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2007- 2008

Accreditation: Charge: (a) Review and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on current issues in accreditation; (b) do research on topics related to accreditation; and (c) engage in other related activities as requested by the Board.

Chairperson : Shelley Conroy
Vice Chairperson: James Cairo

Hugh Bonner 
Linda Samson 
Douglas Murphy 
Diane Heestand 
Gary Sayed 
Willie Dunlap 
Howard Normile 
Steven Siconolfi 
David Gale 
Greg Frazer 
Steve Zoloth 
Charles Gulas
Jody Smith
James Erdmann

Board Liaison: Gregory H. Frazer

Branding Task Force: Charge: Determine what actions the Association can undertake to increase the visibility of allied health by identifying the kinds of groups that should be targeted for branding initiatives and taglines that could be directed to specialized audiences.

Co-Chairpersons: Steven Siconolfi and Ronald Winters

Cecil Drain
Linda Hatzenbuehler
Craig Jackson
Fred Donini-Lenhoff
Lee McClean

Constitution & Bylaws: Charge: Analyze the Association's bylaws and make recommendations for change.

Chairperson : William Susman
Vice Chair : Linda Petrosino

Richard Talbott
John Dolan
Ron Bulbulian
Greg Frazer

Board Liaison: Susan N. Hanrahan

Education: Charge: (a) Based upon committee members' knowledge of health care delivery and health data, identify new issues that may impact allied health education.  Discuss these issues at each committee meeting; (b) identify innovations in education that address new AH educational issues or enhance AH education; (c) develop strategies to increase diversity among AH students and AH professionals; (d) recommend programming for each ASAHP meeting, based upon the issues identified above; (e) review and/or edit, upon request, white papers or other documents that ASAHP wishes to release that are focused upon AH education; and (f) promote educational accomplishments of ASAHP and its members.

Chairperson: Barry Eckert
Vice Chairperson : Ruth B. Welborn

James Blagg
Pamela Chally
Sharon Stewart
James Erdmann

Board Liaison: Danielle N. Ripich

Health & Education Policy and Government Relations Task Force: Charge: (a) Develop strategies for increased allied health appropriations at federal and state levels; (b) influence opinions of lawmakers at state and national levels; (c) serve as a clearinghouse for information about state and national issues which might affect allied health education, practice, or research; (d) maintain existing liaisons between the Association and other organizations such as AHC; (e) identify other strategies for interactions between other organizations representing higher education and clinical practice (f) promote accomplishments of the Association and its members; (g) identify policies for the Association to follow along with opportunities for the Association to affect policy in external arenas; and (h) examine aging of the population and other factors that affect policy.

Chairperson: Richard Oliver
Vice Chairperson : Elizabeth C. King

Andrew Balas
Stephen Collier
Al Bracciano

Board Liaison: David M. Gibson

Chairperson: Lori Gonzalez
Vice Chairperson: Kevin Rudeen

Linda Petrosino
Richard Talbott
Patricia Walker
Stephen Wilson

Nominations & Elections: Charge (a) Issue a call for nominations according to the approved rotational schedule or upon official request when vacancies occur ; (b) review nominees and prepare a slate of nominees for prospective Board of Directors' vacancies, as well as nominees for the Nominations and Elections Committee.

Chairperson: Richard Talbott

James Cairo
Shelley Conroy
Shirley Richmond
Denise Heinemann
Linda Petrosino
William Siler

Board Liaison: Richard E. Talbott

Research: Charge: (a) Examine allied health data and reports for implications for allied health research; (b) identify persons in member institutions for nomination to serve on advisory and study sections of federal agencies such as NIH, AHRQ, and NIDRR, (c) examine changes in health care delivery for implications for allied health research; (d) recommend programming for Association meetings; (e) promote ethical principles and practices in all activities; (f) promote activities aimed at increasing participation of under-represented groups in allied health; (g) promote the accomplishments of the Association and its members; and (h) examine data collection efforts of sister associations.

Chairperson: Stephen N. Collier
Vice Chairperson : Ronald Brown

Fred Donini-Lenhoff
Julie O'Sullivan Maillet
Bethany Krom
Diane Jacobs
Deborah Larsen
Keli Mu
Charles Fox

Board Liaison: Gary Neiman