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Region 1: New England ME, VT, NH, RI, CT, MA Region 6: Heart of America KS, MO, IA, MN, SD, ND, NE
Region 2: NJ, NY, PA Region 7: AR, LA, OK, TX
Region 3: KY, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV, DE Region 8: AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, WY
Region 4: Liaison: AL, FL, GA, MS, PR, TN Region 9: AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA
Region 5: Liaison: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI & Canada
 
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  President
Ruth Sullivan 4/10

Director, Patient/Family Advocacy
Shore Health System
219 South Washington Street
Easton, MD 21601
P: (410)822-1000 ext. 5828
F: (410)770-9054
E:
rsulliva@shorehealth.org
Region 2 Liaison: NJ, NY, PA
    President-Elect
Bryan Tipton 4/11

MV-Chair
Health System Specialist
VA Medical Center
1481 W. 10th Street
MR #002C
Indianapolis, IN 46202
P: (317)988-2607
F: (317)988-2603
E:
bryan.tipton@med.va.gov
Region 5 Liaison: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI & CAN
 
Past President
Ellen Tolbert 4/09
Chair Nominating, ID
Director, Patient Relations
Beebe Medical Center
424 Savannah Center
Lewes, DE 19958
P: (302)645-3547
F: (302)645-3266
E:
etolbert@bbmc.org
Region 3 Liaison: KY, MD, NC,
SC, VA, WV, DE
   
Kate Clarke 4/09
MV, APex/,Leg

Manager, Patient Relations and Interpreter Services
Central DuPage Hospital
25 N Winfield Road
Winfield, IL 60190
P: (630)933-6328
F: (630)933-2700
E:
kate_clarke@cdh.org
Region 4 Liaison: AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA

Jodi Fawcett 4/09
Member Value

Director, Office of Patient Affairs
Vanderbilt University Medical Hospital/Vanderbilt's Monroe Carrell Children's Hospital

1001c Vanderbilt University Hospital
Nashville, TN 37232
P: (615)322-6154
F: (615)343-4163
E:
jodi.fawcett@vanderbilt.edu
Region 1 Liaison: ME, VT, NH,
RI, CT, MA

    Kate Percifield 4/10
MV, Program Planning Chair

Supervisor, Patient and Guest Svc
Campbell County Memorial Hospital
501 S Burma Avenue
PO Box 3011
Gillette, WY 82716
P: (307)688-1532
F: (307)688-1515
E:
percifikj@ccmh.net
Region 8 Liaison: AZ, CO, ID,   MT, NM, UT, WY
 

Carol Waldemayer 4/10
Member Value
Patient Advocate
Hardin Memorial Hospital
913 N Dixie Avenue
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
P: (270)706-1327
F: (270)706-5122
E: cwaldem@hmh.net
Region 7 Liaison: AR, LA, OK, TX

   
Amy Wellington 4/10
Organiz Chair

Director of Patient & Guest Relations
Boca Raton Community Hospital
800 Meadows Road
Boca Raton, FL 33486
P: (561)395-7100 ext. 7508 or ext. 3982
F: (561)955-3974
E: awellington@brch.com
Region 4 Liaison: AL, FL, GA,
MS, PR, TN
 

Irene Zbiczak 4/09

ID chair
Patient Relations Manager
Mills-Peninsula Health Services
1501 Trousdale Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010
P: (650)696-5565
F: (650)696-5374
E: zbiczai@sutterhealth.org
Region 6 Liaison: (KS/MO), IA, MN, SD, ND, NE

     



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P: (312)422-3700
E: vsylvestri@aha.org
 
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E:ksproat@aha.org
 


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E: nescutia@aha.org
 
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E: kcooper@aha.org



     

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