AHA SECTION FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
2014 GOVERNING COUNCIL ROSTER
CHAIR
Angela L. Scioscia, MD
Chief Medical Officer
University of California San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, CA
CHAIR-ELECT
Maribeth McLaughlin, RN, BSN, MPM
Chief Nursing Officer and Vice-President of Patient Care
Services
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
PAST-CHAIR
Rick Merrill, MSHA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cook Children’s Health Care System
Fort Worth, TX
BOARD LIAISON
Constance A. Howes, Esq.
Executive Vice President for Women’s Health
Care New England
Providence, RI
TERM EXPIRES 2014
TERM EXPIRES 2015
Patricia M. DePompei, RN, MSN
President
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
and MacDonald Women’s Hospital
Cleveland, OH
DeWayne Pursley, MD, MPH
Chief, Department of Neonatology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Jim Shmerling, DHA, FACHE
President and CEO
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
Deborah T. Zimmermann, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer and Vice-President of Patient Care
Services
VCU Health System
Richmond, VA
TERM EXPIRES 2016
Charlotte Ipsan, RNC, MSN, NNP-BC
President
Norton Women’s and Kosair Children’s Hospital
Louisville, KY
Katherine L. Criswell, RN, MSN
Executive, Regional Women and Children’s Program
Oregon Region
Providence Health and Services
Providence, RI
Karen Cox, RN, PNP-BC, PhD, NEA-BC, FAAN, FACHE
Executive Vice President/Co-COO
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Kansas City, MO
Cindy Farrand, MSPH, MBA
President, The Women’s Hospital of Greensboro
Cone Health System
Greensboro, NC
Damita Williams, EdD, MSN, RN, CPN, NE-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Detroit, MI
Joseph Wright, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President for Community Affairs and Vice
Chairman of Pediatrics
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, DC