CHICAGO, March 2, 2019—Nineteen healthcare executives have been elected to serve three-year terms as Regents for the American College of Healthcare Executives. The Regents took office today at the Council of Regents Meeting preceding ACHE’s 62nd Congress on Healthcare Leadership.
In addition, three Regents were appointed to represent members on an interim basis in the District of Columbia & Northern Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina, and one Regent-at-Large was appointed on an interim basis for District 5.
The elected Regents will represent ACHE members in their respective jurisdictions; Interim Regents and Regents-at-Large serve until the next election can be held. All individuals are board certified in healthcare management as ACHE Fellows.
Following are the new Regents and Regent-at-Large and the jurisdictions they represent:
Air Force—Col R. Craig Lambert, FACHE, U.S. Air Force
Arkansas—Michael K. Givens, FACHE, administrator, St. Bernards Medical Center, Jonesboro, Ark.
Army—LTC Jarrod A. McGee, FACHE, U.S. Army
California—Northern & Central—Baljeet S. Sangha, FACHE, vice president, support services, Alameda Health System, Oakland, Calif.
Connecticut—Denise J. Fiore, FACHE, senior vice president, L+M Healthcare/Yale New Haven Health, and COO, L+M Hospital, New London, Conn.
District of Columbia & Northern Virginia—Edward M. Daniel, PhD, FACHE (Interim Regent), president/CEO, Metropolitan Healthcare Services, Herndon, Va.
Florida—Eastern—Ashley R. Vertuno, FACHE, COO, Westside Regional Medical Center–HCA, Plantation, Fla.
Georgia—Mary A. Germann, RN, FACHE (Interim Regent), assistant vice president, hospital-based physician services, HCA Healthcare Inc., Suwanee, Ga.
Illinois—Central & Southern—Karen C. Brown, FACHE, vice president, operations, OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center, Rockford, Ill.
Indiana—Kelly L. Braverman, FACHE, president, IU Health Frankfort (Ind.)
Iowa—Kevin Kincaid, FACHE, CEO, Knoxville (Iowa) Hospital & Clinics
Kentucky—Alan Coppock, FACHE, founder/CEO, Adminologybay LLC, Corbin, Ky.
Maine—Tiffany A. Love, PhD, FACHE, regional CNO, Coastal Healthcare Alliance, Rockport, Maine
Mississippi—David A. North, FACHE, director, marketing and communications, St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Miss.
New Mexico & Southwest Texas—Stephen R. Stoddard, FACHE, executive director, New Mexico Rural Hospital Network, Albuquerque, N.M.
New York—Metropolitan New York—Maureen A. Doran-Mineo, FACHE, vice president, network development, WMCHealth/Westchester Medical Center Health Network, Hawthorne, N.Y.
North Carolina—Brian T. Canfield, FACHE (Interim Regent), COO, FirstHealth of the Carolinas/Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, N.C.
South Dakota—Tamara L. Miller, FACHE, CEO, Madison (S.D.) Regional Health System
Texas—Central & South—Lynn T. Downs, PhD, FACHE, assistant professor, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
Veterans Affairs—Ann R. Brown, FACHE, medical center director/CEO, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
West Virginia & Western Virginia—Brian L. Lilly, FACHE, chief quality officer/vice president, quality, safety and service lines, Thomas Health System, South Charleston, W.Va.
Wisconsin—Seth R. Teigen, FACHE, president, Franklin Hospital/St. Francis Hospital, Ascension Wisconsin, Franklin, Wis.
Regent-at-Large for District 5—Amit Mohan, PhD, FACHE (Interim Regent), president/CEO, Barlow Respiratory Hospital, Los Angeles
For additional information, visit ache.org/Regents.
About the American College of Healthcare Executives
The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 48,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE's mission is to advance our members and healthcare management excellence. ACHE offers its prestigious FACHE® credential, signifying board certification in healthcare management. ACHE's established network of 78 chapters provides access to networking, education and career development at the local level. In addition, ACHE is known for its magazine, Healthcare Executive, and its career development and public policy programs. Through such efforts, ACHE works toward its vision of being the preeminent professional society for leaders dedicated to improving health. The Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives was established to further advance healthcare management excellence through education and research. The Foundation of ACHE is known for its educational programs—including the annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which draws more than 4,000 participants—and groundbreaking research. Its publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on health services management including textbooks for college and university courses.
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Eva Chess, JD
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Communications and Marketing
American College of Healthcare Executives
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