This committee works with the ACHA staff to plan high quality Annual Meetings and training for all incoming program planners.
Please note: ACHA Regular Individual and Student members may be appointed by the ACHA President to Board Advisory Committees and Ad Hoc Committees (usually Task Forces) unless otherwise specified in the ACHA Bylaws. Sustaining members may not be appointed to these committees.
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Committee Roster
Program Planning Committee Chair
Emily Lenz, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CHWP
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Program Planning Committee Chair-elect and Poster Chair
April Lehrling, MS, RN-C
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Section Program Planners
Administration
Shannon Kuykendall, CPC
University of Georgia
Advanced Practice Clinicians
Nancy Russell, DNP, FNP-BC
Johns Hopkins University
Clinical Medicine
Melanie Trost, MD
Duke University
Health and Well-Being Executive Leadership
LaNika Wright, PhD, WHNP- BC
East Carolina University
Health Promotion
Kenya Luse, CHES
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Mental Health
Leigh Norwood, LCSW
Michigan State University
Nurse Administrator
April Lehrling, MS, RN-C
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Nursing
Megan Huddleston, RN, BSN
University of Missouri
Pharmacy
Tabby Ragland, PharmD
Middle Tennessee State University
ACHA Executive Committee
ACHA President
Joel Schwartzkopf, DPAS, MPA, FACHE
University of Washington
ACHA President-Elect
Andreea Baker, RN, BSN, MSN
Doane University
ACHA Vice President/Leadership Development Advisor
Michelle Laabs, MSN, FNP-C
Concordia University Irvine
Continuing Education Advisors
Chair, Continuing Education Committee and Advisor for Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Education for Family Physicians
Scott Henderson, MD
University of Missouri
Advisor for Continuing Education for Certified Health Education Specialists
Gina Orlando, MPH
Columbia University
Advisor for Continuing Nursing Education
Brenda Masiga-Crowell, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL
Purdue University
Advisor for Continuing Education for Psychologists
Michael Malmon, PhD
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Advisor for Continuing Education for National Certified Counselors
Kiera Walker, MA, LPC, NCC
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Advisor for Continuing Education for Social Workers
Hillary Liles, LCSW, LCAS
East Carolina University
Advisor for Continuing Education for Pharmacists
Deb Hubbell, RPh, FACHA
University of Connecticut
ACHA Staff
Chief Program Officer
Susan Ainsworth, BA
American College Health Association
Director of Education Administration
Lisa Pitrone
American College Health Association
Senior Education Coordinator
Katie Wilkins, BS
American College Health Association
Education Administrative Assistant
Misty Bowen, BA
American College Health Association
