Meet the New Section Leaders!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Section Leadership election—your engagement is truly appreciated. We’re excited to welcome these new leaders to their roles and are confident they will do an outstanding job representing the many disciplines that make up the field of college health. Section leaders play a vital part in advocating for college health and well-being professionals and advancing the health and well-being of students and campus communities across the country.

Administration Section

Chair-Elect: Amelia Ross, University of Georgia

Program Planner-Elect: Sara Nimmo, MBA, Missouri State University

Secretary: Christina Williams, MBA, Pennsylvania State University

Member-at-Large: Juanita Mottley, California State University-Chico

 

Advanced Practice Clinicians Section

Chair-elect: Shelia Griffin, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte

Program Planner-Elect: John Laury, CRNP, University of Pennsylvania

Member-at-Large: Lauren Dansereau, NP, RN, BSN, MSN, APRN, ANP-BC, Western New England University

 

Clinical Medicine Section

Chair-elect Co-Chairs: Shelli Larkin, DNP, WHNP-BC, Augusta University, and Aaron Salinas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, NRP, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley

Program Planner-Elect: Hunter Spotts, MD, Duke University

Secretary: Maisie Fung, MD, Stanford University

 

Health and Well-Being Executive Leadership Section

Chair-elect: Michael J. LaFarr, PsyD, University of Denver

Program Planner-Elect: Laurel Halsey, MBA, Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Secretary: Anu Raisanen, PhD, CSCS, DipIBLM, Elon University

Member-at-Large: Kristin A. Traskie, MPH, Michigan State University

 

Health Promotion Section

Chair-elect: Ho Han, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater

Program Planner-Elect: Mary Kate Coghlan, University of Pennsylvania

Secretary: Heontae Kim, PhD, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater

 

Mental Health Section

Chair-elect: R. Ryan Patel, DO, FAPA, The Ohio State University

Program Planner-Elect: Kierra Walker, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Secretary: Sean Heffernan, MD, Johns Hopkins University

 

Nurse Administrators Section

Chair-elect: Gary Stout, MBA, RN, CNML, Georgia Institute of Technology

Program Planner: April Lehrling, MS, RN-C, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

 

Nursing Section

Chair-elect: Chendamoni Beaty, RN, MSN, CNL, University of Georgia

Program Planner-Elect: Megan Huddleston, RN, BSN, University of Missouri-Columbia

 

Pharmacy Section

Chair-Elect: Thomas Sinodis, PharmD, BCPS, CPP, North Carolina State University

Experience the personal and professional growth that happens when you volunteer for one of ACHA’s Sections!

ACHA sections represent a broad spectrum of disciplines within college health. Within sections, members share professional knowledge and contribute their discipline-specific expertise to the field of college health and wellness.

We are always searching for our next group of volunteer leaders to continue the critical work of advancing the health and well-being of students across the nation and encourage you to become involved when nominations open next year. In the interim, please find out more information here.

You can also reach out to section leaders to ask about other ways to contribute to the section’s work. View leaders on each section’s page, listed here.