State Association Council Roster
Alabama
Dale E. Quinney,
Executive Director, Alabama Rural Health Association
P. O. Box 640308
Pike Road, AL 36064
(334) 546-3502
(334) 206-5434 Fax
arha@arhaonline.org
R. Allen Perkins, M.D., President
Alabama Rural Health Association
Department of Family Medicine
1504 Springhill Avenue, Suite 3414
Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 434-3482
Fax: (251) 434-3495
Perkins@usouthal.edu
Arizona
http://www.azrha.org/
Mike Albertson
President-Elect, Arizona Rural Health Association
4757 E. Greenway Road, Phoenix AZ 85032-8510
(602) 357-3266
malbertson@hsami.com
Frederick (Fred) Hubbard
President, Arizona Rural Health Association
2830 W. Glendale Ave., Suite #1, Phoenix, AZ 85051
(602) 374-2575
fred.hubbard@azahcccs.gov
California
http://www.csrha.org/
Steve Barrow
Executive Director
California State Rural Health Association
916.453.0780
sbarrow@csrha.org
Colorado
Cari Fouts
Colorado Rural Health Center
The State Office of Rural Health
3033 S. Parker Rd., Ste. 606
Aurora, CO 80014
T: 303.565.5847
T: 800.851.6782
M: 303.903.6007
cf@coruralhealth.org
Grace Ami
Graphic Design/Website Coordinator
3033 S. Parker Rd., Ste. 606
Aurora, CO 80014
T: 720.248.2741
F: 303.832.7496
ga@coruralhealth.org
Delaware
http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/chca/rural.html
Betsy Wheeler, MBA, President
Wheeler & Associates Management Services
1001 Bradford Street, Suite 9
Dover, DE 19904
Phone 302-744-9267
Fax 302-744-9287
Paul Lakeman
(302) 744-7015
paul_lakeman@bayhealth.org
Florida
Marilyn Mesh
Flordia Rural Health Association
14646 NW 151 Blvd.
Alachua, FL 32165
(386) 462-1551
(386) 462-1601
mmesh@srahec.org
Georgia
Sallie Barker
GRHA President
801 West Gordon Street
Thomaston, GA 30286
sbarker@urmc.org
Matt Caseman
GRHA Executive Director
601 Ferncrest Dr. Suite 2
PO Box 593
Sandersville, GA 31082
706.552.3620
mcaseman@grhainfo.org
Hawaii
http://www.hawaiistateruralhealth.org
May Aka mine
MAkamine@waimanalohc.org
Kelley Withy , MD
withyk@hawaii.rr.com
Idaho
Corinne Johns
921 S. 8th Avenue, Stop 8174
Pocatello, ID 83209-8174
202.282.2937
johncori@isi.edu
Neil F. Piland
921 S. 8th Avenue, Stop 8174
Pocatello, ID 83209-8174
208.282.4436
pilaneil@isu.edu
Robert Cuoio
850 E. Young Street
Pocatello, ID 83201
208.239.2147
208.239.2160
robertc@portmed.org
Illinois
http://www.ilruralhealth.org/home.html
Charles Bovard/Kevin Pierce
Executive Management Team
305 Richmond Avenue East, Suite 18, Mattoon, IL 61938
217.238.8216
kpierce@ilruralhealth.org ; cbovard@ilruralhealth.org
Mark Stevens
President
#1 Doctors Park Road, Suite F, Mt.
Vernon, IL 62864
618.244.7134
mstevens@jchdil.org
Indiana
http://www.indianaruralhealth.org/
Don Kelso
Executive Director
Indiana Rural Health Association
2901 Ohio Blvd., Suite 110
Terre Haute, IN 47803
(812) 478-3919, ext. 224
(812) 610-0078
(812) 232-8602
dkelso@indianarha.org
Tina Elliot
Assistant Director
Indiana Rural Health Association
2901 Ohio Blvd., Suite 110
Terre Haute, IN 47803
(812) 478-3919, ext. 222
(812) 232-8602
telliott@indianarha.org
Iowa
Tori SquiresRHA President Elect
Iowa/Nebraska Primary Care Association
9443 Hickman Road, Suite 110
Urbandale, IA 47803
tsquires@ianepca.com
Peg O'Connor
IRHA President-Elect
1111 6th Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50314
(515) 247-3121
poconnor@mercydesmoines.org
Kansas
Debra Lea
KUMC School of Medicine
3901 Rainbow Blvd, MS 1049
Kansas City,Kansas 66109
(913) 588-8221
(913) 588-7235 Fax
dlea@kumc.edu
Michael Kennedy, MD
KUMC School of Medicine
3901 Rainbow Blvd, MS 1049
Kansas City,Kansas 66109
(913) 588-8221
(913) 588-7235 Fax
mkennedy@kumc.edu
Kentucky
http://www.kyrha.org/
Steve B. Fisher
President, Kentucky Rural Health Association
1201 Kenesaw Village Drive
Lexington, KY 405150-1116
sbfish00@uky.edu
Diane Kronemeyer
University of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Rural Health
Room B423, 750 Morton Blvd, Hazard, KY
606.439.3557 ext 83585
diane.kronemeyer@uky.edu
www.mc.uky.edu/ruralhealth
Louisiana
Stacy Fontenot
Louisiana Rural Health Association
P.O. Box 387
Napoleonville, LA 70390
(985) 369-3813 ext. 05
(985) 369-3630 Fax
fontenot@lrha.org
Lee Ann Albert
President, Louisiana Rural Health Association
P.O. Box 387
Napoleonville, LA
703.933.8746
albert@medjoblouisiana.com
Maryland
Michelle Green Clark MSW, MPH
Executive Director
Maryland Rural Health Association (MRHA)
P.O. Box 5603
Baltimore, MD 21210
(410) 302-4650
mrha@allconet.org
Michigan
John Barnas
Michigan Center for Rural health
B-218 West fee hall, MSU
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 432-9216
Barnas@msu.edu
Carol Parker Lee
Michigan Rural Health Association
B-218 West Fee Hall, MSU
East Lansing, MI 48824
leecar@msu.edu
(517) 432-4324
(517) 432-5694 Fax
Minnesota
Judith Neppel
Executive Director, MRHA
University of Minnesota-Crookston
2900 University Ave.
Selvig 217
Crookston, MN 56716
(218) 281-8323
(218) 281-8040
jneppel@umn.edu
Raymond G. Christensen, M.D.
Assistant Dean for Rural Health
University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth
1035 University Drive 131 SMED
Duluth, Minnesota 55812-3031
218-726-7897 Phone
218-726-7318 Direct
218-726-7383 Fax
rchriste@d.umn.edu
Mississippi
Cheryl Grubbs
Mississippi Rural Health Association
31 Woodgreen Place
Madison, MS 39110
mississippirural@bellsouth.net
Danny McKay
31 Woodgreen Place, Madison, MS 39110
601.898.3001
mississippirural@bellsouth.net
Alan Barefield
2011 President
31 Woodgreen Place, Madison, MS 39110
601.898.3001
mississippirural@bellsouth.net
Missouri
http://www.morha.org/
Suzanne Alewine
Executive Director
606 Dix Road
Jefferson City, MO 65109
(573) 636-5554
(573) 632-6678 Fax
suzanne@cabllc.com
Toniann Richard
Vice President, MRHA Executive
Director – Health Care Coalition of Lafayette County
811 D Highway
Lexington, MO 64067
660.259.9019
Montana
http://healthinfo.montana.edu/mrha.html
Natalie Claiborne
PO Box 170520
Bozeman, MT 59717-0520
406.994.6001
406. 994.5653 Fax
natalie.claiborne@montana.edu
Kristin Juliar
PO Box 170520
Bozeman, MT 59717-0520
(406) 994-6003
(406) 994-5653 Fax
kjuliar@montana.edu
Nebraska
http://www.nebraskaruralhealth.org/
John Roberts
Executive Director
NeRHA
2222 Stone Creek Loop
Lincoln, NE 68512
jroberts@mwhc-inc.com
Carly Woythaler-Runestad
crunestad@mourninghope.org
New England
http://www.newenglandruralhealth.org/
John Gale
New England Rural Health Round Table, President
Muskie School of Public Health
96 Falmouth St.
PO Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300
(207) 228-8246
(207) 228-8138 Fax
jgale@usm.maine.edu
Nancy DuMont
New England Rural Health Round Table, President-Elect
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
125 Mascoma St
Lebanon, NH 03766
(603) 443-9548
(603) 443-9501 Fax
dumontn@apdmh.org
Marion Pawlek
New England Health Round Table
10 Benning St. Box 184
West Lebanon, NH 03784
mjpawlek@joimail.com
New Mexico
Jeff Dye
President and CEO
New Mexico Hospital Association
7471 Pan American Freeway NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
(505) 343-0010
(505) 343-0012 Fax
jdye@nmhsc.com
Trish Garduño
Projects Manager
New Mexico Hospital Association
7471 Pan American Freeway NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
(505) 343-0010
(505) 343-0012 Fax
tgarduno@nmhsc.com
New York
Kathy Carpenter
10950 County Rd. 92
Wayland, NY 14572
585.728.5713
info@nysarh.org
North Dakota
Donald Bertsch, CEO
Sakakawea Medical Center
510 8th Ave NE
Hazen, ND 58545
(701) 748-7240
dbertsch@sakmedcenter.org
Pete Antonson
NDRHA Board Member, CEO Northwood Deaconess Hospital
Northwood Deaconess, 4 N Park Street, Northwood, ND 58267
701-587-6060
pete.antonson@ndhc.net
Ohio
Christopher Simpson, D.O., PhD
Associate Professor
Chair, OUCOM
Dept. of Family Medicine
Grosvenor Hall, Rm. 224
Athens, Ohio 45701
(740) 593-2257
(740) 593-2205 Fax
simpson@ohio.edu
John Borchard, B.S.N., R.N.
Manager, Program Development for IPAC
Grosvenor Hall, Rm. 224
OUCOM, Dept. of Family Medicine
Athens, Ohio 45701
(740) 593-9554
(740) 593-2205
borchard@oucom.ohiou.edu
Oklahoma
Andy Fosmire, Managing Director
Rural Health Association of Oklahoma
2929 E Randolph, Rm 130
Enid OK, 73701
(580) 213-3172
(580) 213-3167 Fax
ahecadmin@nwosu.edu
Dr. Kent Towsely, MD, President
Rural Health Association of Oklahoma
14000 Quail Springs PKW suite 400
Oklahoma City, OK 73134
(405) 840-2891, ex 227
(405) 840-3143 Fax
D_towsley@msn.com
Oregon
Marilyn Grendele
Oregon Rural Health Association
11918 SE Division St #292
Portland, OR 97266
(503) 473-6728
grendele@orha.org
Robert Duehmig
Oregon Rural Health Association
11918 SE Division St #292
Portland, OR 97266
(503) 494-4450
duehmigr@orha.org
Pennsylvania
http://porh.psu.edu/prhaweb/prhahome.htm
Ellen Krajewski, MPH, CHES
PRHA President
298 Emmick Road
Liberty, PA 16930
(570) 916-5536
emkrajewski@yahoo.com
Marty Kenyon
PRHA Administrative Assistant
P.P. Box 1632
Harrisburg, PA 17105-1632
(717) 561-5382
mkenyon@haponline.org
South Carolina
Mark Griffin
South Carolina Office of Rural Health
107 Saluda Pointe Drive
Lexington, SC 29072
markg@scorh.net
(803) 454-3850
(803) 454.3860 Fax
Graham Adams
South Carolina Office of Rural Health
107 Saluda Pointe Drive
Lexington, SC 29072
(803) 454-3850
(803) 454.3860 Fax
adams@scorh.net
Tennessee
Susan Veale
RHAT
PO Box 11675
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
(615) 907-9707
(615) 413-3322 Fax
susan@rhat.org
Betti Wilson
225 McDonald Road
Sweetwater, TN 37874
(423) 337-0217
bjwilson11@gmail.com
Texas
Rebecca Conditt
Executive Director
2520 South IH 35 Suite 205 Austin, TX 78704
(512) 472-8921 x301
(512) 472-5694 Fax
bconditt@capitalahec.org
Harvey Laas
Board President
Fort Bend Family Health Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 1207
Brookshire, TX 77423
(281) 822-4235
hlaas.fbfhc@tachc.org
Utah
http://www.ahec.suu.edu/RHAU%20Main%20Page.htm
Dennis Moser
Executive Director
Southern Utah University
351 University Blvd.
Cedar City, UT 84720
(435) 865-8453
(435) 865-8425 Fax
moser@suu.edu
Rita Osborn
Utah Rural Health Scholars Program
Southern Utah University
351 University Blvd.
Cedar City, UT 84720
(435) 865-8453
(435) 865-8425 Fax
osborn@suu.edu
Virginia
Beth O'Connor
VRHA Executive Director
2265 Kraft Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(540) 231-7923
(540) 231-5338 Fax
boconnor@vcom.vt.edu
Janice Wilkins
(276) 694-3050
jawilkins2008@yahoo.com
Washington
http://www.wrha.com/
Vicky Brown
vbrown@samaritanhealthcare.com
Charlene Brush
West Virginia
Dave Sotak
Executive Director
New River Health Association
P.O. Box 337
Scarbro, WV 25917
(304) 929-6772 Phone
(304) 465-3180 Fax
Mary Huntley, MPH
Director, Research and Grants
CAMC Health Education and Research Institute
3110 MacCorkle Avenue, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
(304) 388-9975 Phone
(304) 388-9976 Fax
mary.huntley@camc.org
Sandra Y. Pope, MSW
Director
WV Area Health Education Centers
WVU Health Sciences Center
3110 MacCorkle Avenue, SE, Room B-102
Charleston, WV 25304-1210
(304) 347-1216 Phone
(304) 347-1265 Fax
spope@hsc.wvu.edu
