AAHomecare Elects New Officers, Board

WASHINGTON — The American Association for Homecare has elected a
new slate of officers for 2009-2010. Voted in during the
association’s annual Legislative Conference Tuesday, new officers
are:

• Chair: A.J. Filippis, president and CEO,
  Wright &
  Filippis, Rochester Hills, Mich.
• Vice Chair: Georgetta Blackburn, VP,
  government relations, Blackburn’s, Tarentum, Pa.
• Treasurer: Tom Ryan, president and CEO,
  Homecare
  Concepts, Farmingdale, N.Y.

Six new board members, whose terms will run from 2009 to 2012,
include:

• Ron Bendell, president, VGM & Associates, Waterloo, Iowa
• Carter Fuller, President, Fuller
  Rehabilitation & Consulting, Ringold, Ga.
• Chris Kane, COO, Pacific Pulmonary Services, Novato, Calif.
• J.C. Kyrillos, senior vice president of sales and marketing,
  ResMed,
  San Diego
• Joel Mills, president and CEO, Advanced Home
  Care, High Point, N.C.
• Malachi Mixon, chairman and CEO, Invacare Corp.,
  Elyria, Ohio

The association also named incoming council chairmen as
follows:

• HME-RT Council
  Joel Marx, Medical Services Company, Cleveland, will take over
  for outgoing chair Joe Lewarski, Invacare, North Ridgeville,
  Ohio.
  The incoming vice chair is Robert Steedley, Barnes Healthcare,
  Valdosta, Ga.
• Medical Supplies Council
  Randy Carson of Smith and Nephew, St. Petersburg, Fla., will replace
  Karen Kaczmarek of KBK Consulting, Boca Raton, Fla.
• Medical Gases Council
  Continues to be chaired by Ruth Ann Ellison, Apria Healthcare,
  Canonsburg, Pa.
• Rehab and Assistive Technology Council
  (RATC)
  Continues to be chaired by Tim Pederson, WestMed Rehab,
  Rapid City, S.D. The incoming vice chair is John Letizia, Laurel Medical
  Supplies, Edensburg, Pa.
• Regulatory Council
  Continues to be chaired by Kimberlie Rogers-Bowers, Apria
  Healthcare.
• State Leaders Advisory Council
  Continues to be chaired by Rose Schafhauser of MAMES, with Carol
  Napierski of NYMEP as vice chair.