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AUSTIN (Oct. 12, 2009) – The Texas Hospital Association has elected its 2010 Board of Trustees. New members and officers are designated as “Officer-Elect” or “Trustee Elect” and will begin their terms on Jan. 1. Michael D. Williams, FACHE, president and CEO of Community Hospital Corporation in Plano, will be installed as THA’s new chairman. William W. “Bill” Webster, FACHE, chief executive officer of Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, will be chairman-elect. Barclay Berdan, FACHE, senior executive vice president of system alignment and performance for Texas Health Resources in Arlington, will become immediate past chairman.
New trustees elected to serve three-year terms include:
- Ruth A. “Raz” Cook, FACHE, East Texas Medical Center Fairfield;
- Steve Hartgraves, Graham Regional Medical Center;
- Hank Hernandez, Las Palmas Medical Center, El Paso;
- C. David Huffstutler, St. David’s Medical Center, Austin;
- Tim Lancaster, FACHE, Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene;
- J. Patrick Murray, FACHE, Peterson Regional Medical Center; and
- David N. Parmer, FACHE, Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont.
Trustees continuing as members of the 2010 THA Board of Trustees include:
- Jeff Bourgeois, FACHE, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Westover Hills, San Antonio;
- Gary Brock, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas;
- Jim Buckner, FACHE, Uvalde Memorial Hospital;
- Kirk Calhoun, M.D., University of Texas Health Center at Tyler;
- Jack Endres, FACHE, East Texas Medical Center Jacksonville;
- Matt Maxfield, FACHE, Brownwood Regional Medical Center;
- Juanita Romans, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston;
- Tom Royer, M.D., CHRISTUS Health, Irving;
- Jim Valenti, FACHE, University Medical Center of El Paso;
- Robert L. Smith, Tenet Healthcare Texas Region, Dallas (Region 1);
- Kent Keahey, FACHE, Providence Healthcare Network, Waco (Region 2);
- Doug Matney, South Texas Health System, Edinburg (Region 3);
- Russell Meyers, FACHE, Midland Memorial Hospital (Region 4);
- David Ballard, M.D., Ph.D., Baylor Health Care System, Dallas (Physician);
- Nathan Goldstein III, M.D., Northwest Texas Healthcare System, Amarillo (Physician); and
- Dan Stultz, M.D., THA, Austin (THA President/CEO serves as Secretary-Treasurer).
The Council on Policy Development Chairman and Vice Chairman and the Texas Healthcare Trustees Chairman and Chairman-Elect serve as ex-officio members of the THA Board of Trustees. They are elected independently by their respective groups.
In addition, the THA Board has elected Kirk Calhoun, M.D., Matt Maxfield, Tim Lancaster and Bob Smith as at-large members of the THA Executive Committee to serve a one-year term.
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About Texas Hospital Association
Founded in 1930, the Texas Hospital Association is the leadership organization and principal advocate for the state’s hospitals and health care systems. Based in Austin, THA enhances its members’ abilities to improve accessibility, quality and cost-effectiveness of health care for all Texans. One of the largest hospital associations in the country, THA represents more than 85 percent of the state’s hospitals and health care systems, which employ some 340,000 health care professionals statewide. To learn more, visit www.tha.org or follow THA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/texashospitals.
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