About NRHA

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees has responsibility for the supervision, control and direction of the affairs of the association. It 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 Health Equity Council, the chair of the Rural Health Policy Congress, the elected officers of the association, and the chief executive officer.
 

Roster

 

President:
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Timothy L. Putnam, D.H.A.
Margaret Mary Community Hospital

President-Elect:
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Pat Schou

Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network

Secretary:

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Michelle Mills
Colorado Rural Health Center



Past-President: 

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Tommy L. Barnhart
Ten Mile Enterprises, LLC

Treasurer:
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Tim P. Wolters
Citizens Memorial Hospital

 


Clinical Services CG Chair:
Roger D. Wells
Howard County Medical Clinic

Rural Health Clinic CG Chair:
Joanie M. Perkins
North Sunflower Medical Center

Federally Qualified Health Center CG Chair:
Toniann Richard
Health Care Collaborative of Rural Missouri

Rural Health Congress Chair:
John A. Gale
Maine Rural Health Research Center

 

Frontier CG Chair:
R. Scott Daniels, Ph.D.
Hawaii Department of Health Office of Primary Care and Rural Helth

State Association Council Chair:
John L. Roberts
Nebraska Rural Health Association

Health Equity Council Chair:
Susan Kunz
 

State Office Council Chair:
Lynette Dickson
University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health

Hospitals and Health Systems CG Chair:
Leslie Marsh
Lexington Regional Health Center

Statewide Health Resources CG Chair:
Sally T. Buck
National Rural Health Resource Center

Public Health CG Chair:
Alana Knudson, Ph.D.
NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis

Student CG Chair:
Jesse Rockmore
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Research and Education CG Chair:
Kevin J. Bennett, Ph.D.
University of South Carolina School of Medicine & Rural Health Research Center
 

Ex-Officio:
Alan Morgan
National Rural Health Association




NRHA Bylaws (May 2015)