Association Liaison Relationships

ACHA's partnerships with other national health and higher education organizations help to:

enhance resources for the college health field
integrate college health into the national agenda

The Board of Directors selects qualified members to act as Association Liaisons. Vacancies are announced via email, and members who are interested can request to be considered for the open liaison position.

Charge to association liaisons: As a liaison to this organization, you are charged to represent ACHA and the varied interests of college health. To fulfill your liaison responsibilities, we request a report in January and in April in order to brief the Executive Committee and Board of Directors on key issues, meeting summaries, and pertinent information about this organization that affect ACHA’s mission.

Partnering Organizations

ACHA maintains a liaison relationship with the following organizations:

Organization	Acronym	ACHA Representative(s)
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care	AAAHC	Margaret Spear, MD, Pennsylvania State University, mes10@sa.psu.edu
American Nursing Association — American Nurses Credentialing Center	ANA-ANCC	Carol Kozel, BSN, RN, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, ckozel@email.unc.edu
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices	CDC-ACIP	James C. Turner, MD, FACHA, University of Virginia, jct4w@virginia.edu
Coalition of National Health Education Organizations	CNHEO	Vacant (Alternate) Rosa Thomas, MPH, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, rthomas1@utk.edu
Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education	CAS	Paula L. Swinford, MS, MHA, CHES, University of Southern California, swinford@usc.edu (Alternate) Vacant
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association	GLMA	Ted Coleman, PhD, RHE, CHES, California State University-San Bernardino, coleman@csusb.edu (Alternate) Sharon Glezen, MD, University of Rochester, SGlezen@uhs.rochester.edu
Higher Education Mental Health Alliance	HEMHA	Chris Brownson, PhD, University of Texas-Austin, cbrownson@mail.utexas.edu
Inter-Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues	IATF	David Diana, MA, LMHC, CASAC, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Diana@hws.edu (Alternate) Michael P. McNeil, MS, Columbia University, mm3117@columbia.edu
The Joint Commission — Ambulatory Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee	PTAC	Chad Henderson, MBA, FACHA, University of Rhode Island, chad@uri.edu (Alternate) Jim Jacobs, MD, PhD, Ohio State University, jjacobs@studentlife.osu.edu
Journal of American College Health (Taylor & Francis)	JACH	Executive Editor Reginald Fennell, PhD, CHES, Miami University-Ohio, fennelr@muohio.edu Executive Editor Ted W. Grace, MD, MPH, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, tgrace@siu.edu Executive Editor Teri Aronowitz, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, Boston University, taronow@bu.edu
National Athletic Trainers' Association	NATA	Lori Dewald, CHES, EdD, Salisbury University, LoriDewald@yahoo.com
National Collegiate Athletic Association — Female Athlete Triad Coalition	NCAA-FATC	W. Mark Peluso, MD, Middlebury College, wpeluso@middlebury.edu
National Operating Committee for Standards in Athletic Equipment	NOCSAE	Kenneth Stephens, MD, RPh, University of Cincinnati, stephekw@uc.edu (Alternate) John Miller, MD, Indiana University