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.
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
April Lehrling, MS, RN-C
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Program Planning Committee Chair-elect and Poster Chair
TBD
Section Program Planners
Administration
Sara Nimmo, MBA
Missouri State University
Advanced Practice Clinicians
John Laury, CRNP
University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Medicine
Philip Hunter Spotts, MD, FAAFP
Duke University
Health and Well-Being Executive Leadership
Laurel Halsey, MBA
Colorado State University – Fort Collins
Health Promotion
Mary Kate Coghlan
University of Pennsylvania
Mental Health
Kiera Walker, PhD, LPC, NCC
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Nurse Administrator
TBD
Nursing
Megan Huddleston, RN, BSN
University of Missouri
Pharmacy
Michele Frontale, BS, RPh
Syracuse University
ACHA Executive Committee
ACHA President
Andreea Baker, RN, BSN, MSN
Doane University
ACHA President-Elect
Oliver Tacto, DSW, MSW, MPH, CHES
Maryville University
ACHA Vice President/Leadership Development Advisor
Michelle Laabs, MSN, FNP-C
Concordia University Irvine
BOD Liaison
Padma Entsuah, MPH, CHES, CWHC
Columbia 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
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
Tabitha (Tabby) Ragland, PharmD
Middle Tennessee State University
ACHA Staff
Interim Chief Program Officer
Lisa Pitrone
American College Health Association
Director of Meetings
Susan Ainsworth, BA
American College Health Association
Education Manager
Katie Wilkins, BS
American College Health Association
Education Coordinator
Misty Bowen, BA
American College Health Association
