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Asthma Educator Institute
Jan 01, 0001
Better Breathers CLub - Junction City, KS | Junction City, KS
Jan 01, 0001
Better Breathers Club - Manhattan, KS | Manhattan, KS
Jan 01, 0001
Better Breathers Club - Shawnee Mission, KS | Shawnee Mission, KS
Jan 01, 0001
Better Breathers Club - Topeka, KS | Topeka, KS
Jan 01, 0001
Better Breathers Club | NMC Health | Newton, KS
Jan 01, 0001
COPD Educator Course
Oct 17, 2024
Local Offices
8400 W 110 Street, Suite 130
Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 353-9165
Linda.Crider@lung.org
Local and Regional Leadership
The regional board is the governing body responsible for strategic focus, organizational goals and measurable results in achieving the mission. The business of the board includes the equitable distribution of resources and programs as well as the development of volunteer structures across the entire region.
Joy Kleinmaier
Board Chair
American Specialty Health
Chris Scaglione
Board Chair Elect
TierPoint
Malcolm DeCamp, MD
Immediate Past Chair
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Tom Andreesen
Protivi Inc.
H. William Barkman, MD, MSPH, FCCP
University of Kansas Medical Center
Dennis Barnes
RGA & RGAx
Jim Brophy
C-Suite Healthcare Innovations
Christopher Cahlamer
Godfrey & Kahn, SC
Michael Carstens
Physicians Mutual Insurance Company
Emily Chase, PhD, RN
University of Chicago Medicine
Jamie Ellis
Katz, Sapper, Miller
Alicia Gerke, MD, MBA
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Rob Goren
Delta Dental of Missouri
Thomas Gross, MD
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Chris Hoke
Mutual of Omaha
Mindee Kastelic
MSP Communications
Rudy Lackner, MD
Nebraska Medicine
Todd Mahr, MD
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
Lisa McKinney
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
Margaret Richards, JD
Husch Blackwell
Meghan Miller
Division Senior Vice President
Upper Midwest
Danielle Trojanek
Executive Director
Greater Chicago
Tanya Husain (Indiana)
Executive Director
Micki Sandquist (Iowa)
Executive Director
Linda Crider
Executive Director
Kansas City & Greater Kansas
Terri Waddell (Minnesota)
Senior Development Director
Brett Schuette (Missouri)
Executive Director
Julia McCarville (Nebraska)
Executive Director
Megan Cordova (Wisconsin)
Executive Director
The purpose of the American Lung Association's Local Leadership Board to is raise the organization's profile in the community, advocate for lung health and increase resources to fund local programs and services.
Local Leadership Board members impact the work of the Association including: programs and services, public policy, research, and revenue generation.
The American Lung Association’s “Gold Standard” designation recognizes the exemplary leadership of some of our Local Leadership Boards. These Leadership Boards show outstanding leadership in volunteerism, service, and supporting lung health and our mission – recognized through Gold, Silver and Bronze.
William Barkman, MD, MSPH, FCCP
Chair (FY22-FY23)
Director
University
Margaret Richards, JD
Vice Chair (FY22-FY23)
Director of Pro Bono Services
HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP of Kansas Medical Center
Jim Brophy
Past Chair/Nominating Chair (FY22-FY23)
Partner
C-Suite Healthcare Innovations
Jane Pansing Brown
General Counsel to Mayor Quinton Lucas
City of Kansas City, Mayor’s Office
Peggy Cox
Marketing
Empower Retirement
D. Charles Hunt, M.P.H.
Deputy Director
Johnson County Department of Health and Environment
Laura Inge
CEO
Kindred Hospital Northland
Jameel Kyasa, MD
Hematology and Oncology
Advent Health, Shawnee Mission
Erik H. Lund
Hallmark Corporate Real Estate
Christy Fischer
LUNG FORCE Hero
Tracy Garry
Head of Client Management & Consulting
Empower Retirement
Kristen Leathers-Gratton
PE, Assoc. DBIA
Affinis Corporation
Candance Villanueva-Greer
College & Career Manager
PREP-KC
Scott McAdams
SVP, Chief Audit, Compliance and Risk Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City
PJ McHugh
Director of Brand Finance
BlueScope Buildings North America
Mike McKeen
President / Principal
EPC Real Estate Group
Rebecca Shriver, MD
Physician Medical Director
MW Pulmonary Consultants
Alvin V. Singh, MD
Pediatric Pulmonologist, Telemedicine
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Susan B. Wilson, Ph.D, MBA
Vice Chancellor
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Bruce Witt
Kansas Chief Advocacy Officer
Ascension Via Christi Health, Inc.
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