National Rural Health Association

Improving the Health of 62 Million Rural Americans

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the supervision, control and direction of the affairs of the association; determines its policies or changes therein within the limits of the bylaws; actively pursues its purposes; maintains policies for the conduct of its business as deemed advisable; and may in the execution of the powers granted appoint such agents as it considers necessary. The Board of Trustees is comprised of the elected chair of each designated constituency group, the chair of the State Association Council, the chair of the State Office Council, the chair of the Rural Health Policy Congress, the elected officers of the association, and the executive director.

 

Roster

President:

Lance Keilers
Ballinger Memorial Hospital
P.O. Box 617
Ballinger, TX 76821-0617
Phone: 325-365-2531
lancek@bmhd.org

President-Elect:

Sandra Durick 
Director
S.D. Office of Rural Health
600 E Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501-2536
Phone: 605-773-3364
Fax: 605-773-2680
sandra.durick@state.sd.us

Past-President:

Sparks

Kris Sparks
Manager
Washington Dept. of Health, Office of Community and Rural Health
P.O. Box 47853
Olympia, WA 98504-7853
Phone: 360-236-2805
kris.sparks@doh.wa.gov

Treasurer:

James E. Tyler 
Vice President/Administrator
Carilion Giles Community Hospital
159 Hartley Way
Pearisburg, VA 24134-2471
Phone: 540-922-4103
jetyler@carilionclinic.org 

Secretary:

Kilawee

Lisa Kilawee 
Director of Rural Health Services
Avera Health
7625 S Courtyard Cir.
Sioux Falls, SD 57108-1723
Phone: 605-322-4741
Fax: 605-322-4666
lisa.kilawee@avera.org

 


Clinical Services CG Chair:

Raymond G. Christensen, MD
Physician
Minnesota Rural Health Association
5175 Northshore Dr.
Duluth, MN 55804
Phone: 218-726-7572
Fax: 218-485-4724
rchriste@d.umn.edu

Community Health Status CG Chair:

Meit 

Michael B. Meit
Co-Director
Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
NORC at the University of Chicago
4350 East West Hwy. Ste. 800
Bethesda, MD 20814-4499
Phone: 301-634-9324
meit-michael@norc.org

Community-Operated Practices CG Chair:

Scot Graff
Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas
1400 W 22nd St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57105-1554
Phone: 605-357-1515
sgraff@usd.edu

Diverse Underserved Population CG Chair:

Alice Kirk 
Texas A&M University
2251 TAMU
College Station, TX 77845-9511
Phone: 979-458-2098
ab-kirk@tamu.edu

Frontier CG Chair:

Charlie Alfero
Hidalgo Medical Services
530 DeMoss St.
Lordsburg, NM 88045-2618
Phone: 575-542-8384 ext. 423
calefero@hmsnm.org

Hospitals and Community Health Systems CG Chair:

Schmidt

Jodi Schmidt
Labette Health
1902 South U.S. Highway 59
Parsons, KS 67357-7404
Phone: 620-820-5371
jschmidt@LabetteHealth.com

Multiracial & Multicultural Council Chair:

 Sandra Pope

Sandra Y. Pope 
West Virginia Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
3110 Maccorkle Ave. SE Rm. B102
Charleston, WV 25304-1210
Phone: 304-347-1302
spope@hsc.wvu.edu 

 

Policy Congress Chair

Tommy L. Barnhart 
Ten Mile Enterprises, LLC
1489 Downington Road
Clemmons, NC 27012
Phone: 336-978-0357
tommy@tenmileenterprises.com 

Research and Education CG Chair:

Michael F. French
Director
ATSU-KCOM AHEC
800 W Jefferson St.
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences
Kirksville, MO 63501-1443
Phone: 660-626-2887
Fax: 660-626-2928
mfrench@atsu.edu

Rural Health Clinic CG Chair:

Gail Nickerson
Adventist Health
2100 Douglas Blvd. P.O. Box 619002
Roseville, CA 95661-9002
Phone: 916-960-3953
NickerGW@ah.org

State Association Council Chair:

Conditt 
Rebecca Conditt
F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health
West Texas Area Health Education Center
3601 4th St. Stop 6232
Lubbock, TX 79430-0001
Phone: 806-743-1338
becky.conditt@ttuhsc.edu

State Office Council Chair:

Graham Adams, PhD
Executive Director
South Carolina Office of Rural Health
107 Saluda Pointe Drive
Lexington, SC 29072-7296
Phone: 803-454-3850
Fax: 803-771-4213
adams@scorh.net

Statewide Health Resources CG Chair:

Lynda Bergsma, PhD
Center for Rural Health/The University of Arizona/MEZCOPH
1295 North Martin Avenue
Building A268 P.O. Box 245209
Tucson, AZ 85724
Phone: 520-626-2401

lbergsma@u.arizona.edu 

Student CG Chair:

Jenna Kennedy
KUMC Rural Medicine Interest Group
3833 South Minnie Street
Kansas City, KS 66103
Phone: 785-675-8812
jkennedy2@kumc.edu 

Ex-Officio

Alan Morgan
Chief Executive Officer
National Rural Health Association
1108 K Street, Second Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-639-0550
Fax: 202-639-0559

morgan@NRHArural.org 

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