Interested in serving on one of the ACHA committees?
Download our Show of Interest Form (PDF) and send to acha-info@goamp.com

Advanced Educational Network Committee

Board Liaison: Mark Nichols, mnichols@lshchicago.com

Chair: Dan Rectenwald, drectenwald@hga.com
The Education Committee creates and maintains the ACHA learning programs including workshops, seminars and roundtables at the national level.  Eg: PDC and HCD conferences

Certification Committee

Board Liaison: Joseph Sprague, jsprague@hksinc.com

Chair- Kurt Rockstroh, kurtr@steffian.com
The Certification Committee reviews and maintains the application and portfolio process to ensure relevance to the industry.  The committee also reviews and approves the applications and portfolios for examination eligibility.

Certificate Holders Committee

Chair: Carlos Amato, camato@cannondesign.com
The Certificate Holders Committee Committee assists in the recruitment of ACHA candidates and retention of current certificants. The committee members provide call-back services to answer questions and promote the ACHA. The committee also identifies and assigns mentors for candidates who have expressed interest in the ACHA examination. The committee also provides assistance to other committees to demonstrate value to current certificants.

Communications and Outreach

Board Liaisons: Connie McFarland, connie@mcapc.com

                               Doug Childs, dchilds@a-architects.us

Chair: John Blignaut, jblignaut@gbbn.com
The Public Relations Committee strengthens the ACHA through public relations, marketing and advertising strategies.  Members manage ACHA’s website, prepare a quarterly newsletter, monthly E-Voice, oversee the consistency of the ACHA’s brand on all forms of communication and develops awareness campaigns for the healthcare industry.

Ethics Committee

Board Liaison / Chair: Connie McFarland, connie@mcapc.com

Examination Committee

Board Liaison: Peter Bardwell, pbardwell@bardwellassociates.com

Chair: Tom Harvey, tharvey@hksinc.com
The Examination Committee assists in the development of the ACHA examination to ensure that the examination is professionally sound and legally defensible.  The committee oversees that all examination questions refer to the detailed content outline and can be referenced appropriately. The committee meets regularly to write new examination questions and review the current examination to ensure accurateness.

Fellowship Committee

Board Liaison: Joseph Sprague, jsprague@hksinc.com

Regional Initiatives Committee

Chair: Mark Nichols, mnichols@lshchicago.com
Identifies and oversees the organization of regional ACHA learning and recruitment programs including workshops, seminars to offer value to ACHA certificants and to bring awareness of the ACHA to the public and prospective candidates.  

 

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