PHA Board of Trustees

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association is directed by a dedicated and passionate group of people who have been touched by pulmonary hypertension. Our Board of Trustees consists of patients, family members of PH patients and medical professionals specializing in the disease.

Officers

Vallerie McLaughlin, MD, Chair
Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program at University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Board term ending: January 2015 (first term)
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Laura D’Anna, DrPH, MPA, Immediate Past-Chair
Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director, California State University Long Beach Center for Health Disparities Research
Long Beach, Calif.
Board term ending: January 2015 (third term)
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Rev. Steve White, PhD, Chair-Elect
Retired Episcopal Priest
Williamstown, Mass.
Board term ending:  January 2014 (second term)
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Sally Maddox, Secretary
Math teacher
Rome, Ga.
Board term ending: January 2013 (fourth term)
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Roger Towle, Treasurer
Vice President for Financial Affairs, Grove City College
Grove City, Penn.
Board term ending: January 2013 (third term)
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Members At-Large

Colleen Brunetti
Generation Hope Young Adult Advisory Board
New Hartford, Conn.
Board term ending: January 2014 (first term)
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Linda Carr
Homemaker and community volunteer
Part-time legal assistant
Miami Springs, Fl.
Board term ending: January 2014 (second term)
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Richard Channick, MD
Director of the Pulmonary and Thromboendarterectomy Program at Massachusetts General Hospital
Scientific Leadership Council Representative
Winchester, Mass.
Board term ending: June 2016 (SLC Representative)
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C. Greg Elliott, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine
Chairman, Department of Medicine at Intermountain Medical Center
Murray, Utah
Board term ending: January 2013 (third term)
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Karen Fagan, MD
Associate Professor and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of South Alabama
Scientific Leadership Council Representative
Mobile, Ala.
Board term ending: January 2015
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John Hess
Chief Technology Officer, CBJ
Boulder, Colo.
Board term ending: January 2013 (first term)
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Dunbar Ivy, MD
Section Head of Cardiology and Director of the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Program at the University of Colorado
Aurora, Colo.
Board term ending: January 2015 (second term)
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Tony Lahnston
Director of Operations, Tropical Nut and Fruit
Windermere, Fl.
Board term ending: January 2015 (second term)
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Michael McGoon, MD
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn.
Board term ending: January 2015 (third term)
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Rita Orth, RN
Support group leader
Danville, Calif.
Board term ending: January 2015 (second term)
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Cindy Pickles, RN
Support group leader
Lewsiville, N.C.
Board term ending: January 2015 (second term)
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Diane Ramirez
Advocacy Chair, Piedmont North Carolina Support Group
Lexington, N.C.
Board term ending: January 2014 (first term)
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Harry Rozakis
President and CEO, Cyrium Technologies, Inc.
Ottowa, Canada
Board term ending: January 2013 (second term)
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Traci Stewart, RN
Nurse Clinician Specialist, Cardiomyopathy Treatment Program at the University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Board term ending: June 2014 (PHPN Representative)
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Jack Stibbs
Attorney
Conroe, Texas
Board term ending: January 2014 (fourth term)
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Steve Van Wormer
Writer and voice actor
Burbank, Calif.
Board term ending: January 2015 (second term)
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Melisa Wilson, ARNP
Pulmonary Hypertension Coordinator, Orlando Regional Medical Center
Scientific Leadership Council Representative
Orlando, Fl.
Board term ending: January 2015
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Members Emeritus

Jerry Paton
Owner, Dairy Queen (retired)
Indiantown, Fl.
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Pat Paton, RN
Nurse (retired)
PHA co-founder
Indiantown, Fl.
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Ed Simpson
Professor Emeritus, College of Education at Northern Illinois University
Holiday Island, Ark.
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Judith Simpson, RN, EdS
Pediatric nursing instructor (retired)
PHA co-founder
Holiday Island, Ark.
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Ex-Officio

Rino Aldrighetti
President & CEO, Pulmonary Hypertension Association
Silver Spring, Md.
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