Meet the
Board of Directors

FRHA board members Leah Vail Compton (left to right), Robert Rihn, Randy Calvert, Melissa Thibodau, Joe Peters, David Duke, and Michael Ham-Ying. Not pictured: board members Rich Rasmussen, Thomas Leach, Andy Behrman, Sharon Johnston, and Kendra Siler-Marsiglio. 

Officers

President

Michael Ham-Ying, MD
Cheif Clinical Officer, Central Florida Health Care, Inc. 
Email: jham-ying@cfhconline.org

Vice-President

Rich Rasmussen
Email: rich@fha.org     

Treasurer

Joe Peters
Executive Director, Everglades Area Health Education Center
Email: jpeters@eahec.org

Secretary

Melissa Thibodau
Executive Director, Heartland Rural Health Network
Email: melissa.thibodeau@hrhn.org

Past President

Thomas J. Leach, FACHE
CEO of Medical Center Radiology Group in Orlando
Email: tjleachsr@gmail.com

FRHA Committees

Government Affairs Committee
Goals:
1. Develop a legislative agenda and policy positions for the Association.
2.  Annual Survey of membership to determine important issues.
3. Publish results of survey, develop strategy for legislative visits

Communication and Membership Committee
Goals:
1. Broaden and increase membership. 
2. Contribute to newsletter communications with members.
3. Develop membership 

Conference Committee
Goals:
1. Hold well organized & well attended annual conference
2. Increase number of vendors and/or amount of income each year
3. Provide pre-meeting for Rural Health Networks, Rural Hospitals, Rural EMS 

Directors

Andy Behrman
CEO, Florida Association of Community Health Centers
Email: abehrman@fachc.org

Randy Calvert
Director, Office of Rural Health, DOH
Division of Health Access & Tobaacco
Email: randall.calvert@flhealth.gov

David Duke
AirMethods
Email: dduke@airmethods.com

Sharon Johnston
Associate Director, Central Florida Area Health Education Center
Email: sharon@cfahec.org

Robert "Bob" Rihn
Executive Director, Tri-County Human Services                       
Email: rrihn@tchsonline.com

Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, PhD
President, CommunityHealth IT
Email: kendra.siler@CommunityHealthIT.org

Leah Vail Compton
Vice President, Forensic Services, Meridian Behavioral Healthcare
Email: leah_vail@mbhci.org

Ex-Officio Contract Managers

Sarah Catalanotto & Laura Hampson
Suwannee River AHEC & FRHA
Email: sarahc@srahec.org, lhampson@srahec.org