Senior Management

Richard (Rich) Umbdenstock
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Hospital Association
325 Seventh Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 626-2363
Fax: (202) 626-2303

Richard J. (Rick) Pollack
Executive Vice President, Advocacy and Public Policy
Phone: (202) 626-4625
Fax: (202) 626-2355
E-mail: rpollack@aha.org

Neil J. Jesuele
Executive Vice President, Leadership and Business Development
Phone: (202) 626-2969
Fax: (202) 626-2689
E-mail: njesuele@aha.org

James D. (Jim) Bentley, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Strategic Policy Planning
Phone: (202) 626-4631
Fax: (202) 626-4630
E-mail: jbentley@aha.org

Linda E. Fishman
Senior Vice President, Public Policy Analysis & Development
Phone: (202) 626-4628
Fax: (202) 626-2254
E-mail: lfishman@aha.org

Michael P. Guerin
Senior Vice President and Association Secretary
Phone: (312) 422-2709
Fax: (312) 422-4605
E-mail: mguerin@aha.org

Melinda (Mindy) Reid Hatton
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Phone:  (202) 626-2336
Fax:  (202) 626-2555
E-mail: mhatton@aha.org

Barbara Z. Lorsbach
Senior Vice President, Member Relations
Phone: (312) 422-3313
Fax: (312) 422-4591
E-mail: blorsbach@aha.org

Tom Nickels
Senior Vice President, Federal Relations
Phone: (202) 626-2314
Fax: (202) 262-2254
E-mail: tnickels@aha.org

Richard H. (Rick) Wade
Senior Vice President for Strategic Communications
Phone: (202) 626-4627
Fax: (202) 626-2269
E-mail: rwade@aha.org

Neil J. Jesuele
President of Health Forum
Phone: (202)626-2969
Fax: (202) 626-2689
E-mail: njesuele@aha.org

Tony Burke
Chief Executive Officer of AHA Financial Solutions, Inc. (AHA-FSI)
Phone: (312) 895-2514
Fax: (312) 895-2501
E-mail: aburke@aha.org

John R. Combes, MD
President/COO, Center for Healthcare Governance
Phone:  (312) 422-2117
Fax:  (312) 422-4650
E-mail: jcombes@aha.org

Stephen R. Mayfield
Senior Vice President, Quality and Performance Improvement, AHA Quality Center
Phone:  (312) 422-2926
Fax:  (312) 422-4511
E-mail: smayfield@aha.org