Governance

AUPHA Board of Directors





Chair

Christy Harris Lemak, PhD, FACHE
Professor and Chair
University of Alabama at Birmingham





Chair-elect

Diane Howard, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Rush University





I
mmediate Past Chair
Thomas Vaughn, BS, MHSA, PhD

Associate Professor and MHA Director
University of Iowa





Secretary

Brenda Freshman, PhD

Assistant Professor

California State University - Long Beach 





Treasurer

Mark Diana, PhD
Associate Professor and MHA Program Director
Tulane University






Keith Benson, MHA, PhD

Program Director

Winthrop University 





Leigh Cellucci, PhD
Associate Professor
East Carolina University




Julia Costich, JD, PhD

Professor and Associate Chair
University of Kentucky 



Gina Cronin
Institute Administrator, Heart & Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic





Raymond Grady, MHA, FACHE
Trustee

Northwest Community Healthcare 




R. Brooke Hollis, MBA
Executive Director
Cornell University




Kenneth Johnson, PhD, FACHE
Associate Dean
Weber State University  





Carol Molinari, PhD, MBA, MPH
Associate Professor
University of Baltimore





Bernardo Ramirez, MD

Assistant Professor and Director, BSHSA Program
University of Central Florida




Rodney Taylor, MPA
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene




Carolyn Watts, PhD
Richard M. Bracken Chair and Chairman
Virginia Commonwealth University



Gerald Glandon, PhD
President & CEO
Association of University Programs in Health Administration