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 President-Elect:Sandra DurickDirector 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:
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. TylerVice President/Administrator Carilion Giles Community Hospital 159 Hartley Way Pearisburg, VA 24134-2471 Phone: 540-922-4103 jetyler@carilionclinic.org Secretary:
Lisa Kilawee
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Clinical Services CG Chair:Raymond G. Christensen, MDPhysician 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: Michael B. Meit Community-Operated Practices CG Chair:Scot GraffCommunity 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 KirkTexas A&M University 2251 TAMU College Station, TX 77845-9511 Phone: 979-458-2098 ab-kirk@tamu.edu Frontier CG Chair:Charlie AlferoHidalgo 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:
Jodi Schmidt Multiracial & Multicultural Council Chair: Sandra Y. Pope
| Policy Congress ChairTommy L. BarnhartTen Mile Enterprises, LLC 1489 Downington Road Clemmons, NC 27012 Phone: 336-978-0357 tommy@tenmileenterprises.com Research and Education CG Chair:Michael F. FrenchDirector 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 NickersonAdventist Health 2100 Douglas Blvd. P.O. Box 619002 Roseville, CA 95661-9002 Phone: 916-960-3953 NickerGW@ah.org State Association Council Chair: 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 Statewide Health Resources CG Chair:Lynda Bergsma, PhDCenter 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 Student CG Chair:Jenna KennedyKUMC Rural Medicine Interest Group 3833 South Minnie Street Kansas City, KS 66103 Phone: 785-675-8812 jkennedy2@kumc.edu Ex-OfficioAlan MorganChief Executive Officer National Rural Health Association 1108 K Street, Second Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: 202-639-0550 Fax: 202-639-0559 |
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