James H. Skogsbergh, president and CEO, Advocate Health Care, is the chair-elect and will assume the role of chair in 2010. Michael G. Rock, M.D., chief medical officer and medical director of the Mayo Rochester Hospitals in Rochester, Minn., is the immediate past chair. Current AHA Board member, Glenn Steele, M.D., president and CEO, Geisinger Health System, is the 2009 Board Liaison to the Council.

New appointees elected to serve on the council for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2009 are:


* John Fox, president & CEO, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga.
* Stephen Hanson, senior EVP, Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Texas
* Joan Richards, president & CEO, Crozer Keystone Health System, Springfield, Pa.
* Robert Shircliff, president & CEO, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare, Louisville, Ky.
* David Vandewater, president & CEO, Ardent Health Services, Nashville, Tenn.
* Roy Vinyard, president & CEO, Asante Health System, Medford, Ore.

About AHA

The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the improvement of health in their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which includes more than 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, and 38,000 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.

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