Senior Management

Richard (Rich) Umbdenstock
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Hospital Association
325 Seventh Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 626-2363
Fax: (202) 626-2303

Richard J. (Rick) Pollack
Executive Vice President, Advocacy and Public Policy
Phone: (202) 626-4625
Fax: (202) 626-2355
E-mail: rpollack@aha.org

Neil J. Jesuele
Executive Vice President, Leadership and Business Development
Phone: (202) 626-2969
Fax: (202) 626-2689
E-mail: njesuele@aha.org

Stephen M. (Steve) Ahnen
Senior Vice President
Phone: (202) 626-2354
Fax: (202) 626-2303
E-mail: sahnen@aha.org

James D. (Jim) Bentley, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Strategic Policy Planning
Phone: (202) 626-4631
Fax: (202) 626-4630
E-mail: jbentley@aha.org

Carmela Coyle
Senior Vice President For Policy
Phone: (202) 626-2266
Fax: (202) 626-2287
E-mail: ccoyle@aha.org

Michael P. Guerin
Senior Vice President and Association Secretary
Phone: (312) 422-2709
Fax: (312) 422-4605
E-mail: mguerin@aha.org

Barbara Z. Lorsbach
Senior Vice President, Member Relations
Phone: (312) 422-3313
Fax: (312) 422-4591
E-mail: bharness@aha.org

Tom Nickels
Senior Vice President, Federal Relations
Phone: (202) 626-2314
Fax: (202) 262-2254
E-mail: tnickels@aha.org

Richard H. (Rick) Wade
Senior Vice President for Strategic Communications
Phone: (202) 626-4627
Fax: (202) 626-2269
E-mail: rwade@aha.org

Neil J. Jesuele
President of Health Forum
Phone: (202)626-2969
Fax: (202) 626-2689
E-mail: njesuele@aha.org

Tony Burke
Chief Executive Officer of AHA Financial Solutions, Inc. (AHA-FSI)
Phone: (312) 895-2514
Fax: (312) 895-2501
E-mail: aburke@aha.org

Mary A. Pittman, Dr. P.H.
President of the Health, Research and Educational Trust
Phone: (312) 422-2622
Fax: (312) 422-4568
E-mail: mpittman@aha.org