SHCA Leadership Opportunities

The Society is seeking members who are interested in pursuing leadership opportunities on a national level. If you'd like to become more involved, please review the information below and contact SHCA at shca@aha.org.

Election Results Announced

It is with great pleasure that I share with you the results of the recent Board of Directors election.

We welcome Amy Wellington, Director of Patient and Guest Relations at Boca Raton Community Hospital, as the SHCA President-Elect. She has been a senior leader of SHCA for many years who has shown her commitment in many ways including her service on several SHCA committees. Amy is innovative and has brought strategic cohesiveness to our nine regions and numerous state chapters across the United States. She has proven leadership and professional acumen to continue to provide our members a strong representation for patient advocacy. We congratulate her and know that SHCA will continue to flourish under her leadership.

We had three very fine candidates apply to serve as a SHCA Board of Director for the next two years.

Please welcome Tammy Miller, Patient Relations Manager, Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana and Pamela Segura, Director, Patient Relations at SE Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas as your new representatives on the board. These newly elected Board members will assume their new positions in April at the 2010 Annual Conference in Pittsburgh.

Victor Martinez, Patient Representative with the VA Medical and Regional Office Center in Fargo, North Dakota, has agreed to support SHCA through increasing membership and we look forward to his continued involvement.

We are so pleased with all the candidates and feel assured of the ongoing success of SHCA.