Leadership

Board of Directors

President of the Board Gordon (Gus) Littlefield, Rockledge, FL
Executive Vice President Donnette Smith, Huntsville, AL
Vice-President Lynn Berringer, Montgomery, TX
Treasurer Dale Briggs, Clovis, CA
Central Regional Director Barbara Forman, Englewood, OH
Mid-Atlantic Regional Director John Maiorana, Virginia Beach, VA
Midwest Regional Director Connie Butler, Bloomington, IL
Northeast Regional Director Bob Scott, Woonsocket, RI
Rocky Mountain Randy Gay, Missoula, MT
Southern Regional Director Marvin Keyser, Weston, FL
Southwest Regional Director Millie Henn, Temple, TX
Western Regional Director Patrick Farrant, San Jose, CA
Past President – Most Recent Raul Fernandes, Tiverton, RI
Past Presidents’ Council Chairman Charles Christmas, Louisville, KY
Vice President, Mended Little Hearts Susan Vanderpool, Tulsa, OK
Appointed Director, Mended Little Hearts Amanda Eason, St. Augustine, FL

National Advisory Committee

Denton A. Cooley, M.D. Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX

Alden H. Harken, M.D. University of California (San Francisco), Oakland, CA

J. Willis Hurst, M.D. Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Allan M. Lansing, M.D., Ph.D. Audubon Hospital, Louisville, KY

James Joseph Rybacki, Pharm. D. The Medicine Information Institute, Easton, MD

Sarah Spinler PharmD, FAHA, FCCP, BCPS Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Michael L. Williams, R.N., M.S.N., C.C.R.N. Past President, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Aliso Viejo, CA