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AHA accepting chair-elect and trustee nominations for 2024  

The AHA Committee on Nominations is accepting nominations for chair-elect of the Board of Trustees and five at-large trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2024.

Obituary: Former AHA Chair William Petasnick 

Former AHA Chair and Distinguished Service Award recipient William Petasnick died Nov. 8.

AHA elects new trustee to board

The AHA has elected Marc L. Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist, to a three-year term on its Board of Trustees beginning Jan. 1. Dr. Boom will fill an interim vacancy on the board. He currently serves on the AHA Health Systems Committee and was an AHA Regional Policy Board 7 delegate from 2010-2012 and 2013-2015.

Obituary: Sister Mary Roch Rocklage

Former AHA Chair and Distinguished Service Award recipient Sister Mary Roch Rocklage passed away yesterday. She was 87. Rocklage was considered the “modern day foundress” of the Mercy health care system, serving the ministry for 65 years, including as Mercy’s first president and CEO and later its board chair.

Obituary: Former AHA chair and Georgia hospital leader Dan Barker

William Daniel "Dan" Barker Jr., who served as chair of the AHA Board of Trustees in 1979 and in various leadership roles over six decades with Emory University Health System, died on his 96th birthday July 21 at his home in Atlanta.

AHA announces new trustees for 2023

The AHA has elected six new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1.

AHA Board names Dartmouth Health’s Conroy chair-elect designate

The AHA Board of Trustees elected Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., chief executive officer and president of Dartmouth Health, as its chair-elect designate.

Chair File Video: Meet 2022 AHA Board Chair Wright L. Lassiter III

Wright L. Lassiter III is president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System. Lassiter has more than 30 years of experience working in large, complex health systems, including Alameda Health System in Oakland, Calif., Dallas Methodist Health System and JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas.

White Plains Hospital Center CEO Fox keeps focus on patients

White Plains Hospital President and CEO Susan Fox brings to the AHA Board of Trustees a nursing and business background— including expertise in building ambulatory practices and decades of hospital leadership experience.

Baylor Scott & White — Hillcrest’s Robinson leads patient-safety and affordability efforts with strong internal culture

AHA board member Glenn Robinson has prioritized serving patients in his journey from nightly news anchor to hospital president.