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The responsibilities of NRHA’s Rural Health Policy Congress members are to:

  • Identify topics and provide technical expertise on the development of Association policies
  • Create, review, and approve Association policy recommendations and positions
  • Ensure the Association’s guiding principles and mission are promoted through policy development
  • Develop policy papers to communicate the Associations priorities and recommendations

Rural Health Congress roster

The Rural Health Policy Congress is composed of individuals from NRHA's constituency groups, councils, and association leadership.

Rural Health Congress Chair
Elizabeth Crouch, PhD
Columbia, S.C.

Rural Health Congress Vice Chair
Robert Duehmig
Portland, Ore.

NRHA Officers

President
Michelle Mills
Aurora, Colo.

President Elect
Carrie Henning-Smith
Minneapolis, MN

Past President
Kevin Bennett, PhD
Columbia, S.C.

Treasurer
Toniann Richard
Lexington, Mo.

Secretary
Joanie Perkins
Ruleville, Miss.

Past Presidents Council

John Gale, MS
Portland, Maine

Leslie Marsh
Kearney, Neb.

Beth O’Connor, MEd
Blacksburg, Va.

Timothy L. Putnam, DHA
Batesville, Ind.

Pat Schou FACHE
Princeton, Ill.




Constituency Group  and Council Chairs 

Clinical Services CG Chair
Mina Tanaka, MD
Shiprock, N.M.

Clinical Services CG Representative
Carla Wilber, DNP
Portland, Maine

Federally Qualified Health Centers CG Chair
Joshua Gilmore
Talkeetna, Ark.

Health Equity Council Chair
Mary Katherine McNatt, DrPH
Kirksville, Mo.

Hospital & Community Health Systems CG Chair
Jeremy Levin
Sauk City, Wisc.

Public Health CG Chair
Cody Mullen, PhD
West Lafayette, Ind.

Research and Education CG Chair
Whitney Zahnd
Iowa City, Iowa

Rural Health Clinic CG Chair
Kate Hill, RN
Spring House, Pa.

State Association Council Chair
Lisa Rantz
Hilo, Hawaii

State Office Council Chair
Natalie Claiborne
Bozeman, Mont.

Statewide Health Resources CG Chair
Kristine Sande, MBA
Grand Forks, N.D.

Student CG Chair
Bradley Firchow
Lexington, Ky.

Hospital & Community Health Systems CG Representatives
Trent Bourland
Coalgate, Okla.

Jeremy Cannon
Kalkaska, Mich.

Sherry Clouse Day, FHFMA
Springfield, Mo.

Scott Daniels
Hilo, Hawaii

Kelly Erb Zager
Centennial, Colo.

Jed Hansen
Papillion, Neb.

Tammy Hatting
Sioux Falls, S.D.

Jared Heim, CPA
Dubuque, Iowa

Ruby Kirby, MBA
Bolivar, Tenn.

Melinda Laird
Cordell, Okla.

SuLynn Mester
Arlington, Texas


Donna Newchurch
Baton Rouge, La.

Hunter Nostrant
Newberry, Mich.

Jonathan Pantenburg
MHA, Portland, Maine

Steve Pautler, FACHE
Sainte Genevieve, Mo.

Mary Ellen Pratt
Lutcher, La.

Michelle Rathman
Geneva, Ill.

Kevin Stansbury
Hugo, Colo.

Jordan Tenenbaum
Creve Coeur, Mo.

David Theroux
Clewiston, Fla.

Roger Wells
Lexington, Neb.

Deborah Whitley, CPA
Waco, Texas

Public Health CG Representative
David Line
Nutrioso, Ariz.

Rural Health Clinic CG Representatives
Rena Salamacha
King City, Calif.

Andrew Wells
Uvalde, Texas

Statewide Health Resources CG Representatives
Jacy Warrell
Decaturville, Tenn.

Research & Education CG Representatives

Britta Anderson
Minneapolis, Minn.

Devon Noonan
Durham, N.C.

Carrie Shaver
Lubbock, Texas

Student CG Representative
Anna Harmeling
Ann Arbor, Mich.



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