Paul Bengston, CEO of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in Saint Johnsbury, was named chair-elect. He will become chairman of the section’s governing council in 2014.
New members elected to serve three-year terms on the 24-member council include:
• Verna S. Meacham, president and CEO, Nexus Health, National Harbor, Md.
• Thomas Nordwick, president and CEO, Adams Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Ind.
• Rachelle Schultz, president and CEO, Winona Health, Winona, Minn.
• Patrick Wallace, administrator, East Texas Medical Center Athens, Athens, Texas
• Ted Stubblefield, trustee representative, NorthCrest Medical Center, Springfield, Tenn.
Roger J. Reamer, CEO of Memorial Health Care Systems in Seward, Neb., was appointed to serve as the AHA Board Liason.
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