Kenneth Bowman, division vice president for Kindred Rehabilitation Services at Kindred Healthcare, will serve as 2018 council chair of the AHA’s Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation. Derrick Jones, CEO of Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital in Albuquerque, NM, is council chair-elect and will become chair in 2019. The council works with the AHA on public policy and member service strategies for post-acute and continuing care providers. For more on the constituency section and council, see the AHA news release.

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