American Hospital Association Committee on Behavioral Health 2024 Membership Roster

Behavioral Health Services Committee - 2024 Roster

	CHAIR Jill Howard, RN, MBA-HCM Senior Consultant Sheppard Pratt Solutions Brentwood, TN	PAST CHAIR Arpan Waghray, MD Chief Executive Officer Well-Being Trust\|Providence Renton, WA
	2024 CHAIR ELECT Zelia Baugh, LCSW, MSW Executive Vice President Behavioral Health JPS Health Network Fort Worth, TX	AHA BOARD LIAISON Victoria (Tori) Bayless, FACHE CEO Luminis Health Annapolis, MD
TERM EXPIRES 2024
	Nathaniel Clark, MD Chief Medical Officer Vanderbilt Behavioral Health Chief of Staff Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN	Cathrine Frank, MD Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services Kathleen and Earl Ward Chair in Psychiatry Henry Ford Health System Detroit, MI
	Amanda Klahr, MSN, RN Nursing Director Inpatient Behavioral Health Services Denver Health Denver, CO	Justin Looser, LISCW, ACHE Adminsitrative Market Director Behavioral Health Service Line HCA Healthcare NH Portsmouth, NH
TERM EXPIRES 2025
	Beth Heinz, MHA, MSW Service Line Executive Mental Health and Addiction Services Women's and Children's Service Lines M Health Fairview Minneapolis, MN	Tracey Lavallias, DBA Executive Director Behavioral Health Service Line Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine (LG Health) Lancaster, PA
	Jeremy Musher, MD, DFAPA Chief Behavioral Medical Officer LifePoint Health Brentwood, TN	Carol Olson, MD, DFAPA Chair of Psychiatry Valleywise Health System Phoenix, AZ
	Tamara Player, MSW Chief Executive Officer Polara Health Prescott Valley, AZ	Jesse Tamplen, MSW, MHA, LCSW, FACHE Vice President Behavioral Health Services John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA
	Leslie Simmons, RN, FACHE Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer LifeBridge Health Baltimore, MD
TERM EXPIRES 2026
	Kelly Barton, MPH, FACHE President Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook, ME	Archana Kumar, MD Medical Director Cone Health Behavioral Health Hospital Greensboro, NC
	Susan Parisi, MD, FACOG Chief Wellness Officer Geisinger Health System Danville, PA	Thomas Saggio, RN-BC, MSN, MHS Director Director of Behavioral Health Operations St. Louis Children's Hospital Saint Louis, MO
	Mary Sparks Thompson, RN, LISW President Trillium Place, A Carle Health Affiliate Peoria, IL	Jennifer Wahkinney, MSN, RN Chief Nurse Executive Lawton Service Unit Lawton, OK
LIAISONS
	AHA LIAISON to APA Robert L. Trestman, PhD, MD Professor and Chair Department of Psychiatry Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Carilion Clinic Roanoke, VA	NABH DESIGNATED LIAISON Gina Sharp, FACHE President,Linden Oaks and System Executive Behavioral Health Service Line, Endeavor Health Naperville, IL