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Testimonials

In the various roles he has undertaken through the years, Val J. Halamandaris has been a singular driving force behind the policy and program initiatives resulting in the recognition of home health care as a viable alternative to institutionalization. His dedication to consumer advocacy, which enhances the quality of life and dignity of those receiving home health care, merits VNA HealthCare Group’s highest recognition and deepest respect.

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VNA HealthCare Group

I have the highest respect for them, especially for the nurses, aides and therapists, who devote their lives to caring for people with disabilities, the infirm and dying Americans. There are few more noble professions.

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President Barack Obama

Home health care agencies do such a wonderful job in this country helping people to be able to remain at home and allowing them to receive services

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U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Chair, Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee

Heath care at home…is something we need more of, not less of. Let us make a commitment to preventive and long-term care. Let us encourage home care as an alternative to nursing homes and give folks a little help to have their parents there.

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Former President Bill Clinton

Home care is a combination of compassion and efficiency. It is less expensive than institutional care...but at the same time it is a more caring, human, intimate experience, and therefore it has a greater human element...it’s a big mistake not to try to maximize it and find ways to give people the home care option over either nursing homes, hospitals or other institutions

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Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-GA)

Medicaid covers long-term care, but only for low-income families. And Medicare only pays for care that is connected to a hospital discharge....our health care system must cover these vital services...[and] we should promote home-based care, which most people prefer, instead of the institutional care that we emphasize now.

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Former U.S. Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-CD)

We need incentives to...keep people in home health care settings...It’s dramatically less expensive than long term care.

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U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)

Home care is clearly the wave of the future. It’s clearly where patients want to be cared for. I come from an ethnic family and when a member of our family is severely ill, we would never consider taking them to get institutional care. That’s true of many families for both cultural and financial reasons. If patients have a choice of where they want to be cared for, where it’s done the right way, they choose home.

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Donna Shalala, former Secretary of Health and Human Services

A couple of years ago, I spent a little bit of time with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and its president, Val J. Halamandaris, and I was just blown away. What impressed me so much was that they talked about what they do as opposed to just the strategies of how to deal with Washington or Sacramento or Albany or whatever the case may be. Val is a fanatic about care, and it comes through in every way known to mankind. It comes through in the speakers he invites to their events; it comes through in all the stuff he shares.

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Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence

Val’s home care organization brings thousands of caregivers together into a dynamic organization that provides them with valuable resources and tools to be even better in their important work. He helps them build self-esteem, which leads to self-motivation.

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Mike Vance, former Dean of Disney and author of Think Out of the Box

Val is one of the greatest advocates for seniors in America. He goes beyond the call of duty every time.

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Arthur S. Flemming, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

Val has brought the problems, the challenges, and the opportunities out in the open for everyone to look at. He is a visionary pointing the direction for us.

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Margaret (Peg) Cushman, Professor of Nursing and former President of the Visiting Nurses Association

Although Val has chosen to stay in the background, he deserves much of the credit for what was accomplished both at the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, where he was closely associated with me and at the House Select Committee on Aging, where he was Congressman Claude Pepper’s senior counsel and closest advisor. He put together more hearings on the subject of aging, wrote more reports, drafted more bills, and had more influence on the direction of events than anyone before him or since.

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Frank E. Moss, former U.S. Senator

Val’s most important contribution is pulling together all elements of home health care and being able to organize and energize the people involved in the industry.

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Frank E. Moss, former U.S. Senator

Anyone working on health care issues in Congress knows the name Val J. Halamandaris.

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Kathleen Gardner Cravedi, former Staff Director of the House Select Committee on Aging

NCOA is excited to be part of this great event and honored to have such influential award winners in the field of aging.

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National Council of Aging

Home care has specifically been proven to be a compassionate, cost-effective means of delivering essential health services.

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U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)

Without your untiring support and active participation, the voices of people advocating meaningful and compassionate health care reform may not have been heard by national leaders.

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Michael Sullivan, Former Executive Director, Indiana Association for Home Care

All of us have been members of many organizations and NAHC is simply the best there is. NAHC aspires to excellence in every respect; its staff has been repeatedly honored as the best in Washington; the organization lives by the highest values and has demonstrated a passionate interest in the well-being of patients and providers.

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Elaine Stephens, Director of Home Care of Steward Home Care/Steward Health Systems and former NAHC C

Home care increasingly is one of the basic building blocks in the developing system of long-term care. On both economic and recuperative bases, home health care will continue to grow as an essential service for individuals, for families and for the community as a whole.

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Former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)

Membership Directory of NAHC, Forum of State Associations

Alabama
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Executive Director Home Care Association of Alabama Contact Board Leader Web: www.homecare alabama.org	*BOARD LEADER* John G. Beard, MBA, JD Alacare Home Health and Hospice 2400 John Hawkins Parkway Birmingham, AL 35244 Phone: (205) 981-8581 E-mail: john.beard@alacare.com
Alaska
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Julie Yonker President Alaska Home Care and Hospice Association 3701 East Tudor Road Anchorage, AK 99507 Phone: (907) 274-1066 Web: www.ahcha.org	*BOARD LEADER* Sharon Hunter Petersburg Medical Center 103 Fram Street Petersburg, AK 99833 Phone: (907) 772-4291 Fax: (907) 772-3085
Arizona
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Marie Fredette, CAE Executive Director Arizona Association for Home Care 3933 S. McClintock Drive, Suite 505 Tempe, AZ 85282 Phone: (480) 491-0540 Fax: (480) 603-4141 Email: info@azhomecare.org Web: www.azhomecare.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Jill Heinrich, RN, BSN Bayada Home Health Care 706 East Bell Rd., Suite 101 Phoenix, AZ Phone: (602) 870-6364 Email: jheinrich@bayada.com
Arkansas
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Nancy Elphingstone Executive Director Home Care Association of Arkansas 411 South Victory Suite 204 Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone: (501) 376-2273 Fax: (501) 376-7107 Email: hcaaark@sbcglobal.net Web: www.arhomehealth.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Denise Looker, MA Visiting Nurse Association of Arkansas P.O. Box 8526 Little Rock, AR 72215 Phone: (501) 664-4933 Fax: (501) 552-4545 Email: dlooker@stvincenthealth.com
California
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Dean Chalios President California Association for Health Services at Home 3780 Rosin Court Suite 190 Sacramento, CA 95834 Phone: (916) 641-5795 Fax: (916) 641-5881 Email: dchalios@cahsah.org Web: www.cahsah.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Denise Altomare Nursing and Rehab at Home 1301 Shoreway Road, Suite 190 Belmont, CA 94002 Phone: (650) 286-4272 Fax: (650) 286-4276 Email: daltomare@rehabathome.org
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Martie Schuster California Home Health Care Consortium 6967 Power Inn Road Sacramento, CA 95828 Phone: (916) 371-3658 Email: marthas@chhcc.us.com Web: www.chhcc.us.com Board List
Colorado
*EXECUTIVE* Sarah Myers, CAE Executive Director Home Care Association of Colorado 7400 East Arapahoe Road Suite 211 Centennial, CO 80112 Phone: (303) 694-4728 Fax: (303) 694-4869 Email: smyers@assnoffice.com Web: www.hcaconline.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Melody Wright Centura Health at Home 188 Inverness Drive West Suite 500 Colorado Springs, CO 80112 Phone: (303) 290-6500 Email: melodywright@centura.org
Connecticut
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Deborah R. Hoyt President & CEO Connecticut Association for Home Care, Inc. 110 Barnes Road PO Box 90 Wallingford, CT 06492-0090 Phone: (203) 294-7349 Fax: (203) 949-0031 Email: hoyt@cahch.org Web: www.cahch.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Todd Rose Visiting Nurse & Health Service of Connecticut, Inc. 8 Keynote Drive Vernon, CT 06066 Phone: (860) 872-9163 Fax: (860) 872-3030 E-Mail: trose@vnhsc.org
Delaware
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Ruth Hansen Executive Director Delaware Association of Home and Community Care	*BOARD LEADER* Jean Mullins Bayada Nurses c/o PO Box 7603 Wilmington, DE 19803 Email: admin@dahcc.org
Florida
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Bobby Lolley, RN Executive Director Home Care Association of Florida 1363 East Lafayette Street, Suite A Tallahassee, FL 32301-2600 Phone: (850) 222-8967 Fax: (850) 222-9251 Email:blolley@homecareFLA.org Web: www.homecareFLA.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Anthony Clarizio Shands HomeCare-Gainesville 3515 NW 98th Street Gainesville, FL 32606-5008 Phone: (352) 265-0789 Email: claria@shands.ufl.edu
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Paul Ledford Executive Director Florida Hospices and Palliative Care 2000 Apalachee Parkway, Suite 200 Tallahassee, FL 32301 Phone: (850) 922-7717 Fax: (850) 878-5688 Email:paul@floridahospices.org Web: www.floridahospices.org	*BOARD LEADER* Mary Ellen Poe Hospice of Marion County 3231 SW 34th Avenue Ocala, FL 34474 Phone: (352) 873-7400
Georgia
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Judy Adams Executive Director Georgia Association for Home Health Agencies, Inc. 2146 Roswell Road Suite 108 - PMB 1107 Marietta, GA 30062 Phone: (770) 565-4531 Fax: (770) 565-1739 Email: gahomehealth@earthlink.net Web: www.gahha.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Rod D. Windley RDW Ventures 3350 Riverwood Parkway Suite 2140 Atlanta, GA 30339 Phone: (770) 850-9200 Fax: (770) 850-9125 Email: Rod.Windley@rdwventures.com
Hawaii
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Rachael Wong, DrPH Vice President & COO Healthcare Association of Hawaii 707 Richards St., PH2 Honolulu, HI 96813 Phone: (808) 521-8961 Fax: (808) 599-2879 fax Email: rwong@hah.org Web: HAH.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Emilie Smith Careresource Hawaii 680 Iwilei Road, Suite 660 Honolulu, HI 968217 Phone: (808) 599-4999 Fax: (808) 531-2832 Email: esmith@queens.org
Idaho
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Katherine M. Jones, CPA, CFE Treasurer Idaho Association of Home Health Agencies c/o 2504 Kootenai Boise, ID 83705 Phone: (208) 866-6360 Email: kjones@cableone.net Web: idahohomecare.org	*BOARD LEADER* Karen Young Progressive Nursing Services Boise, ID Phone: (208) 336-9898 Fax: (208) 344-0536
Illinois
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Janet S. Grimes Executive Director Illinois HomeCare & Hospice Council 100 East Washington Springfield, IL 62701 Phone: (217) 753-4422 Cell: (217) 899-2618 Fax: (217) 528-6545 Email: jangrimes@ilhomecare.org Web: www.ilhomecare.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Lisa Hardcastle KishHealth System One Kish Hospital Drive DeKalb, IL 60115 Phone: (815) 756-1521
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Robert Thieman Executive Director Illinois Association of Community Care Program Home Care Providers 3085 Stevenson Drive, Suite 200 Springfield, IL 62703 Phone: (217) 529-6503 Fax: (217) 529-9120 Email: info@idoahomecare.org
Indiana
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Evan Reinhardt Executive Director Indiana Association for Home and Hospice Care, Inc. 6320-G Rucker Road Idianapolis, IN 46220 Phone: (317) 775-6675 Fax: (317) 775-6674 Email: evan@iahhc.org Web: www.iahhc.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Karen Wells Indiana Home Care Network 1932 East 53rd Street, Suite 6 Anderson, IN 46013 Phone: (765) 640-4500 Fax: (765) 640-9400 Email: kwells@inhcn.com
Iowa
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Greg Boattenhamer Executive Director Iowa Alliance in Home Care 100 East Grand Avenue, Suite 118 Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone: (515) 282-3965 Fax: (515) 698-5127 Email: BoattenhamerG@ihaonline.org Web: www.iahc.org	*BOARD LEADER* Jeanne Jungers Orange City Home Health and Hospice 1000 Lincoln Circle SE Orange City, IA 51041 Phone: (712) 737-5279 Email: jungersj@ochealthsystem.org
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Cindy Baddeloo, PhD Iowa Health Care Association 1775 90th Street West Des Moines, IA 50266 Phone: (515) 978-2204 Fax: (515) 978-2209 Email: cindy@iowahealthcare.org Web: www.iowahealthcare.org	*BOARD LEADER* Kellie Gee, RN Maple Heights Home Care 114 North 4th Street, Suite C Mapleton, IA 51034-1033 Phone: (712) 881-7144 Email: heights_home@yahoo.com
Kansas
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Jane Kelly Executive Director Kansas Home Care Association 2737 SW Santa Fe Drive Topeka, KS 66614 Phone: (785) 478-3640 Fax: (785) 286-1835 Email: jkelly@kshomecare.org Web: www.kshomecare.org https://www.nahc.org/States/KHCA0607.pdf	*BOARD LEADER* Terri Wahle, RN Home Health at Geary Community Hospital 1310 W. Ash, Suite B Junction City, KS 66441 Phone: (785) 762-2653 Fax: (785) 238-2685 Email: twahle@gchks.org
Kentucky
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Kip Bowmar Executive Director Kentucky Home Care Association 154 Patchen Drive Suite 90 Lexington, KY 40517 Phone: (859) 268-2574 Fax: (859) 898-2175 fax Email: homecare@khha.org Web: www.khha.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Rebecca Cartright Central Baptist Home Health & Home Health Infusion 2100 Nicholasville Rd. Lexington, KY 40503 Phone: (859) 260-6569 Fax: (859) 277-5791 Email:rebecca.cartright@bhsi.com
Louisiana
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Warren Hebert, CHCE CEO HomeCare Association of Louisiana 850 Kaliste Saloom Rd. Lafayette, LA 70508 Phone: (337) 231-0080 Fax: (337) 231-0089 Email: warren@hclanet.org Web: www.hclanet.org https://www.nahc.org/States/state_la.htm	*BOARD LEADER* Peter Egan Egan Healthcare Services 3121 21st Street Metairie, LA 70433 Phone: (504) 835-4474 Fax: (504) 834-7509 Email:pegan@eganhealthcare.com
Maine
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Vicki Purgavie Executive Director Home Care & Hospice Alliance of Maine 20 Middle Street Augusta, ME 04330 Phone: (207) 623-0345 Fax: (207) 623-7141 fax Email: vicki@homecarealliance.org Web: www.homecarealliance.org	*BOARD LEADER* Julie Shackley Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice 15 Strawberry Avenue Lewiston, ME 04240 Phone: (207) 777-7740 Email: julie.shackley@ahch.org
Maryland/District of Columbia
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Ann Horton, M.S. Executive Director Maryland National Capital Homecare Association 10125 Colesville Road Suite 294 Silver Spring, MD 20901 Phone: (301) 920-2069 Email: ahorton@mncha.org Web: www.mncha.org	*BOARD LEADER* Keith Ballenger President Adventist Home Health 12041 Bournefield Way Silver Spring, MD 20904 Phone: (301) 592-4400 Email: Kballeng@adventisthealthcare.com
Massachusetts
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Patricia Kelleher Executive Director Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts 31 St. James Avenue Suite 780 Boston, MA 02116 Phone: (617) 482-8830 Fax: (617) 426-0509 Email: pkelleher@thinkhomecare.org Web: www.thinkhomecare.org	*BOARD LEADER* Patricia O'Brien, MBA, MS, RN Executive Director Hebrew SeniorLife Home Care 1 Del Pond Drive Canton, MA 02021 Phone: (781) 821-3245 Email: patriciaobrien@hrca.harvard.edu
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Lisa Gurgone Executive Director Massachusetts Council for Home Care Aide Services 174 Portland Street Boston, MA 02114 Phone: (617) 224-4141 Fax: (617) 227- 1190 Email: lgurgone@mahomecareaides.com Web: www.mahomecareaides.com Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Paul Dzialo Affinity Home Health Care 121 Sandwich Street Plymouth, MA 02360
Michigan
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Barry S. Cargill Executive Director Michigan Association for Home Care 2140 University Park Dr. Suite 220 Okemos, MI 48864 Phone: (517) 349-8089 Fax: (517) 349-8090 Email: barryc@homecaremi.org Web: www.homecaremi.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Tom Mann Michigan Visiting Care 2850 S. Industrial Hwy., Ste. 75 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Phone: (734) 477-7298 Fax: (734) 633-1412 Email: tommann@med.umichu.edu
Minnesota
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Jennifer Sorensen Executive Director Minnesota HomeCare Association 1711 West County Road B Suite 211S St. Paul, MN 55113-4036 Phone: (651) 635-0607 Fax: (651) 635-0043 Email: jsorensen@mnhomecare.org Web: www.mnhomecare.org	*BOARD LEADER* Denise Edgett Integrated Home Care 475 Etna Street, Ste. 3 St. Paul, MN 55106 Phone: (651) 415-4663 Email: denise.r.edgett@healthpartners.com
Mississippi
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Mary Lea Nations Executive Director Mississippi Association for Home Care 134 Fairmont Street, Suite B, Clinton, MS 39056 Phone: (601) 924-2275 Fax: (601) 924-0720 Email: mnations@mahc.org. Web: http://mahc.org	*BOARD LEADER* Penny Lovitt, RN, MSN Deaconess HomeCare PO Box 16929 Hattiesburg, MS 39404-6929 Phone: (601) 268-1842 Fax: (601) 268-7898 Email: penny.lovitt@ deaconesshomecare.com
Missouri
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Mary Schantz Executive Director Missouri Alliance for Home Care 2420 Hyde Park Road Suite A Jefferson City, MO 65109 Phone: (573) 634-7772 Fax: (573) 634-4374 fax Email: mary@homecaremissouri.org Web: www.homecaremissouri.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Jeff Crowley Serve Link Home Care P.O. Box 308 Trenton, MO 64683 Phone: (660) 359-4218 Fax: (660) 359-2134
Montana
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Dick Brown President MHA... An Association of Montana Health Care Providers 1720 9th Avenue Helena, MT 59604 Phone: (406) 442-1911 Fax: (406) 443-3894 Email: casey@mtha.org Web:www.mtha.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* John Goodnow Benefis Health System 1101 26th Street S. Great Falls, MT 59405 Phone: (406) 455-5000 Email: johngoodnow@benefis.org
Nebraska
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Janet Seelhoff, CAE Executive Director Nebraska Association of Home & Community Health Agencies 1633 Normandy Court, Suite A Lincoln, NE 68512 Phone: (402) 423-0718 Fax: (402) 476-6547 Email: jseelhoff@assocoffice.net Web: www.nebraskahomecare.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Shaun R. Meyer, RN Hi Line Home Health 111 West 10th Street Grant, NE 69140 Phone: (308) 352-7289 Email: smeyer@pchsgrant.com
Nevada
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* David Lampron Treasurer Nevada Homecare Association 10200 W. Flamingo Rd. Suite 4, PMB 118 Las Vegas, NV 89145-8394 Phone: (800) 559-6580 Email: NVHOMECAREASSOC@aol.com Web: www.nvhca.net	*BOARD LEADER* Jeanette P. Escoto, RN, MA Board President 10120 W. Flamingo Road Suite 4, PMB 118 Las Vegas, NV 89147 Phone: (702) 528-3932 Email: jeanette.escoto@uhc.com
New Hampshire
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Gina Balkus CEO Home Care Association of New Hampshire 8 Green Street, Suite 2 Concord, NH 03301-4012 Phone: (603) 225-5597 Fax: (603) 225-5817 Email: gbalkus@homecarenh.org Web: www.homecarenh.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Elaine Bussey North Country Home Health & Hospice 536 Cottage Street Littleton, NH 03561 Phone: (603) 444-5317 Fax: (603) 444-0980 Email: ebussey@nchha.com
New Jersey
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Sherl Brand, RN, BSN President & CEO Home Care Association of New Jersey 485D Route 1 South Suite 210 Iselin, NJ 08830 Phone: (732) 877-1100 Fax: (732) 877-1101 Email:sherl@homecarenj.org Web: www.homecarenj.org	*BOARD LEADER* Sandra Bennis, RN, BSN, MBA Virtua Home Care 523 Fellowship Road Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Elizabeth A. Ryan, Esq. President & CEO New Jersey Hospital Association 760 Alexander Road PO Box 1 Princeton, NJ 08543-0001 Phone: (609) 275-4102 Fax: (609) 806-4659 Email: tedelstein@njha.com Web: www.njha.com	*BOARD LEADER* Joseph P. Coyle Southern Ocean Medical Center (Meridian Health) 1140 Route 72 West Manahawkin, NJ 08050 Phone: (800) 560-9990
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* * Home Care Council of New Jersey** (The Association has no Executive or staff Please contact the Board Leader)	*BOARD LEADER* Ken Wessel Board President Home Care Options 2 Market Street Patterson, NJ 07501 Phone: (973) 523-1224 Email: KenWessel@homecareoptions.com
New Mexico
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Joie Glenn, RN, MBA, CAE Executive Director New Mexico Association for Home and Hospice Care 3200 Carlisle Boulevard, NE Suite 117 Albuquerque, NM 87110 Phone: (505) 889-4556 Fax: (505) 889-4928 Email: joieg@nmahc.org Web: www.nmahc.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Judy Sanchez Mesilla Valley Hospice 299 E. Montana Las Cruces, NM 88005 Phone: (575) 523-4700 Fax: (575) 525-5775 Email: jsanchez@mvhospice.org
New York
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Joanne Cunningham President Home Care Association of New York State 194 Washington Ave. Suite 400 Albany, NY 12210 Phone: (518) 426-8764 Ext. 214 Fax: (518) 426-8788 Email: jcunningham@hcanys.org Web: www.hcanys.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Bridget Gallagher Jewish Home Lifecare System New York, NY 10468 Phone: (800) 544-0304 Email: connections@jewishhome.org
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Christine L. Johnston President New York State Association of Health Care Providers, Inc. 99 Troy Road, Suite 200 East Greenbush, NY 12061 Phone: (518) 463-1118 Fax: (518) 463-1606 Email: johnston@nyshcp.org Web: www.nyshcp.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Susan Bayerl People Home Health Care Services 2128 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14207 Phone: (716) 874-5600 Fax: (716) 874-0388
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Daniel Sisto President Health Care Association of New York State One Empire Drive Rensselaer, NY 12144 Phone: (518) 431-7800 Fax: (518) 431-7915 Email: dsisto@hanys.org Web: http://www.hanys.org	*BOARD LEADER* Stanley Brezenoff President and Chief Executive Officer Continuum Health Partners, Inc.
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Joseph J. Campanella Executive Director Home Care Council of New York City 425 East 25th Street New York, NY 10010 Phone: (212) 481-4429 Fax: (212) 481-8791 fax Email: HomeCareCouncil@hccnyc.org Web:www.hccnyc.org	*BOARD LEADER* Dorothy Brandeth Association for Services for the Aged, Inc. 36-36 33rd Street Astoria, NY 11106 Phone: (718) 707-9696
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Kathy A. McMahon President & CEO Hospice & Palliative Care Association of New York State 21 Aviation Rd, Suite 9 Albany, NY 12205-1141 Phone: (518) 446-1483 Fax: (518) 446-1484 Email: kmcmahon@hpcanys.org Web: www.hpcanys.org	*BOARD LEADER* Please see Staff Executive contact information.
North Carolina
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Timothy Rogers CEO Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina, Inc. 3101 Industrial Drive, Suite 204 Raleigh, NC 27609 Phone: (919) 848-3450 Fax: (919) 848-2355 Email: timrogers@homeandhospicecare.org Web: www.homeandhospicecare.org	*BOARD LEADER* Devin Griffith Home Health of Randolph Hospital PO Box 1048 Asheboro, NC 27203 Phone: (919) 848-3450
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* David Stone President & CEO The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care 1230 S.E. Maynard Road Suite 203 Cary, NC 27511 Phone: (919) 459-5380 Fax: (919) 459-5390 Email: dstone@carolinasendoflifecare.org Web: www.carolinasendoflifecare.org	*BOARD LEADER* Theresa Younis Agape Community Hospice 1053 Center Street W. Columbia, SC 29169 Phone: (843) 422-5671 Email: tyounis@agapesenior.com
North Dakota
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Erica Cermak Association Executive North Dakota Association for Home Care c/o APT, Inc. PO Box 2175 Bismarck, ND 58502-2175 Phone: (701) 224-1815 Fax: (701) 224-9824 Email: erica@aptnd.com Web: www.aptnd.com/ndahc Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Joann Ferrie Good Samaritan Home Care Bismarck, ND 58160 Email: jferrie@good-sam.com
Ohio
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Kathleen Anderson, CAE President Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice 2800 Corporate Exchange Dr. Suite 225 Columbus, OH 43231 Phone: (614) 885-0434 Fax: (614) 899-0192 Email: Kathleen@ochch.org Web: www.ochch.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Debra A. Studer Interim Healthcare 2800 Corporate Exchange Drive Columbus, OH 43231 Email: dstuder@interim-health.com
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Jeffrey Lycan, RN, BS President & CEO Midwest Care Alliance 855 South Wall Street Columbus, OH 43206 Phone: (614) 763-0036 Fax: (614) 763-0050 Email:jeff.lycan@midwestcarealliance.org Web: www.ohpco.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Valerie Perout Co-Chair Visiting Nurse Services #1 Home Care Place Akron, OH 44320 Phone: (330) 745-1601 Fax: (330) 848-6181 Email: vperout@vnsa.com
Oklahoma
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Annette Mays Executive Director Oklahoma Society for Home Care & Hospice 755 West Covell Road, Suite 100 Edmond OK 73003 Phone: (405)-210-7857 Email: abisel@swbell.net Web: www.OAHC.com Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Field Griffen St Johns Hospice and Home Health 4720 So. Harvard, Suite 202 Tulsa, OK 74135 Phone: (918) 747-7901
Oregon
*EXECUTIVE* Sarah Myers, CAE Executive Director Oregon Association for Home Care 4676 Commercial Street, SE Suite 449 Salem, OR 97302 Phone: (503) 364-2733 Fax: (877) 458-8343 Email: smyers@assnoffice.com Web: www.oahc.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* David Perkins, RN, BSN Kaiser Permanente 2701 NW Vaughn, #140 Portland, OR 97210
Pennsylvania
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Vicki Hoak Executive Director Pennsylvania Homecare Association 20 Erford Road Suite 115 Lemoyne, PA 17043 Phone: (717) 975-9448 Fax: (717) 975-9456 Email: vhoak@pahomecare.org Web: www.pahomecare.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Paul Bartoletti, MBA CareGivers America 718 South State Street Clarks Summit, PA 18411 Phone: (570) 586-6633 Email: info@caregiversamerica.com
Puerto Rico
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* * Puerto Rico Home Health Agencies and Hospice Association** (The Association has no Executive or staff. Please contact the Board Chair/President)	*BOARD LEADER* Maria de L. De Leon Board President Condado Management, Inc. P.O. Box 192152 San Juan, PR 00919-2152 Phone: (787) 758-0168 Fax: (787) 753-5906 Email: mariludeleon@condado.org
Rhode Island
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Mary Benway Executive Director Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care, Inc. 260 West Exchange Street, Suite 5 Providence, RI 02903 Phone: (401) 351-1010 Fax: (401) 351-1016 Email: riphc@AOL.com Web: www.riphc.org	*BOARD LEADER* Jan Lowell Board President Roger Williams Home Care 50 Maude Street Providence , RI 02908 Phone: (401) 456-2101 Fax: (401) 456-2514 Email: jclowell@rwmc.org
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Rhode Island Visiting Nurses Network (The Association has no Executive or staff Please contact the Board Leader)	*BOARD LEADER* Nancy Roberts Board President VNA Care New England 51 Health Lane Warwick, RI 02886 Phone: (401) 681-1150 Email: nroberts@CNEHomeHealth.org
South Carolina
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Tim Rogers CEO South Carolina Home Care & Hospice Association 3101 Industrial Drive, Suite 204 Raleigh, NC 27609 Phone: (919) 848-3450 Fax: (919) 848-2355 Email: timrogers@homeandhospicecare.org Web: www.schomehealth.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Ellen B. Bolch THA Group PO Box 8011 Savannah, GA 31412 Phone: (919) 848-3450
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* David Stone President & CEO The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care 1230 S.E. Maynard Road Suite 203 Cary, NC 27511 Phone: (919) 459-5380 Fax: (919) 459-5390 Email: dstone@cchospice.org Web: www.cchospice.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Rita Burch Hospice of Rutherford County P.O. Box 336 Forest City, NC 28043 Phone: (828) 245-0095 Fax: (828) 245-5389
South Dakota
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Kenneth Senger Senior Vice President South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations 3708 Brooks Place Sioux Falls, SD 57106 Phone: (605) 361-2281 Fax: (605) 361-5175 Email: Kenneth.senger@sdaho.org Web: www.sdaho.org	*BOARD LEADER* Joseph Fluka Regional Health Rapid City, SD Email: jfluka@regionalhealth.com
Tennessee
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Gayla Sasser Executive Director Tennessee Association for Home Care, Inc. PO Box 140087 Nashville, TN 37214-2901 Phone: (615) 885-3399 Fax: (615) 885-4191 Email: gayla.sasser@tahc-net.org Web: www.tahc-net.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Peggy Ray Interim Healthcare of East Tennessee Morristown, TN 38556
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Mike Dietrich Executive Director Tennessee Hospital Association Home Care Alliance 500 Interstate Boulevard, South Nashville, TN 37210-4634 Phone: (615) 256-8240 Fax: (615) 242-4803 Email: mdietrich@tha.com	*BOARD LEADER* Debbie Bratton Maury Regional Home Services Maury Regional Hospital Columbia, TN Phone: (931) 490-4600
Texas
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Rachel Hammon Executive Director Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice, Inc. 3737 Executive Center Drive Suite 268 Austin, TX 78731 Toll Free: (800) 880-8893 Phone: (512) 338-9293 Fax: (512) 338-9496 Email: rachel@tahch.org Web: www.tahch.org Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Jennie Baird Angels at Home, Inc. 219 W. 6th Avenue Corsicana, TX 75110 Phone: (866) 824-8174 Email: jasbaird@sbcglobal.net
Utah
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Dan Hull Executive Director Utah Association for Home Care 1327 South 900 East Salt Lake City, UT 84105 Phone: (801) 466-7210 Email: homecareconnection@msn.com Web: www.ua4hc.org	*BOARD LEADER* David Britsch RN, Owner and Administrator Summit Home Health and Hospice 92 West Center Street Midvale, Utah 84047 Phone: (801) 542-7150 Fax: (801) 542-7154 Email: dbritsch@ summithomehealth.com
Vermont
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Peter Cobb Executive Director Vermont Assembly of Home Health Agencies 10 Main Street Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 229-0579 Fax: (802) 223-6218 Email: vahha@comcast.net Web: vnavt.com Board List	*BOARD LEADER* Kathy Demars Lamoille Home Health & Hospice Morrisville, Vermont 05701 Phone: (802) 888-4651 Email: kdemars@lhha.org
Virginia
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Marcia Tetterton, MS, CAE Executive Director Virginia Association for Home Care & Hospice 8001 Franklin Farms Drive Suite 110 Richmond, VA 23229 Phone: (804) 285-8636 Fax: (804) 288-3303 Email: mtetterton@vahc.org Web: www.vahc.org	*BOARD LEADER* Kim Smith Gentiva Virginia Beach, VA Phone: (757) 499-2303 Email: Kim.smith@gentiva.com
Washington
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Gloria Hatcher-Mays Executive Director Home Care Association of Washington P.O. Box 2016 Edmonds, WA 98020 Phone: (425) 775-8120 Fax: (425) 771-9588 Email: gloria@hcaw.org Web: www.hcaw.org	*BOARD LEADER* Terri Wallin Wallin & Associates Email: terri@wallinenterprises.com
West Virginia
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Laura Friend Executive Director West Virginia Council of Home Care Agencies, Inc. Route 1 Box 190 Elk Fork Road Middlebourne WV 26149 Phone: (304) 758-4312 Fax: (304) 758-4354 Email: wvhomecare@hughes.net Web: www.wvhomecareassociation.com	*BOARD LEADER* Andra Hardin Cabell Huntington Hospital Home Health 1340 Hal Greer Blvd Huntington WV 25701 Phone: (304) 526-2075 Email: ahardin@chhi.org
Wisconsin
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Eric Ostermann, MBA, CAE Executive Director Wisconsin Association for Home Healthcare, Inc. 563 Carter Court, Suite B Kimberly, WI 54136 Phone: (920) 560-5632 Fax: (920) 882-3655 Email: eric@badgerbay.com Web: www.wiahc.org	*BOARD LEADER* Bobbi Schmidt 412 West Kinne Street Ellsworth, WI 54011 Phone: (715) 273-6756 Fax (715) 273-6854 Email: chodgson@co.pierce.wi.us
Wyoming
*STAFF EXECUTIVE* Home Health Care Alliance of Wyoming (The Association has no Executive or staff Please contact the Board Leader) Web: www.wyominghomehealth.org	*BOARD LEADER* Mari Irelan 814 8th Street Wheatland, WY 82201 Phone: (307) 322-5891 Email: mari.irelan@crmcwy.org