Board of Directors
Our Board consists of four elected officers (President, Immediate Past President, Secretary and Treasurer) and four or more elected directors (Membership, Programs, Communications, Sponsorship, Inclusion & Belonging, and Directors-at-Large). Additional voting members are the Local Program Council Chairs, Volunteer Coordinator, and the Faculty Representatives.
Alexis Sainz, MHA, FACHE
Regent, Northern and Western Florida
Associate Administrator – Mayo Clinic
Lana Palmquist, MS, RN, FACHE
President
Director, Clinical Integration and Transformation – BayCare Health System
Victor Weeden, DHA, FACHE
Immediate Past President
Assistant Professor – University of South Florida College of Public Health
Zachary Pruitt, PhD, MHA, FACHE
Secretary
Professor – University of South Florida College of Public Health
Veronique Charelus, MHA, MBA
Treasurer
Clinical Research Regulatory Analyst – Tampa General Hospital
Yurit L. Díaz, MHA, MLS (ASCP) CM, CHS (ACHI)
Membership Director
Technical Advisor, Clinical Lab – Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute
Paul Grossman
Sponsorship Director
CEO and Chief Experience Officer – PLG ExperienceSolutions
Anthony Koffman, HEC-C, FACHE
Inclusion & Belonging Director
Mission and Ethics Director – BayCare Health System
Karen Valaitis, MBA, Ed. D
Programs Director
Clinical Assistant Professor – University of West Florida
Jess Vogen, MS
Communications Director
Director of Business Operations – Medix
Deborah Jacobs, MBA MAS, FACHE
Local Programs Chair – East
SVP/Consulting Lead – Blue Cottage of Cannon Design
Carrie Harrill-Smith, MPH, MSW
Local Programs Chair – North
Regional Director, Clinical Services – Healthmap Solutions
Sally Sims, PharmD, CPh, LSSGB, CPPS, FACHE
Local Programs Chair – South
Tabatha Ball, MBA
Director-at-Large
Chief Operating Officer – MCR Health
Sara Johnson, MHA, FACHE
Director-at-Large
Managing Partner – KS Leadership Advisors
Brandon May, MBA, FACHE
Director-at-Large
President – BayCare Health System
Trish Starkes, MHA, CHAM, CRCR
Director-at-Large
Director of Revenue Cycle – Johns Hopkins Health System
Steve Marciano, MSHA, BSPH, LPN
Director-at-Large
Manager of Business Operations – BayCare Health System