Leadership
AHA statement from President and CEO Rick Pollack on President Biden鈥檚 Executive Orders.
President Biden retracted the previous administration鈥檚 plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization.
The AHA has elected to a vacancy on its Board of Trustees Russ Gronewold, CEO of Bryan Health, a five-hospital health system headquartered in Lincoln, Neb. He also will serve as chair of Regional Policy Board 6.
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Since it became a federal holiday in 1983, MLK Day has become widely celebrated as a day of public service for individuals, communities and organizations.
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) has elected Russ Gronewold to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees, effective January 2021; he will also serve as chair of Regional Policy Board 6. The Board of Trustees is the highest policymaking body of the AHA and has ultimate authority for the鈥
Statement on President-elect Biden鈥檚 COVID relief plan from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack issued the following statement in response to the violence last week at the U.S. Capitol.
I have no doubt that Americans and people all over the world are looking forward to turning the page to a new year. The challenges the health care field encountered in 2020 due to the global pandemic have been intense both personally and professionally. But hope is growing for 2021 with the initial鈥
Carolyn Scanlan, a trustee at Penn Medicine Lancaster (Pa.) General Health will chair the AHA's Committee on Governance in 2021. William Menner, chair, UnityPoint Health 鈥 Grinnell (Iowa) Regional Medical Center, will serve as vice chair.
The past 10 months have been filled with jarring and dissonant images, scenes that have prompted us to say, 鈥渘ever thought we鈥檇 see that in our country.鈥 Unfortunately, we now have to add yesterday鈥檚 storming of the U.S. Capitol and assault on our democracy to that mix.