American Hospital Association Committee on Behavioral Health 2025 Membership Roster

Behavioral Health Services Committee - 2025 Roster

	CHAIR Zelia Baugh, LCSW, MSW Executive Vice President Behavioral Health JPS Health Network Fort Worth, TX	PAST CHAIR Jill Howard, RN, MBA-HCM Senior Consultant Sheppard Pratt Solutions Brentwood, TN
	2025 CHAIR ELECT Mary Marran, MS, OT, MBA Chief Administrative Officer, Care New England President and COO, Butler Hospital Providence, RI	AHA BOARD LIAISON Victoria (Tori) Bayless, FACHE CEO Luminis Health Annapolis, MD
TERM EXPIRES 2025
	Beth Heinz, MHA, MSW Service Line Executive Mental Health and Addiction Services Women's and Children's Service Lines M Health Fairview Minneapolis, MN	Tracey Lavallias, DBA Executive Director Behavioral Health Service Line Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine (LG Health) Lancaster, PA
	Jeremy Musher, MD, DFAPA Chief Behavioral Medical Officer LifePoint Health Brentwood, TN	Carol Olson, MD, DFAPA Chair of Psychiatry Valleywise Health System Phoenix, AZ
	Tamara Player, MSW Chief Executive Officer Polara Health Prescott Valley, AZ	Leslie Simmons, RN, FACHE Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer LifeBridge Health Baltimore, MD
	Jesse Tamplen, MSW, MHA, LCSW, FACHE Vice President Behavioral Health Services John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA
TERM EXPIRES 2026
	Kelly Barton, MPH, FACHE President Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook, ME	Susan Parisi, MD, FACOG Chief Wellness Officer Geisinger Health System Danville, PA
	Thomas Saggio, RN-BC, MSN, MHS Director Director of Behavioral Health Operations St. Louis Children's Hospital Saint Louis, MO	Mary Sparks Thompson, RN, LISW President Trillium Place, A Carle Health Affiliate Peoria, IL
	Jennifer Wahkinney, MSN, RN Chief Nurse Executive Lawton Service Unit Lawton, OK
TERM EXPIRES 2027
	Amanda Klahr, MSN, RN Nursing Director Inpatient Behavioral Health Services Denver Health Denver, CO	Marlene Martin, MD Director, Addiction Care Team University of California San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco, CA
	Scott Nygaard, MD Chief Operating Officer (Former) Lee Health Fort Myers, FL	Paul Rains, RN, MSN Senior Vice President, Behavioral Health CommonSpirit Health President, St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center Chicago, IL
LIAISONS
	AHA LIAISON to APA Robert L. Trestman, PhD, MD Professor and Chair Department of Psychiatry Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Carilion Clinic Roanoke, VA