith, Indian Health Service, Rockville, MD

Board Liaison: Joanne M. Conroy, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Lebanon, NH


Secretary: John Supplitt

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Regional Policy Boards

Behavioral Health Services

Term expires 2021

Paul Rains, RN, St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center, Stockton, CA

Term expires 2022

Michael Nagowski, Cape Fear Valley Health System, Fayetteville, NC

Federal Hospitals

Term expires 2021

Vivian T. Hutson, Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Affairs Ambulatory Care Center, Columbus, OH

Term expires 2023

COL Patricia D. Fowler, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA

Health Systems

Terms expire 2021

Jeff Bromme, AdventHealth, Altamonte Springs, FL

Sanford Cohen, MD, Lee Health, Fort Myers, FL

Jeffrey Johnston, Mercy, Chesterfield, MO

John M. Murphy, MD, Nuvance Health, Danbury, CT

Peter November, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA

Philip Okala, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA

David Price, HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center, Scottsdale, AZ

Roberta I. Levy Schwartz, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Terms expire 2022

Jason Chang, The Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, HI

Bruce J. Flanz, MediSys Health Network, Jamaica, NY

William Brian Floyd, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC

Israel Rocha Jr., Cook County Health System, Chicago, IL

Pamela Stoyanoff, Methodist Health System, Dallas, TX

Nancy Susick, Beaumont Hospital—Royal Oak, Royal Oak, MI

Jeoff Will, Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, MN

Terms expire 2023

David J. Masterson, Sentara Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA

Zachary Chandler, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., Memphis, TN

E. J. Kuiper, Hospital Sisters Health System, Springfield, IL

Julie Miller-Phipps, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Pasadena, CA

Maternal and Child Health

Term expires 2021

Todd A. Suntrapak, Valley Children’s Healthcare, Madera, CA

Term expires 2023

Jena Hausmann, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

Metropolitan Hospitals

Terms expire 2021

Kurt A. Barwis, Bristol Hospital, Bristol, CT

Bland Eng, Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon, FL

J. Michael Marsh, Overlake Medical Center, Bellevue, WA

James Ross, West Tennessee Healthcare, Jackson, TN

Charles Spicer, OU Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Michael Wiemann, MD, Ascension Healthcare, Troy, MI

Post-Acute Care

Term expires 2021

David L. Mork Jr., Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital, Warm Springs, GA

Rural Health Services

Terms expire 2021

Marc Augsburger, RN, Edgerton Hospital and Health Services, Edgerton, WI

Harold S. Geller, CHI St. Anthony, Pendleton, OR

Leslie Marsh, Lexington Regional Health Center, Lexington, NE

Julie Petersen, Kittitas Valley Healthcare, Ellensburg, WA

Sheryl Rickard, Bonner General Hospital, Sandpoint, ID

Terms expire 2022

Cynthia McGuire, Monadnock Community Hospital, Peterborough, NH

Bryan Slaba, Wagner Community Memorial Hospital Avera, Wagner, SD

Cherie Taylor, Northern Rockies Medical Center, Cut Bank, MT

Jane Wheatley, Taylor Regional Hospital, Campbellsville, KY

Terms Expire 2023

Peggy L. Abbot, Ouachita County Medical Center, Camden, AR

Janie Marie Hilfiger, RN, UPMC Cole, Coudersport, PA

Skip Gjolberg Jr., St. Joseph’s Hospital, Buckhannon, WV

Raymond D. Williams, Hendry Regional Medical Center, Clewiston, FL

Stephanie Hilton-Siebert, Marion General Hospital, Marion, IN

Members of the Board of Trustees serve as ex-officio members of the Regional Policy Boards.

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RPBs

Transitional At-Large Delegates*

Terms expire 2021

Region 1

Kevin Donovan, Lakes Region General Hospital, Laconia, NH

Patrick Green, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, New London, CT

Keith A. Hovan, RN, Southcoast Hospitals Group, Fall River, MA

Edward H. Moore, Harrington Hospital, Southbridge, MA

Region 2

Jose Acevedo, MD, Finger Lakes Health, Geneva, NY

James L. Brexler, Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, PA

Gerald Cayer, Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville, NY

Muhammed Javed, MD, Upper Allegheny Health System, Olean, NY

Charles J. Urlaub, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center, Lewiston, NY

Region 4

Donald R. Avery, Fairview Park Hospital, Dublin, GA

Vearnail Herzog, Allegiance Specialty Hospital of Greenville, Greenville, MS

David Omura, Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, SC

James A. Pfeiffer, Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood, SC

Region 5

John D. Russell, Prairie Ridge Health, Columbus, WI

Region 6

Kenneth F. Ackerman, Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester, Rochester, MN

Kiley Floyd, Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, Seneca, KS

Region 7

Bob Dyess, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center — Waxahachie, Waxahachie, TX

Chris Hammes, INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma City, OK

Jim R. Kendrick, Community Hospital Corporation, Plano, TX

Phyllis Mason, MD, Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, Natchitoches, LA

Jayne E. Pope, RN, Hill Country Memorial Hospital, Fredericksburg, TX

Robert L. Walker, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX

Region 8

Doug Faus, Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Laramie, WY

Steve Lynn, Banner - University Medical Center Tucson, Tucson, AZ

Michael N. Patterson, Havasu Regional Medical Center, Lake Havasu City, AZ

Carol M. Solie, MD, Wyoming Medical Center, Casper, WY

Region 9

Dan Brinkman, RN, Hilo Medical Center, Hilo, HI

Stuart Buttlaire, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Oakland, CA

William B. Caswell, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Pasadena, CA

Mike Glenn, Jefferson Healthcare, Port Townsend, WA

Kerry Heinrich, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA

Ann Lucena, San Ramon Regional Medical Center, San Ramon, CA

Clint Purvance, MD, Barton Memorial Hospital, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Preston M. Simmons, Providence, Anchorage, AK

Terms expire 2022

Region 5

Gregory D. Brogan, Sparrow Health System, Lansing, MI

Saju George, Garden City Hospital, Garden City, MI

Pamela M. Jensen, ProMedica Memorial Hospital, Fremont, OH

Region 6

Deborah S. Dittberner, MD, Alomere Health, Alexandria, MN

Bobby Olm-Shipman, Saint Luke’s South Hospital, Overland Park, KS

*Alternate delegates were eliminated effective Dec. 31, 2019. Alternate delegates who served a partial term were converted to Transitional At-Large delegates Jan. 1, 2020.

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RPBs

At-Large Delegates

Terms Expire 2021

Region 1

Michael Wagner, MD, Wellforce, Burlington, MA

Region 3

Asha Rodriguez, Atrium Health Cabarras, Concord, NC

Region 6

Steven M. Scott, SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Rick Stevens, Christian Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Region 8

Debbie Flores, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, Glendale, AZ

Region 9

Pete Delgado, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Salinas, CA

Ketul J. Patel, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Tacoma, WA

Terms expire 2022

Region 2

Mary Leahy, MD, Bon Secours Charity Health System, Suffern, NY

Vacancy

Region 3

Andre Boyd Sr., New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC

Bradley Chambers, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Region 5

Phillip M. Kambic, Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee, IL

Cliff Megerian, MD, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH

Ann Sheehy, MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Terms expire 2023

Region 2

Eboné Carrington, NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, New York, NY

Roxanna L. Gapstur, RN, WellSpan Health, York, PA

Region 3

Wendy Horton, PharmD, UVA Health System, Charlottesville, VA

Anita L.A. Jenkins, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC

Region 4

Lynn Simon, MD, Community Health Systems Inc., Franklin, TN

Region 5

Gyasi Chisley, Cancer Trefatment Centers of America, Schaumburg, IL

Vacancy

Region 6

Christopher Nichols, Fillmore County Hospital, Geneva, NE

David A. Stark, UnityPoint Health—Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, IA

Region 7

Corey Lively, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Elk City, OK

Winjie Tang Miao, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX

Region 9

James R. West, PIH Health, Whittier, CA

Regional Delegates

Terms expire 2021

Region 2

Katherine Behan, MD, Jefferson Health Northeast, Philadelphia, PA

Sr. Pat Codey, St. Joseph Healthcare System, Patterson, NJ

Region 7

Maria Alma Rodriguez, MD, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Vacancy

Region 8

Heidi Miller Duncan, MD, Billings Clinic, Billings, MT

Vacancy

Terms expire 2022

Region 3

Schonay Barnett-Jones, Children’s National Hospital, Silver Spring, MD

Vacancy

Region 6

Ken McCuskey, Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames, IA

Vacancy

Region 9

Angela Scioscia, MD, UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA

James B. Smith III, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, CA

Terms expire 2023

Region 1

Todd Gregory, MD, Rutland Regional Medical Center, Rutland, VT

Julie A. Rosen, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Waban, MA

Region 4

Nishant Anand, MD, BayCare Health System, Clearwater, FL

Johnny B. Moore, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis, TN

Region 5

Susan Freeman, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Vacancy

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RPBs

State Delegates

Alabama

Term expires 2023

Owen Bailey, USA Health, Mobile

Alaska

Term expires 2021

Richard Davis, Central Peninsula Hospital, Soldotna

Arizona

Term expires 2021

Stephen Purves, Valleywise Health, Phoenix

Arkansas

Term expires 2021

J. Larry Shackelford, Washington Regional Medical Center, Fayetteville

California

Terms expire 2021

Barry Arbuckle, MemorialCare, Long Beach

Steven C. Herber, MD, Adventist Health St. Helena, St. Helena

Mark R. Laret, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco

Roger E. Seaver, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Valencia

Terms expire 2022

Lori J. Morgan, MD, Huntington Hospital, Pasadena

Steven J. Packer, MD, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey

Colorado

Term expires 2022

Arlene Harms, Rio Grande Hospital, Del Norte

Connecticut

Term expires 2021

Vincent G. Capece Jr., MD, Middlesex Hospital, Middletown

Delaware

Term expires 2022

Terry Murphy, Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover

District of Columbia

Term expires 2022

Kimberly Russo, George Washington University Hospital

Florida

Terms expire 2021

Conor Delaney, MD, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston

Steve Johnson, Health First, Rockledge

Terms expire 2022

Michael Mayo, Baptist Medical Center—Jacksonville, Jacksonville

David Wagner, Kindred Healthcare, Hollywood

Georgia

Term expires 2021

Wayne Senfeld, Tanner Health System, Carrollton

Term expires 2022

Steven Gautney, Crisp Regional Hospital, Cordele

Hawaii

Term expires 2021

Art Gladstone, RN, Hawaii Pacific Health, Honolulu

Idaho

Term expires 2023

Dennis Mesaros, St. Luke's Health System, Boise

Illinois

Terms expire 2021

Mary Lou Mastro, RN, Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare, Naperville

Ted Rogalski, Genesis Medial Center, Aledo

Terms expire 2023

Karen Teiltelbaum, Sinai Chicago, Chicago

Vacancy

Indiana

Term expires 2022

Kreg Gruber, Beacon Health System, South Bend

Term expires 2023

Jonathan Nalli, Ascension, Indianapolis

Iowa

Term expires 2021

Timothy Charles, Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids

Term expires 2023

Kevin Kincaid, Knoxville Hospital & Clinics, Knoxville

Kansas

Term expires 2022

Carrie L. Saia, Holton Community Hospital, Holton

Kentucky

Term expires 2023

Thomas Miller, UofL Health—UofL Hospital, Louisville

Louisiana

Term expires 2022

K. Scott Wester, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge

Maine

Term expires 2022

Shawn D. Anderson, Houlton Regional Hospital, Houlton

Maryland

Term expires 2023

Charles B. Reuland, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

Massachusetts

Term expires 2021

Ronald P. Bryant, Baystate Nobel Hospital, Westfield

Term Expires 2023

Joanne Marqusee, Wellforce Inc., Burlington

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RPBs

Michigan

Term expires 2021

T. Anthony Denton, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor

Term expires 2022

Christine K. Harff, Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital, Laurium

Term expires 2023

Marita Hattem-Schiffman, MidMichigan Health, Alma

Minnesota

Term expires 2021

Carrie Michalski, RiverView Health, Crookston

Term expires 2023

Dan Olson, Sanford Health Network, Fargo-Moorhead

Mississippi

Term expires 2023

M. Shane Spees, North Mississippi Health Services, Inc., Tupelo

Missouri

Term expires 2023

Julie Quirin, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City

Craig Thompson, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Clinton

Montana

Term expires 2021

Randall G. Holom, Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, Glasgow

Nebraska

Term expires 2023

Michael Hansen, Columbus Community Hospital, Columbus

Nevada

Term expires 2023

Erik Olson, Renown Regional Medical Center, Reno

New Hampshire

Term expires 2023

Greg Baxter, MD, Elliot Hospital, Manchester

New Jersey

Term expires 2022

Deborah D. Visconi, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, Paramus

Term expires 2023

Douglas Struyk, Christian Health Care Center, Wyckoff

New Mexico

Term expires 2023

William Patten Jr., Holy Cross Hospital, Taos

New York

Terms expire 2021

Scott Lorin, MD, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

Daniel J. Messina, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island

Kenneth Roberts, John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson

Michael Stapleton, F.F. Thompson Hospital, Canandaigua

North Carolina

Terms expire 2023

Joann Anderson, UNC Health Southeastern, Lumberton

Donald Gintzig, WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh

North Dakota

Term expires 2022

Daniel Kelly, McKenzie County Healthcare System, Watford City

Ohio

Term expires 2021

Akram Boutros, MD, MetroHealth System, Cleveland

Term expires 2022

Michael Szubski, University Hospitals, Shaker Heights

Term expires 2023

Brian Jepson, OhioHealth, Columbus

Oklahoma

Term expires 2023

Vacancy

Oregon

Term expires 2021

Joseph Sluka, St. Charles Health System, Inc., Bend

Pennsylvania

Term expires 2021

Brian A. Nester, DO, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown

Terms expire 2023

Cornelio Catena, Commonwealth Health, Plains

Theresa Larivee, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia

Puerto Rico

Term expires 2023

Heidi Rodriguez-Benitez, HIMA San Pablo, Caguas

Rhode Island

Term Expires 2023

Michael Souza, Landmark Medical Center, Woonsocket

South Carolina

Term expires 2021

Gayle Restar, Tidelands Health,

Georgetown

South Dakota

Term expires 2021

John Ayoub, Mobridge Regional Hospital, Mobridge

Tennessee

Terms expire 2022

Marvin Eichorn, Ballad Health, Johnson City

H. Alan Watson, Maury Regional Health System, Columbia

State Delegates, continued

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RPBs

Texas

Terms expire 2021

Cris Daskevich, Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, San Antonio

Katherine Henderson, Ascension Seton Northwest, Austin

Kirk King, Texas Health Resources, Arlington

Terms expire 2023

Jacob Cintron, University Medical Center, El Paso

Sally Hurt-Deitch, RN, Tenet Healthcare, El Paso

Russell Meyers, Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland

Utah

Term expires 2022

Tad A. Morley, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City

Vermont

Term expires 2023

Dan Bennett, Gifford Medical Center, Randolph

Virginia

Term expires 2021

Steven C. Arner, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke

Term expires 2023

Melinda Hancock, VCU Medical Center, Richmond

Washington

Term expires 2021

Bryce Helgerson, Legacy Health, Portland

Term expires 2023

Josh Martin, Summit Pacific Medical Center, Elma

West Virginia

Term expires 2022

Vacancy

Wisconsin

Terms expire 2023

Gordon Lewis, Burnett Medical Center, Grantsburg

Michael Wallace, Fort HealthCare, Fort Atkinson

Wyoming

Term expires 2021

Irene Richardson, Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, Rock Springs

State Delegates, continued AHA Regional Executives

Regional executives serve as secretaries to the Regional Policy Boards.

Region 1: Osei Mevs

Region 2: Michael Draine

Region 3: Dionne Dougall

Region 4: Rebecca Jolley

Region 5: Natalie Rudd

Region 6: Elizabeth Summy

Region 7: David Pearson

Region 8: Susan Doherty

Region 9: Tom Brennan

Task Forces

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COVID-19 Pathways to Recovery

Chair: Melinda L. Estes, MD, Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO

Doug Cropper, Genesis Health System, Davenport, IA

Delvecchio Finley, Atrium Health Navicent, Macon, GA


Mary Ann Fuchs, RN, Duke University Health System, Durham NC

Mary Mannix, Augusta Health, Fishersville, VA

Rhonda Medows, MD, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, WA

C. Wright Pinson, MD, Vanderbilt Health, Nashville, TN

Michael J. Schlosser, MD, HealthTrust Purchasing Group, Nashville, TN

Rachelle Schultz, Winona Health, Winona, MN

Harsh Trivedi, MD, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD

Ron Werft, Cottage Health, Santa Barbara, CA


Secretary: Cara Gleason

National Provider Network

Chair: Janice Nevin, MD, ChristianaCare, Newark, DE

Anand Nishant, BayCare Health System, Clearwater, FL

Marna Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT

Douglas Brown, UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA

Joe Cacchione, Ascension, St. Louis, MO

Christina Freese Decker, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI

Brian Gragnolati, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ

Rod Hochman, MD, Providence, Renton, WA

Diane Holder, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Mary Beth Kingston, RN, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee, WI

James C. Leonard, Carle Health, Urbana, IL

Dale Maxwell, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM

Mary Mayhew, Florida Hospital Association, Tallahassee, FL

Dennis Matheis, Optima Health Plan and Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA


Michael Slubowski, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI

Susan Turney, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield, WI

Executive Management: C. Douglas Shaw

Secretary: Joan Ryzner

Price Transparency

Chair: Dennis Murphy, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN

Marna P. Borgstrom, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT Christina Campos, Guadalupe County Hospital, Santa Rosa, NM

Patrick J. Cawley, MD, MUSC Health, Charleston, SC

Elizabeth Concordia, UCHealth, Fort Collins, CO

Joanne Conroy, MD, Dartmouth- Hitchcock, Lebanon, NH

Nicholas C. Conte, Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital, Rocky Mount, VA

Shannon Dauchot, Northside Hospital & Heart Institute, St. Petersburg, FL

Thomas Dee, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Bennington, VT

Jo Ann Escasa-Haigh, St. Joseph Health, Irvine, CA

Kevin Joyce, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ

Stephen Lockhart, MD, Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA


Brian Nester, DO, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Center Valley, PA

Timothy Pehrson, INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma City, OK

Chuck Robb, Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO

Louis Shapiro, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

Nicholas R. Tejeda, The Hospitals of Providence, El Paso, TX

Penny Wheeler, MD, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN

A.J. Wilhelmi, Illinois Health and Hospital Association, Naperville, IL

Albert Wright Jr., West Virginia Univ. Health System Morgantown, WV

David Zaas, MD, Duke MUSC Health, Charleston, SC

Executive Management: Ashley Thompson Secretary: Molly Smith

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Task Forces

Primary Care

Chair: Joanne M. Conroy, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Lebanon, NH

John Bulger, Geisinger Health Plan, Danville, PA

Thomas Dee, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Bennington, VT

David Dill, LifePoint Health, Brentwood, TN


John M. Haupert, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA

James Hereford, M Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN

Rod Hochman, MD, Providence, Renton, WA

Mark A. Keroack, MD, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA

Chuck Lehn, Banner Health, Phoenix, AZ

Mary N. Mannix, Augusta Health, Fishersville, GA

Tom McGinn, MD, CommonSpirit Health, Chicago, IL

Adnan Munkarah, MD, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Philip O. Ozuah, MD, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

C. Wright Pinson, MD, Vanderbilt Health, Nashville, TN

Hilton Raethel, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Chris Roth, St. Luke's Health System, Boise, ID

Warner L. Thomas, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA

Harsh Trivedi, MD, Sheppard Pratt, Baltimore, MD

Peter J. Wright, Bridgton Hospital, Bridgton, ME

Executive Management: Ashley Thompson


Strategic Leadership Groups

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Academic Medical Centers

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

William Fulkerson Jr., MD, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC

Robert C. Garrett, Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ

Bryce D. Gartland, MD, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA

Suresh Gunasekaran, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA

Dean M. Harrison, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, Chicago, IL

Mark R. Laret, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Omar Lateef, DO, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Kevin B. Mahoney, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA

David McQuaid, Ohio State University Health System, Columbus, OH

John B. McWhorter, OhioHealth, Columbus, OH

Dennis M. Murphy, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN

Thomas M. Priselac, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA

Roberta Schwartz, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Johnese Spisso, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Richard Webster, RN, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Pennsylvania, PA

Executive Management: Stacey Hughes

Secretary: Joanna Hiatt Kim

Federal Health System

Terry Adirim, MD, Department of Defense, Health Affairs, Washington, DC

LTG Scott Dingle, Department of the Army, Surgeon General, Washington, DC

Elizabeth Fowler, Indian Health Service, Rockville, MD

RADM Bruce L. Gillingham, MD, Department of the Navy, Falls Church, VA

LtGen Robert Miller, MD, Department of the Air Force, Surgeon General, Washington, DC

LTG Ronald Place, MD, Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, Washington, DC

Richard A. Stone, MD, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC

RADM Dana Thomas, MD, United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC


Secretary: Shawna Brown

Health Systems EVP/COO

Chair: Laura Forese, MD, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

Erin Asprec, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX

Ken Bacon, AdventHealth, Altamonte Springs, FL

Andrew Bagnall, Hospital Sisters Health System, Green Bay, WI

John Beaman, Adventist Health, Roseville, CA

Eric Beck, DO, University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland, OH

Albert Leon Boulenger, Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables, FL

Stephen W. Burriss, UNC Health, Chapel Hill, NC

Benjamin Carter, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI

Brad Cash, Community Health Systems, Inc., Franklin, TN

Stephanie Conners, RN, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA

Michael Daglio, Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, CT

M. Joy Drass, MD, MedStar Health, Columbia, MD

Matt Hocks, Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD

Michael Hulefeld, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA

Lisa Ishii, MD, Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, MD

Barb Jacobsmeyer, Encompass Health Corporation, Birmingham, AL

Michelle Janney, RN, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN

Rebecca Kuhn, Banner Health, Phoenix, AZ

Joan Magruder, BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, MO

John B. McWhorter, OhioHealth, Columbus, OH

Kem Mullins, WellStar Health System,

Marietta, GA

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Christopher O’Connor, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT

William Peacock III, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH

Ron Pellegrino, MD, West Virginia University Health System, Morgantown, WV

Amy Perry, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ

Dane Peterson, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA

Julie Quirin, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO

Robert Riney, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Michael Rowan, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Cambridge, MA

William Santulli, Advocate Aurora Health, Downers Grove, IL

Lisa Shannon, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN

John Sheehan, UnityPoint Health, West Des Moines, IA

Steve Smoot, SSM Health, St. Louis, MO

Mark Stauder, Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ

Matthew Walsh, Geisinger, Danville, PA

Erik Wexler, Providence, Irvine, CA

Christina Zorn, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL



Post-Acute Care

Chair: James R. Prister, RML Specialty Hospital, Chicago/Hinsdale, IL

Douglas Baer, Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital, Jacksonville, FL

John Capasso, Trinity Health, Livonia, MI

Edwin H. Cooper, Acuity Healthcare, Charlotte, NC

Brad Hollinger, Vibra Healthcare, Mechanicsburg, PA

Kurt Hoppe, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Derrick Jones, Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY

Denise Keefe, Advocate Aurora Health, Oak Brook, IL

Daniel A. Mendelson, MD, Highland Hospital, Rochester, NY

Anthony F. Misitano, Post Acute Medical, LLC, Enola, PA

Keith Myers, LHC Group, Lafayette, LA

Robert Ortenzio, Select Medical, Mechanicsburg, PA

Ann M. Painter, ChristianaCare, New Castle, DE

John Rockwood, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network, Washington, DC

Gregg Stanley, HCA Healthcare, Franklin, TN

Danny Stricker, Ascension Healthcare, St. Louis, MO

Mark Tarr, Encompass Health, Birmingham, AL

Mary Beth Walsh, MD, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY

Robert Wyllie, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Jason Zachariah, Kindred Health, Louisville, KY


Secretary: Joanna Hiatt Kim

Strategic Leadership Groups

Provider-Led Health Plans

Chair: Anthony Barrueta, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

Barclay E. Berdan, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX

Doug Boysen, Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, OR

Melissa Hayden Cook, Sharp Health Plan, San Diego, CA

William Epling, SummaCare, Akron, OH

Cardwell Feagin, Viva Health, Birmingham, AL

Diane Holder, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh, PA

Jeff Ingrum, Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Dallas, TX

Steven P. Johnson, Health First, Inc., Rockledge, FL

Lori Johnston, Paramount Health Care, Toledo, OH

Mark A. Keroack, MD, Baystate Health, Inc., Springfield, MA


Dale Maxwell, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM

Rhonda Medows, MD, Providence, Renton, WA

Debra Muller, Avera Health Plans, Sioux Falls, SD


Susan Turney, MD, Marshfield Clinical Health System, Marshfield, WI

Eric R. Wagner, MedStar Health, Columbia, MD

Kurt Wrobel, Geisinger Health Plan, Danville, PA


Secretary: Molly Smith

Health Systems EVP/COO, continued

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Urban Hospital Sustainability

Chair: John M. Haupert, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA

Akram Boutros, MD, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH

Kevin S. Cook, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Baton Rouge, LA

Reginald W. Coopwood, MD, Regional One Health, Memphis, TN

Shereef Elnahal, MD, University Hospital, Newark, NJ

Delvecchio Finley, Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA

Mathew Gutwein, Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis, IN

Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

William L. Jackson Jr., MD, Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, TN

Anita Jenkins, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC

Jody J. Jenner, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines, IA

Mitchell H. Katz, MD, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA

Stephen Mette, MD, UAMS Medical Center, Little Rock, AR

Mark Newman, MD, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY

Jorge Orozco, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

David Perlstein, MD, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY

Brian Peters, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, Okemos, MI

Stephen A. Purves, Valleywise Health, Phoenix, AZ

Charlie Shields, Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, MO

Karen Teitelbaum, Sinai Chicago, Chicago, IL

Mason VanHouweling, University Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV

Kate Walsh, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Robin D. Wittenstein, Denver Health, Denver, CO

Executive Management: Ashley Thompson


Advisory Groups

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Center for Health Innovation

Leadership

Chair: Wright Lassiter III, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Leonard Achan, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

Derek Angus, MD, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Chris Coburn, Mass General Brigham, Cambridge, MA

Eduardo Conrado, Ascension Healthcare, St. Louis, MO

Shereef Elnahal, MD, University Hospital, Newark, NJ

Bruce D. Greenstein, LHC Group, Lafayette, LA

Christopher G. Ivany, MD, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA

Maulik Joshi, Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown, MD

Manoja Lecamwasam, CommonSpirit Health, Chicago IL

Todd Moore, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Erica Peterson, Sanford Chamberlain Health, Chamberlain, SD

Terika Richardson, Advocate Aurora Health, Downers Grove

Ries Robinson, MD, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM

Stephen Robinson Jr., Ochsner Medical Center — Kenner, Kenner, LA

Debbie Salas-Lopez, MD, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY

Lynn Simon, MD, Community Health Systems Inc., Franklin, TN

Sara Vaezy, Providence, Renton, WA

Angela Yochem, Novant Health, Winston Salem, NC

Lamont Yoder, RN, Banner Health, Scottsdale, AZ

Ex Officio

LaVone Arthur, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX

Joanne M. Conroy, MD, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Matthew Hanley, MD, SSM Health, St. Louis, MO




Hospitals Against Violence

Chair: Mary Beth Kingston, RN, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee, WI

Cynthia Kelleher, University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute, Baltimore, MD

James Leonard, MD, Carle Foundation, Urbana, IL

Erik Martin, RN, Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, KY

Nicholas Mendez, RN, PAM Specialty Hospital of Hammond, Hammond, LA

Ann Schumacher, RN, CHI Mercy Health Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs, IA,

Todd Sklamberg, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, Las Vegas

Anthony Slonim, MD, Renown Health, Reno, NV

Claire Zangerle, RN, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA

Executive Management: Melinda Reid Hatton

Secretary: Laura Castellanos

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Advisory Groups

Institute for Diversity and

Health Equity Leadership

Chair: Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Chair-elect: Peggy Harris, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC

Terms expire 2021

D. Montez Carter, St. Mary’s Health Care System, Athens, GA

Jennifer Jackson, Connecticut Hospital Association, Wallingford, CT

Janet A. Liang, Northern California Region of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, Oakland, CA

Ross Romero, Utah Hospital Association, Salt Lake City, UT

Fabian Stone, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC

Term expires 2022

John Vassall, MD, Seattle, WA

Terms expire 2023

Benjamin Anderson, Colorado Hospital Association, Greenwood Village, CO

Daphne Bascom, Saint Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO

John Haupert, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Guwan Jones, Baylor Scott & White Health, Round Rock, TX

David Lee, MD, OhioHealth, Columbus, OH

Melody Vanoy, Trinity Health,

Livonia, MI

Richard Webster, RN, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

Executive Management: Joy Lewis

Secretary: Derrick Mitchell

Physician Alliance Steering

Chair: Melinda L. Estes, MD, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO

Adam L. Myers, MD, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH

David A. Perlstein, MD, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY

Anthony Weiss, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Patrice M. Weiss, MD, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA

Thomas Yackel, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Portland, OR

Senior Management: Elisa Arespacochaga

Secretary: Kristen Thorin

Population & Community Health

Nancy Combs, Nancy Combs Communications, Gross Pointe Park, MI

Natalie Dean-Wood, Macomb County Health Department, Mt. Clemens, MI

Michael Elliott, Centra Health, Inc., Lynchburg, VA

Peter Holtgrave, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Chicago, IL

Lori Jarboe, Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital of Lakeview, Elizabethtown, KY

Kristin Juliar, Montana AHEC & Office of Rural Health, Bozeman, MT

Mikelle D. Moore, Intermountain Healthcare, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT

Marcos Pesquera, CHRISTUS Health, Irving, TX

Jacky Schultz, RN, Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD

Julie Trocchio, Catholic Health Association, Washington, DC

Vincent J. Tufo, Charter Oak Communities, Stamford, CT

Senior Management: Nancy Myers

Secretary: Samantha Borow

Awards Committees

22

AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Awards

Chair: Nancy Combs, Nancy Combs Communications, Grosse Pointe Park, MI

Terms expire 2021

Schonay Marie Barnett-Jones, Children’s National Hospital, Silver Springs, MD

Timothy G. Curtin, Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, FL

Rebecca Hultberg, Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, Lake Oswego, OR

Daniel O’Connor, Augusta Health, Fishersville, VA

Harsh Trivedi, MD Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD

Executive Management: Alicia Mitchell

Secretary: Jane Jeffries

AHA Quest for Quality Prize

Chair: Thomas Burke, MD, Fredricksburg, TX

Terms expire 2021

Kenneth Alexander, Louisiana Hospital Association, Baton Rouge, LA

Madeleine Biondolillo, MD, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC

Robert Dean, DO, Vizient, Inc., Holland, MI

Delvecchio Finley, Atrium Health Navicent, Macon, GA

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, Boston, MA

Kenneth Sands, MD, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, TN

Mary Beth Sirio, RN, ConnectiveRx, Pittsburgh, PA

Ronald Werft, Cottage Health, Santa Barbara, CA

Gary Yates, MD, CommonSpirit Health, Chicago, IL

Executive Management: Gail Lovinger Goldblatt

Secretary: Cecily Pew

Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award

Chair: Coleen Santa Ana, Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, VA

Terms expire 2021

Benjamin Anderson, Colorado Hospital Association, Greer, CO

Christina Campos, Guadalupe County Hospital, Santa Rosa, NM

Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee, MD, Ascension Healthcare, Saint Louis, MO

Cole Edmonson, RN, AMN Healthcare, Inc., Dallas, TX

Andres E. Gonzalez, Froedtert West Bend Hospital, West Bend, WI

Tari Hanneman, Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC

Suzanne Jackson, HCA Healthcare, Coppell, TX

Sara Johnson, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN

Ninfa Segarra, SBH Health System, Bronx, NY

Monica Vargas-Mahar, The Hospitals of Providence East Campus, El Paso, TX


Executive Management: Joy Lewis

Secretary: Derrick Mitchell

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Awards Committees

Circle of Life Awards

Chair: Martha Twaddle, MD, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL

Terms expire 2021

Cathleen Bennett, New Jersey Hospital Association, Princeton, NJ

Karen Bullock, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Constance M. Dahlin, RN, Beverly, MA

Deirdre Downes, Isabella Geriatric Center, Inc., New York, NY

Steve Franey, Franey & Associates, Portland, OR

Denise Hess, Supportive Care Coalition, Catholic Health Association of the United States, Hillsboro, OR

Kathleen Kerr, Kerr Healthcare Analytics, Mill Valley, CA

Mary Beth Kingston, RN, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee, WI

Ben Marcantonio, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Alexandria, VA

Shirley Otis-Green, Collaborative Caring, Toluca Lake, CA


Secretary: Jane Jeffries

Foster G. McGaw Prize

Chair: Robert Otto Valdez, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Terms Expire 2022

Donna Melkonian, Chicago, IL

Nicholas R. Tejeda, The Hospitals of Providence — Tenet Healthcare, El Paso, TX

Terms Expire 2023

James A. Rice, Integrated Healthcare Strategies, Minneapolis, MN

Terms Expire 2024

Jan L. Bergan, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA

Van H. Dunn, MD, 1199SEIU National Benefit Fund, New York, NY

Diane M. Howard, Rush University, Chicago, IL

Janet E. Porter, AARP, Hilton Head, SC


Secretary: Cecily Pew

Professional Membership Groups and Roundtables

27

American Society for Healthcare Engineering

President: Antonio Suárez, Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, Arlington, TX

Executive Director: Deanna Martin, AHA

American Society for Healthcare Risk Management

President: Margaret Garrett, Baltimore, MD

Executive Director: Matt Hornberger, AHA

Association for the Healthcare Environment

President: Brad Winnie, Crothall Healthcare at North Shore, Miami, FL

Executive Director: Patti Costello, AHA

Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management

Chair: Stephen Kiewiet, Intalere, St. Louis, MO

Executive Director: Deborah Sprindzunas, AHA

Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development

President: Jennifer Weiss Wilkerson, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD

Executive Director: Diane Weber, RN, AHA

Professional Membership Groups Roundtables

AHA Board of Trustees Alumni

AHA Council & RPB Alumni

Chief Compliance Officers

Chief Medical Officers

Finance Executives

General Counsels

Government Relations Officers

Physician Leadership Circle

Rural Health System Executives


25

AHAPAC Steering Committee

Chair: Jim Skogsbergh, Advocate Aurora Health, Downers Grove, IL

Terms expire 2021

Tim J. Blasl, North Dakota Hospital Association, Bismarck, ND

Phyllis A. Cowling, United Regional Health Care System, Wichita Falls, TX

Bob Dent, RN, Emory Healthcare, Decatur, GA


Jennifer Jackson, Connecticut Hospital Association, Wallingford, CT

Linda J. Knodel, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Oakland, CA


Terms expire 2022

Russell Gronewold, Bryan Health, Lincoln, NE

J. Thornton Kirby, South Carolina Hospital Association, Columbia, SC


William Menner, UnityPoint Health —Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell, IA

Ron Werft, Cottage Health, Santa Barbara, CA

Brian Whitlock, Idaho Hospital Association, Boise, ID

Terms expire 2023

Douglas Brown, UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA

D. Montez Carter, St. Mary’s Health Care System, Athens, GA

Patricia Davis, Oklahoma Hospital Association, Oklahoma City, OK

Bruce White, Knox Community Hospital, Mount Vernon, OH


Secretary: Travis Robey

American Organization for Nursing Leadership

President: Mary Ann Fuchs, RN, DNP, FAAN, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC

President-elect: Erik Martin, DNP, RN, CENP, Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, KY

Treasurer: David Marshall, CENP, DNP, JD, RN, CENP, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Term expires 2021

Paula Coe, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA

Christina J. Dempsey, DNP, RN,CENP, FAAN, Press Ganey Associates, Inc., Springfield, MO

Kevin K. McEwan, RN, CNAA-BC, Madison Memorial Hospital, Rexburg, ID Anne Schmidt, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, CENP, Novant Health UVA Health System, Old Town Manassas, VA

Deborah Zimmermann, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Richmond, VA

Terms expire 2022

Jacqueline Herd, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA

Pamela Bradshaw, DNP, RN, Shannon Health, San Angelo, TX

Jerome Mendoza Dayao, MSN, RN, University of Washington Medicine Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Susan Rees, DNP, RN, CPHQ, UW Health, Madison, WI

Appointed Members

Simmy King, DNP, RN-BC, NE-BC, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC

Mercedes Lopez, MSN, RN, CENP, CPHQ, Methodist Charlton Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Jay Maningo-Salinas, PhD, RN, NE-BC, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ

Nancy May, DNP, RN-BC, NEA-BC, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

Joy Parchment, PhD, N, NEA-BC, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL

CEO: Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

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Health Research & Educational Trust

Chair: Greg Poulsen, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT

Matthew Hanley, MD, SSM Health, St. Louis, MO

Ex Officio: M. Michelle Hood

Secretary: Susan Solomon

Health Forum

Chair: Joanne M. Conroy, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Lebanon, NH

LaVone Arthur, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX

Ex Officio: M. Michelle Hood

Secretary: Cara Gleason


Representatives and Nominations to Other Organizations

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Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

term expires 2021

Christine M. Stabler, MD, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education: Review Committee

terms expire 2021

Katasha Charleston, Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL Apostolos Dallas, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA Loretta Thompson, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego, CA

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

term expires September 2021

Thomas J. Hansen, MD, Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL

term expires December 2023

Leon L. Haley Jr. MD, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

David S. Lopez, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX

Gay Wehrli, MD, UVA Health System, Charlottesville, VA

Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International

Term expires 2021

Thomas Blake Harrison, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ American Joint Replacement Registry

Term expires 2021

Kristen Murtos, NorthShore University Health System, Skokie, IL

American Board of Medical Specialties

Vacancy

American Psychiatric Association: Committees

Term expires 2021

Robert Trestman, MD, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA

Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Management Education

term expires June 30, 2022

Curtis Hohman, Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD

Commissioners to The Joint Commission

Term expires 2021

Scott Malaney, Findlay, OH

Terms expire 2022

Victoria Bayless, Luminis Health, Annapolis, MD

Adam L. Myers, MD, Cleveland Clinical Health System, Cleveland, OH

Term expires 2023

Jill Hoggard Green, Queen’s Health Systems, Honolulu, HI

National Resident Matching Program

Vacancy

American College of Surgeons: Commission on Cancer

term expires 2023

Joe Hardman, MD, OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center, Hillsboro, OR

National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

term expires 2021

Martha Mather, CHI Our Lady of Peace, Louisville, KY

AHA Representatives AHA Nominees

Documents

2021 Directory of Governance, Policy Development and