Meet Your AARC Ambassadors

January 2, 2003
At last year's International Respiratory Congress in Tampa, Florida, the AARC launched the AARC Ambassadors Program. Outgoing AARC President Margaret Traband, MEd, RRT, and incoming AARC President David C. Shelledy PhD, RRT, were the first to sign up and then challenged attendees to sign up. An unprecedented 450 attendees pledged to recruit at least one new member into the AARC.

More than just a recruitment program, Ambassadors are also charged to educate the respiratory care community about the goals and efforts of the AARC on behalf of respiratory therapists and their patients. It is also an opportunity for AARC members to stretch their talents and develop communications skills that will benefit them in their professional and personal lives. The AARC Executive Office is working closely with Ambassadors to provide tools and support for their efforts and to make participation in this program an educational skills-set-building exercise.

If you would like to see who is an AARC Ambassador in your state, please view the list below. They will be happy to answer any question you have about the AARC and our fight for quality respiratory care.

Do you want to join the crusade? Just complete the online form and you'll be in our prime diplomatic corps -- The AARC Ambassadors.

AARC Ambassadors

Alabama
Lillian F. Heller
Harold F. Hill
Ben W. Nelson
Bill Pruitt

Arizona
Mark L. Anderson
William D. Cohagen
Marie A. Fenske
Henry Andrew Fronczak
Tony Rodela

Arkansas
David Lee Batcheller
Kristine E. Batcheller
Darrell G. Benham
Theresa A. Gramlich
David F. Jordan
Jalynn Jordan
Marsha Lewis
Russell Lockhart
Arthur Middleton
Gaylene Rene Mooney
Jill Murphy
Jacylyn Thrush
Robin Weaver

California
Janyth Carolyn Bolden
Michael Alan Branly
Dale R. Eiserman
Lillian Fifer
James B. Fink
Terrance M. Krider
John George Peleuses
Mark Steven Rogers
Louis Sinopoli
Janice Smith
Joseph Tato, III
Patrick D. Tobin
Racquel Calderon Vizcaino
Thomas D. Wagner
Debbie R. Walker
Richard T. Watkins

Colorado
Sandra Jean Barker
Donald Conner
Barbara Kingry Fedak
Diane Elizabeth Herrick
Beth D. Montano
Judith Tietsort
John A. Wolfe

Connecticut
Susan Therese Albino
Geraldine Bernacki
Janet S. Libera
Leeann Losee
John R. Loyer
Karen A. Milikowski
Ann A. Parmelee
Alan Roth
Joseph Roth
Frank R. Salvatore, Jr.

Delaware
Melani L. Murphy
Billie Speakman

District of Columbia
Jeanette Ledbetter Harvin
Susan D. Lockwood

Florida
Jennifer Bassett
Celeste C. Belyea
Diane S. Berman
Dawna Jeanne Callaway
Lynn W. Capraun
Leah M. Carlson
Adam Wayne Cauley
Timothy J. Coons
Jack L. Dale
Gerardo T. De Dios
Gary Earl
Jose Espejo
Connie R. Farmer
Edward Fluker
Laura Fluker
Sandra J. Ford
Pamela Fry
Letha A. Haynes
Mark Hendrix
Kay Lockhart Horner
John J. Howe
Patrick L. Johnson, Jr.
Wayne Lender
James Lieck
Daniel C. Maddalino
Jeffrey Malphurs
Richard Lee Manet
Judi J Marcinell
Jerry D. Markle
James Mitchell
Raul Ospina
Doreen Kris Patrick
Susan P. Pilbeam
Andre Perlo
Douglas H. Preston
James J. Reagan, Jr.
Rhonda K. Reagan
Dennis Ira Reese
Thomas J. Reid
Robert J. Ruffner
Richard A. Russin
Pamela Kay Ryan
Jerry Scrivener
Steve Shideler
Mary Lynn Speed
Shelby Allen Suggs
Curtis L. Varner
Terry L. Vukelich
Gregory A. Walker
Lynn Wattles
Levi Y. Weaver
James M. Webb
Ellen H. Weiss
Marjorie J. Wilkins
Richard D. Williams
Susan E. Willoughby

Georgia
Ilean Bady
R. Randall Baker
Jane G. Bockman
Robert P. DeLorme
Rose Lee Dennis
Terri Glaze
Lynda L. Thomas Goodfellow
Janis P. Havard
Marjorie D. Hokanson
James Holland
Annie Ruth Lawton
Thomas A. Madrin
Tammy McGhee
Sandra G. Moore
Edward L. Porter
Joseph L. Rau
John J. Reagan
Robert Dale Ropp
Pamela West
Andrew L. Williams

Hawaii
Jennie H. Chahanovich
Ronald R. Sanderson

Idaho
Larry Jenks

Illinois
Lynn Marie Connelly
Carole Crawford-Jones
Kelli Ladean Deberry
Christine Demski
Debbie L. Hockenbury
Tracy Inboden
Craig Leonard
Douglas W. McQueary
Kurt S. Meyer
Charles O. Miles
Keith Roberts
Patricia M. Ryan

Indiana
Tara Bossarte
Timothy P. Conlin
Patricia E. Ingle
Theodore J. Jackson
Delynn S. Johnston
Debra M. Koehl
Jamie L. Lee
Kathleen F. Lee
Lisa R. Price
Cathy Lynn Still
Linda I. Van Scoder
Vivian Rose Wiley

Iowa
Kenneth Darby
Earl Loren Howard
William J. Lahart
Sherie A. Wheeler

Kansas
Suzanne Bollig
Ronald L. Botka
Donald Guy Carden
Kenneth Eugene Conley
Debra J. Fox
Clinton Hudson
Steven B. Nelson
Homer L. Rodriguez
Karen S. Schell

Maine
Jane E. Boulanger
Karen C. Lane

Massachusetts
Michael A. Bates
Cynthia Ann Bowman
Sharon E. Fowler
Jackie L. Long Goding
Armand D. Riendeau

Maryland/DC
Karen A. Bowman
Merle C. Good
Elaine A. Green
Floyd W. Hartfield
Joe N. Ross
Deborah G. Shaff

Michigan
Mary E. Alstead
Patrick Crouse
Kathryn M. Gurin
Connie Guyor
Albert W. Moss
David Panzlau
Nina J. Patterson
Douglas Rowden
Scott Thomas
Richard E. Weiler
Gregory Wray

Minnesota
Bruce E. Estrem
John Framsted
Beth Green
Kris D. Hammel
Denise Johnson
Dorothy A. Schultz
Julie Clarke Wilson

Mississippi
Larry H. Conway

Missouri
Leslie Chalaine Bell
M. Darnetta Clinkscale
John A. Hemkens
Jeff Keener
Linda S. Kent
Paul Luehrs
Diane R. Oldfather
Glenda A. Pippin
Monica Ann Skaggs

Nebraska
Frank M. Freihaut
Christine Hamilton
Gil Smith
David M. Stuart

Nevada
Thomas W. Lybrook

New Hampshire
Catherine Fayton

New Jersey
Uma C. Anand
Robert Guardabasco
Robert A. Muller
Ed Peters
Stacey A. Ray
Dennis Siclari

New Mexico
John P. Blewett
Kathi K. Lopez

New York
Ellen A. Becker
Nicholas Caruselle
Sonia Delerme
Angel L. Figueroa
Robert R. Fluck
George W. Gaebler
Hyacinth M. Johnson
Frank G. Llido
Patricia Petrocelli
Mary B. Smith
Ken Stanford
Catherine Sullivan
Joseph A. Toval
John Weissleder

North Carolina
Catherine Foss
Glen A. Hazlewood
Wanda Marie Marlowe
JoAnn Martinez
Claudette McCallum
Christopher Meredith
John Paschal
Kevin Michael Pelech
Robert J. Pietrzykowski
Barbara Prieur
Cynthia S. Scott
Rick Sells
Ronnie A. Sloan
Terrence F. Smith
James A. Whitley
Sheryl A. Whitley

North Dakota
Claude W. Dockter
Michael W. Runge

Ohio
Gail Ann Banasiak
Janet M. Boehm
Katherine Capots
Matthew Capots
Nancy Ellen Colletti
Linda Ann Dodge
Nicole Marie Dunn
April-Lee J. Enderud
Beverly J Ervin
William A. French
Craig Warren Gordon
Terry Hoover
Joseph R. Huff
Diane M. Jereb
Nancy A. Johnson
Jeffery S. Jones
Sandra R. Kaple
E. Lucy Kester
Douglas Scott Laher
Debra J. Lierl
James E. Martin
Gregory R. Nichols
Marilyn M. Recker
Mary L. Reed
Richard David Rice
Roger Rickel
Dorothy J. Rogel
Mark T. Taylor
Margaret Traband
Terry Volsko

Oklahoma
Betty J. Fisher
John J. Harmon
Karen S. Hart
Roger Lowe
Stan R. Reyes

Oregon
Joe G. Dwan
Christopher Sorensen

Pennsylvania
D. Christopher Anderson
Diane L. Barnes
Ann L. Cusano
John M. Graybeal
Bette Grey
Daniel Webster Grove, Jr.
Cathleen M. Hurley
Yvonne Jo Lamme
Jacquelyn McClure
Mark L. Paugh
Terri D. Price
Ronald S. Sherman
Richard A. Stoner
Robert D. Tarkowski

Puerto Rico
Yolanda Carromero
Arturo Cruz

Rhode Island
Linda S. Boisclair
Joanne W. Jacobs

South Carolina
Rebecca Carter Achey
Susan C. Baker
Robert C. Cook
Darlene G. Fry
Suzan M Makoski

South Dakota
Peggy Jean Goos
Angela L. Haugen
Ruth Krueger
Robyn Leah Larvie
Jill Olson
Jerald W. Roberts

Tennessee
Asok Banerjee
Donald K. Brooks
Dawn E. Conover
Ray A. Davis
Pamela K. Ditto
Cheri Dodson
Joy L. Edwards
Ernest Fraire, Jr.
Joan Nowell
Troy Overton
Candace L. Partee
Michael Scott Powers
Colleen Schabacker
Gwendolyn P. Valentine
Douglas Weathers

Texas
Edward J. Burnette
Marilyn R. Childers
Cheri Duncan
Arunakanth Duvvury
Patrick Evans
Annette Fennell
Darrin French
Kenneth D. Hargett
Kathalene M. Harris
Mary K. Hart
John David Hiser
Mallory Kershaw
Tammy Reitz Kurszewski
Kathleen E. LeBouef
L. Lynn Lebouef
Terry S. Legrand
Mark W. Mangus
Aleta Kay Martin
Ann O. Medford
Dolores Mejia
Dolores Y. Mendoza
David Bradley Pavlakovich
Mahandran Rajasuriar
Lue Mims Russell
John S. Sabo
David Shelledy
Ricky R. Smith
Helen M. Sorenson
Towanna Thompson
Marilyn Travis

Utah
Kathryn L Davidson
Linda Carol Gallegos
Brenda Holmes
James P. Keenan

Virginia
John Dale Booth
James M. Darin
Patricia A. Doorley
Norbert A. Johnson
Linda L. Stone
M. Sam Yoder

Washington
Eric E. Anderson
Roger Gilbert
Steven Mario Leombruno
James Edward McLaughlin
Earl Moore
Kristin K. Powers
Regina A. Reale
Terry L. Smith

West Virginia
Charles R. Akers
Garland Q. McDonald
Chuck Menders
Gary Le Riley
Jay C. R. Wildt
Michelle Ann Wymer

Wisconsin
Richard Wayne Adams
William J. Backes
Gail P. Brittan
Angela J. Dittman
Anne L. Flaten
Bridgette Gayle Wintlend

Wyoming
Dianna Gorsuch
Rena Mae Piper

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