AAHomecare Taps New President, CEO

Alexandria, Va.

Tyler Wilson, an attorney and executive director of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, has been named president and CEO of the American Association for Homecare.

Wilson, who has more than a decade of experience in trade associations, will assume duties Sept. 18. The appointment follows a more than six-month search by AAHomecare after Kay Cox stepped down from the post in February.

Since 2000, Wilson has served as executive director of AOPA, a trade association that represents more than 1,950 manufacturers, distributors, and patient care facilities in the prosthetics and orthotics industry.

Wilson says his first priority at AAHomecare will be to focus on areas where the association can better serve members and build unity in the industry. “I look forward to leading AAHomecare and its members as the industry tackles critical issues, with one voice, for home care,” he said.

In another personnel change, Ashley Ridlon, AAHomecare’s manager of policy and communications, is leaving the association to join the staff of Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. Ridlon, a native of Arkansas with a graduate degree in gerontology, will serve as legislative assistant for health care issues for the senator.