Committees and Task Forces
2009- 2010
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 : David Gale
Membership Accreditation Resource Persons
Hugh Bonner
Linda Samson
Gary Sayed
David Gale
Gregory Frazer
Halcyon St. Hill
Sarah Baker
Board Liaison: Richard Talbott
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 : Gail Orum-Alexander
Vice Chairperson : Linda Petrosino
Richard Talbott
John Dolan
Ron Bulbulian
Greg Frazer
Teri Stumbo
Board Liaison: Linda Petrosino
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: Sharon Stewart
James Blagg
Pamela Chally
James Erdmann
Board Liaison: Barry Eckert
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: Lori Stewart Gonzalez
Leadership: Charge : T o plan and execute the Faculty Leadership and Student Leadership Programs.
Chairperson: Kevin Rudeen
Vice Chairperson: Lori Gonzalez
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
Bethany Krom
Sharon Stewart
Kenneth Johnson
Edward O'Connor
Charlotte Exner
Celia Hooper
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: Julie O'Sullivan Maillet
Vice Chairperson: Deborah Larsen
Steve Collier
Jennifer Horner
Charles Fox
Gary Neiman
Austin Agho
Bethany Krom
Dana Hart
Randy Lambrecht
Jacquie Fraser
Alexander Tartaglia
Deborah Larsen
Board Liaison: David Shelledy