2019 Board Leadership

President

Callie Andrews, MBA, MSHA, FACHE
Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
WellStar Cobb Hospital
callie.andrews@wellstar.org

Vice President

R. Trent Lind, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Eastside Medical Center
Trent.Lind@hcahealthcare.com

Secretary

John Kueven, FACHE, MHA, RN
President
WellStar Paulding Hospital
John.Kueven@wellstar.org

Treasurer

Taylan Bozkurt, MBA, FACHE
Assistant Chief Operating Officer and Director of Telemedicine
Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America
tbozkurt@burncenters.com

Immediate Past President and
Senior Executives Committee Chair

Timothy A. Slocum FACHE, CSSBB, CHFM
Vice President Support Services
Navicent Healthcare
slocum.timothy@navicenthealth.org

Members at Large

Board Member At Large and
Membership Growth & Satisfaction Committee Chair

Chet S. Bhasin, FACHE
COO
Shepherd Center
Chet.Bhasin@shepherd.org

Board Member At Large and
Physician Executives Group Chair

[position open]

Board Member At Large and
Fellow Advancement Committee Chair

Rahul Ghotge, MD, FACHE
Consultant
Stroudwater Associates
rghotge@gmail.com

Board Member At Large and
Sponsorship Committee Chair

Bobby Ryan, FACHE, MBA
Chief Growth Officer
ApolloMD
bryan@apollomd.com

Local Programs Councils Committee Chair

Jon-Paul Croom
President & System Senior VP
WellStar North Fulton Hospital
jon-paul.croom@wellstar.org

Communications Committee Chair

Sepi Browning, MHA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP, CHTS-IM
President, Brighthour HIT Consulting
Information Technology Operational & Project Leader, Emory Healthcare, Inc. (Johns Creek)
sepidehbrowning@gmail.com

Board Member at Large and
Programs Committee Chair

Doug Gregory, FACHE
Executive Director of Cardiology
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
doug.gregory@wellstar.org

Joint Programs Committee Chair

Stuart Downs, DNP, RN
VP & Chief Operating Officer
WellStar Atlanta Medical Center
stuart.downs@wellstar.org

Career Development Committee Chair

Sonja McLendon, FACHE
Chief Operational Excellence
Northeast Georgia Health System
sonja.mclendon@nghs.com

ACHE Regent for Georgia (Interim)

Mary Germann, RN, MN, SFHM, FACHE
AVP, Hospital-Based Physician Services
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
mary.germann@hcahealthcare.org

Board Advisors

J. Craig Honaman, CRC, FACHE
Principal
H & H Consulting Partners
careerdir1@aol.com

J. Larry Tyler, FACHE, FHFMA, CMPE
Chairman & CEO
Practical Governance Group
ltyler@pgghealthcare.com

GAHE Administrator

GAHE Administrator and Business Manager

Karen Manno
Etech-Services, LLC
kmanno@gahe.org