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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 |
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