Hospital State Leaders are Grassroots Champions
The American Hospital Association Grassroots Champion Award recognizes those hospital leaders who most effectively educate elected officials on how major issues affect the hospital’s vital role in the community, who have done an exemplary job in broadening the base of community support for the hospital and who are tireless advocates for hospitals and their patients.
The 2016 Grassroots Champions are:
Alabama – A. Elizabeth Anderson
Administrator, USA Medical Center
Alaska – Julie Taylor
Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Regional Hospital
Arizona – Julia Strange
Vice President of Community Benefit, TMC HealthCare
Arkansas – Corbet Lamkin
Chairman, Ouachita County Medical Center
California – Christopher Manson
Regional Director, Northern California, Advocacy, Government Relations & Public Policy,
St. Joseph Health
Colorado – Konnie Martin
Chief Executive Officer, San Luis Valley Health
Connecticut – Stuart Rosenberg
President, Johnson Memorial Medical Center
District of Columbia – Amy Freeman
Chief Executive Officer, Ascension Community Health
Delaware – Tom Brown
Senior Vice President, Nanitcoke Memorial Hospital
Florida – Steven Johnson
President & CEO, Health First
Georgia – John Haupert
Chief Executive Officer, Grady Health System
Hawaii – Phyllis Dendle
Director of Government Relations, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Idaho – Rachel Gonzales
Chief Executive Officer, Madison Memorial Hospital
Illinois – Kenneth Boyd
President & CEO, McDonough District Hospital
Indiana – Brian Bauer
Chief Executive Officer, Lutheran Hospital of Indiana and Lutheran Health Network
Iowa – Karen Cole
President & CEO, Shenandoah Medical Center
Kansas – Carrie Saia
Chief Executive Officer, Holton Community Hospital
Kentucky – Lori Jarboe
Chief Executive Officer, HealthSouth Lakeview Rehabilitation Hospital
Louisiana – Phyllis Peoples
President & CEO, Terrebonne General Medical Center
Maryland – Steven Sharfstein, M.D.
President & CEO, Sheppard Pratt Health System
Massachusetts – Peter Holden
President & CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
Michigan – James Falahee, Jr.
Senior Vice President of Legal & Legislative Affair, Bronson Healthcare Group
Minnesota – Steven Mulder, M.D.
President & CEO, Hutchinson Health
Mississippi – Daryl Weaver
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Baptist Medical Center Leake
Missouri – Paula Baker
President & CEO, Freeman Health System
Montana – Jason Spring
Chief Executive Officer, North Valley Hospital
Nebraska – Daniel McElligott
President, CHI Health St. Frances
Nevada – Brian Brannman
Senior Vice President of Operations, Nevada, President & CEO Siena Campus, Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican
New Hampshire – Chris Accashian
Chief Executive Officer, Parkland Medical Center
New Jersey – Lisa Morina
Vice President, Marketing & External Relations, Kennedy Health
New Mexico – Feliciano Jiron
Chief Executive Officer, Los Alamos Medical Center
New York – Joseph McDonald
President & CEO, Catholic Health System
North Carolina – Douglas Luckett
President & CEO, CaroMont Health
North Dakota – Matt Grimshaw
President, CHI St. Alexius Health Williston
Ohio – Chip Hubbs
President & CEO, Memorial Health
Oklahoma – James Moore
President, Integris Southwest Medical Center
Oregon – Carol Bradley
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Legacy Health
Pennsylvania – David Scott
President & CEO, Ohio Valley Hospital
Puerto Rico – Joaquin Rodriguez
Chairman & CEO, Grupo HIMA San Pablo Inc.
Rhode Island – Lester Schindel
Chief Executive Officer, CharterCare Health Partners
South Dakota – Timothy Tracy
Chief Executive Officer, Sanford Vermillion Medical Center
Tennessee – H. Alan Watson
Chief Executive Officer, Maury Regional Health System
Texas – Glenn Robinson
President, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Hillcrest
Utah – Mark Dalley
Administrator, Gunnison Valley Hospital
Vermont – Jill Berry Bowen
Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern Medical Center
Virginia – James Cole
Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Hospital Center
Washington – Eric Lewis
Chief Executive Officer, Olympic Medical Center
West Virginia – Christopher Colenda, M.D.
President & CEO, West Virginia United Health System
Wisconsin – Michael Wallace
President & CEO, Fort HealthCare
Wyoming – Gerard Klein
Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County