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. Associate members may not be appointed to these committees.
Committee and task force communities in ACHA Connect are restricted to only those members appointed to the committee or task force.
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Committee Roster
Program Planning Committee Chair
Gina Orlando, MPH
Columbia University
Program Planning Committee Chair-elect and Poster Chair
Emily Lenz, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CHWP
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section Program Planners
Administration
Sarah Doss, MD
Texas State University
Advanced Practice Clinicians
Nancy Russell, DNP, FNP-BC
Johns Hopkins University
Clinical Medicine
Aaron Salinas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNC-BC, NRP
University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
Health Promotion
Reuben Parrish, MPH, MBC, MCHES, CPH
University of Houston
Mental Health
Simran Bhatia, MS
Emory University
Nurse Administrators
Jennifer King, DNP, CNS, PHN
Point Loma Navarene University
Julie Starr, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Nursing
Deborah Wynne-Hester, BSN, RN
Sam Houston State University
Pharmacy
Tabby Ragland, PharmD
Middle Tennessee State University
ACHA Executive Committee
ACHA President
Raphael Florestal-Kevelier, PhD, MPH
University of Illinois-Chicago
ACHA President-Elect
Joel Schwartzkopf, DPAS, MPA, FACHE
University of Washington
ACHA Vice President/Leadership Development Advisor
Andreea Baker, RN, BSN, MSN
Doane University
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
Kathy Saichuk, MA, MCHES
Louisiana State 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
