Brian Gragnolati, president and CEO of Suburban Hospital Healthcare System in Bethesda, Md., is this year's chair-elect. Joyce Murphy, vice-chancellor and COO of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Commonwealth Medicine, in Worcester, Mass., is immediate past chair.
The Metropolitan governing council advises the AHA on federal policy issues. Elected members serve three-year terms. Newly elected members include: Thomas Breitenbach, president and CEO, Premier Health Partners, Dayton, Ohio; Frank Lopez, CEO and managing director, Northwest Texas Healthcare System, Amarillo, Tex.; Thomas D. O'Connor, president, Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids, Minn.; and Laurence Tanner, president and CEO, New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, Conn. Members appointed for terms were: David G. Covert, president and CEO, Catholic Healthcare West, Chandler, Ariz. and Nancy Steiger, CEO, St. Joseph Hospital, Bellingham, Wash.
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The new governing council members join the following current members: Richard Afable, M.D., president and CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, Calif.; Rita Battles, president, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Susan Brody, president and CEO, Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Robert A. Colvin, president and CEO, Memorial Health, Savannah, Ga.; Pamela Meyer Davis, president and CEO, Edward Health Services, Naperville, Ill.; Michael Eesley, president and CEO, Centegra Health System, Crystal Lake, Ill.; Mark Gavens, senior vice president, clinical care services/COO, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, Calif.; Gary S. Horan, president and CEO, Trinitas Health & Hospital, Elizabeth, N.J.; Christopher Mosley, president and CEO, Chesapeake Health, Chesapeake, Va.; Lynne Parker, administrator, Baptist Medical Center South, Montgomery, Ala.; Julie Quirin, president and CEO, Saint Luke's South Hospital, Overland Park, Kan.; Telford Thomas, president and CEO, The Washington Hospital, Washington, Pa.; Alex Valdez, president and CEO, St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, N.M.; and David Whitaker, president and CEO, Norman Regional Hospital, Norman, Okla. Gregory W. Lintjer, president, Elkhart General Healthcare System, Elkhart, Ind. serves as the AHA board liaison to the section's governing council.
The AHA's Section for Metropolitan Hospitals provides representation; advocacy and educational opportunities to help the nation's suburban and urban hospitals better serve the health needs of patients and communities. The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which includes 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 37,000 individual members. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA Web site at www.aha.org.
