ASHE Affiliated Chapters

State Chapters

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois

Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana

Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island

South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Regional Chapters

ASHE Student Chapters Healthcare Facilities Managers Association of Delaware Valley Kansas City Area Healthcare Engineers National Capital Healthcare Engineering Society New England Healthcare Engineers' Society, Inc. Tri-State Society of Healthcare Engineers

State Chapters

Alabama - Region 4

Alabama Society for Healthcare Engineering
2012 President: Janet L Pate, RN, BSN, MHA
Manager Employee Health Infection Control & Safety
The Kirklin Clinic
Phone: (205)801-7528
Fax: (205)801-8430
E-Mail: jpate@uabmc.edu
Web site: www.alashe.org

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Alaska - Region 10

Alaska Society of Healthcare Managers and Engineers
2011 President: Paul D. Mitchell, CHSP, CHFM
Director, Facilities Manegement
Mat Su Regional Medical Center
Phone: 907-861-6719
Email: pauldmitchell@hotmail.com
Web site: www.ashme.org

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Arizona - Region 9

Arizona Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Richard L. Parker
Phone: 520-469-8192
Administrative Director - Non Clinical Services
Northwest Medical Center - Tucson
Email: richard.parker@northwestmedicalcenter.com
Web site: www.azashe.org

Central Arizona Society for Healthcare Engineering
2012 President: Frederic Lastar
Director Facilities, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Johnson Controls
Phone: 602-933-1560
Email: fred@lastar.us
Web site: www.cashe-az.com

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Arkansas - Region 7

Arkansas Association for Healthcare Engineering, Inc.
2011 President: Diane Hughes, CHSP
Fire and Life Safety / Chemical Hygiene Officer
UAMS
Phone: 501.686.6786
DMHughes@uams.edu

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California - Region 9

California Society for Healthcare Engineering, Inc.
2011 President: Patrick J. Silvestri
Chief Facilities & Development Officer
Prime Healthcare Services
Phone: 909-235-4308
Email: psilvestri@primehealthcare.com
Web site: www.cshe.org

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Colorado - Region 8

Colorado Association of Healthcare Engineers and Directors
2012 President: Scot Garcia
Senior Manager, Building Systmes
The Children's Hospital / Anschutz Medical Campus
Phone: 720-777-4458
E-Mail: Garcia.Scot@tchden.org
Web site: www.cahed.org

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Connecticut - Region 1

Connecticut Healthcare Engineers Society, Inc.
2011 President: Christopher M. Burney
Administrative Director Facilities Management
Bridgeport Hospital
Phone: 203-384-3888
Email: acburn@bpthosp.org

See also:

• New England Healthcare Engineers' Society, Inc.

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Delaware - Region 2

See:

• Healthcare Facilities Managers Association of Delaware Valley

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District of Columbia, Washington D.C. - Region 2

See:

• National Capital Healthcare Engineering Society

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Florida - Region 4

Florida Healthcare Engineering Association
2011 President: David Denham, P.E., CHE
Engineering Manager
Mercy Hospital
Miami FL UNITED STATES
Phone : (305)285-2661
Email: ddenham2@mercymiami.org
Web site: www.fhea.org

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Georgia - Region 4

Georgia Society for Hospital Engineers
2011 President: David G Caldwell
Director of Plant Operations
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
Phone: 678-474-7766
Fax: 678-474-7767
Email: david.caldwell@emoryjohnscreek.com
Web site: www.gha.org/societies/gshe.html

Georgia Society for Healthcare Engineers
2011 President: William (Zack) Holt
Director of Construction/Engineering
Piedmont Newnan Hospital
Phone: 770-304-4130
Email: zack.holt@piedmontnewnan.org
Web site: www.gashe.org

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Idaho - Region 10

Idaho Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Tracy Broome
Facilities Director
McCall Memorial Hospital
Phone: 208-634-4061 x129
Fax: 208-634-1771
Email: tbroome@mccallhosp.org
Web site: www.ishe-web.com

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Illinois - Region 5

Central Illinois Chapter of Hospital Engineers
2011 President: Jason Reith
Pekin Hospital
Phone: 309-333-5858
Fax: 309-353-0944
Email: jreith@pekinhospital.com
Web site: www.ciche-online.org

Healthcare Engineers Society of Northern Illinois
2011 President: John D. Maurer
Team Leader, Construction Management
Delnor Hospital
Phone: 630-208-4361
Fax: 630-208-3487
Email: john.maurer@delnor.com
Web site: www.hesni.org

Southern Illinois Chapter for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Samuel D. Kinman
Director of Facilities Management
Touchette Regional Hospital
Phone: 618-332-5433
Fax: 618-332-5459
Email: skinman@touchette.org
Web site: www.siche-online.org

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Indiana - Region 5

Indiana Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Scott D. Tripp
Director of Engineering
Riverview Hospital
Phone: 317-776-7112
Fax: 317-776-7498
Email: stripp@riverview.org
Web site: www.isheweb.org

See also:

• Tri-State Society of Healthcare Engineers
• ASHE Student Chapter - Purdue University

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Iowa - Region 6

Iowa Society of Healthcare Engineers
2011 President: Tim Paul
Chief Engineer
Floyd Valley Hospital/Avera Health
Phone: 712-546-3453
Fax: 712-546-3386
Email: tim.paul@floydvalleyhospital.org
Web site: www.ihaonline.org

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Kansas - Region 8

Kansas Health Care Engineers Association
2011 President: Rodney D. Wedel
Biomed Specialist
Newton Medical Center
Phone: 316-804-6239
Email: rod.wedel@newmedctr.org
Web site: www.kheaks.com

See also:

• Kansas City Area Healthcare Engineers

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Kentucky - Region 3

Kentucky Society of Healthcare Engineers
2011 President: Kurt Gessner
Director of Engineering
Phone: 502-893-1217
Email: kurt.gessner@nortonhealthcare.org
Web site:www.kshe.org

See also:

• Tri-State Society of Healthcare Engineers

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Louisiana - Region 7

Louisiana Society for Hospital Engineers
2011 President: Timothy G. Talley, CHFM, CHC
Director
HRI
Phone: 504-493-6550
Fax: 504-454-4547
Email: ttalley@hriproperties.com

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Maine - Region 1

See:

• New England Healthcare Engineers' Society, Inc.

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Maryland - Region 2

Chesapeake Area Society of Healthcare Engineering, Inc.
2011 President: Carroll R. Simmons
Director of Building Services
Keswick Multicare Center
Phone: 410-662-4245
Email: simmonsc@keswick-multicare.org
Web site: www.cashe-md.org

See also:

• Healthcare Facilities Managers Association of Delaware Valley
• National Capital Healthcare Engineering Society
  

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Massachusetts - Region 1

See:

• New England Healthcare Engineers' Society, Inc.

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Michigan - Region 5

Michigan Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Robert Grutter, CHFM
Supervisor, Plant Operations
Spectrum Health
Phone: 616-391-1421
Fax: 616-391-5450
Email: robert.grutter@spectrum-health.org"
Web site: http://www.mishe.org/

Southeastern Michigan Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: David N. Leib
Facility Manager
Harper University Hospital / Hutzel Women's Hospital
Phone: 313-745-2416
Email: dleib@dmc.org
Web site: Under Construction

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Minnesota - Region 6

Arrowhead Health Care Engineers Association
2011 President: Keith Carlson
Director, Facilities Management
Mercy Hospital and Health Care Center
Phone: 218-485-5520
Email: kcarlson@sisunet.org
Web site: www.mhcea.org

Mid-Western Minnesota Health Care Engineers Association
2011 President: Dustin Wroolie
St. Cloud Hospital
Phone: 320-251-2700
Email: dwroolie@clearwire.net
Web site: www.mhcea.org

Northern Minnesota Health Care Engineers Association
2011 President: Ken Gutknecht
Elder Care of Minnesota
Phone: 218-444-1745
Email: bigbuck@paulbunyan.net
Web site: www.mhcea.org

Southern Minnesota Health Care Engineers Association
2011 President: Dave Wenk
New Ulm Medical Center
Phone: 507-233-1617
Email: dave.wenk@allina.com
Web site: www.mhcea.org

Twin City Healthcare Engineering Association
2011 President: Tim B. Grote
Director, Facilities Management
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Phone: 612-863-4164
Email: tim.grote@allina.com
Web site: www.tchea.com

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Mississippi - Region 4

MHA Society for Healthcare Engineers and Facility Managers
2008-11 President: Robert Huffman
Director of Facility Management
Clay County Medical Corp.
Phone: 662-495-2300
Email: rhuffman@nmhs.net
Web site: http://mhanewsnow.typepad.com/facilitymanagement/

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Missouri - Region 8

Missouri Society for Healthcare Engineering
2012 President: Mike Bock
Phone: 573-761-7016
Email: mike_bock@ssmhc.com
Web site: www.mosheonline.org

See also:

• Kansas City Area Healthcare Engineers

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Montana - Region 10

Montana Society of Healthcare Engineers
2011 President: Joseph Grabowski
Plant Operations Manager
North Valley Hospital
Phone: 406-863-3561
Email: jgrabowski@nvhosp.org
Web site: www.mt-mshe.net

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Nebraska - Region 8

Nebraska Society of Healthcare Engineers
2011 President: Curtis Lancaster, CHFM
Director of Facilities Management
Faith Regional Health Services
Phone: 402-644-7577
Email: clancaster@frhs.org
Web site: www.nsheweb.org

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Nevada - Region 9

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New Hampshire - Region 1

See:

• New England Healthcare Engineers' Society, Inc.

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New Jersey - Region 2

Hospital Engineers Association of South Jersey
2011 President: Ellis Otto, FMA, CHFM
Facilities Projects Director
Virtua Memorial Hospital
Phone: 609-267-0700 x43121
Fax: 609-914-6512
Email: eotto@virtua.org

Healthcare Facilities Management Society of New Jersey, Inc.
2011 President: Edward Fay, CHFM
Director of Facility Engineering
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Phone: 732-937-8813
Email: ed.fay@rwjuh.edu
Web site: www.hfmsnj.org

See also:

• Healthcare Facilities Managers Association of Delaware Valley

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New Mexico - Region 7

New Mexico Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Don L. Smith
Facility Engineer / Safety Officer
Indian Health Service
Phone: 575-756-4976
Fax: 575-759-3651
Email: cheer_4_cowboys@msn.com

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New York - Region 1

Central New York Society of Health Care Engineers
2011 President: Robert Ames
Assistant Director, Physical Plant HVAC
University Hospital
Phone: 315-464-7490
Email: amesr@upstate.edu
Web site: www.cnyshe.org

Genesee Valley Regional Association for Healthcare Engineers
2009-11 President: Michael Zanghi
Director of Facilities
Highland Hospital
Phone: 585-341-8122
Email: michael_zanghi@urmc.rochester.edu
Web site: www.gvrahe.org

Hospital Engineering Society of Greater New York, Inc.
2011 President: Barry J. Duignan, P.E.
Consultant
Phone: 212-752-6535
Email: bjduignan@verizon.net
Web site: www.hesgny.org

Western New York Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Richard L. Kerling
Director of Plant Operations
Erie County Medical Center
Phone: 716-898-4291
Fax: 716-898-4548
Email: rkerling@ecmc.edu

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North Carolina - Region 3

North Carolina Biomedical Association
2011 President: Chad Granade
Chapter Address: PO Box 388
Lenoir NC 28645
Email: pres@ncbiomedassoc.com
Web site: www.ncbiomedassoc.com

North Carolina Healthcare Engineers Association, Inc.
2012 President: David T Murray
Senior Project Manager
Moses Cone Health System
Phone:  (336)832-7851
Fax:  (336)832-8502
Email:  david.murray@conehealth.com
Web site:www.nchea.com

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North Dakota - Region 6

North Dakota Health Care Engineers Association
2011 President: George Van Kirk
Safety/Security Manager
Altru Health System
Phone: 701-780-5814
Email: gvankirk@altru.org

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Ohio - Region 5

Northern Ohio Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Ronald D Snodgrass, MSE, CCE, CBET
Director of Plant Operations and Clinical Engineering
St Vincent Charity Medical Center
Phone: 216-363-3351
Email: ron.snodgrass@stvincentcharity.com
Web site: www.noshe.org

Ohio Society for Healthcare Facilities Management
2011 President: Karen Dethloff
Director, Facility Management
The Metro Health System
Phone: 216-778-4718
Email: kdethloff@metrohealth.org
Web site: www.ohanet.org

See also:

• Tri-State Society of Healthcare Engineers

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Oklahoma - Region 7

Oklahoma Association of Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Steven Taylor, CHFM CHSP
Director, Facilities Management
Stillwater Medical Center
Phone: 405-742-5645
Web site: www.oahe.org

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Oregon - Region 10

Oregon Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Bob Ingber
Facility Manager
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center
Phone: 503-692-2196
E-Mail: bingber@lhs.org
Web site: www.oshe.us

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Pennsylvania - Region 2

Hospital Engineering Association of Eastern Pennsylvania
2011 President: Gil Tunney
Director of Engineering
Allied Services
Phone: 717-348-1456
Email: gtunn@epix.net

Pennsylvania Society for Health Facility Engineering
2011 President: Kenneth Wagner, CHFM
Facility Manager
Heritage Valley Health System
Phone: 412-749-7092
Fax: 412-749-7117
Email: kwagner@hvhs.org
Web site: www.pshfe.com

See also:

• Healthcare Facilities Managers Association of Delaware Valley

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Rhode Island - Region 1

See:

• New England Healthcare Engineers' Society, Inc.

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South Carolina - Region 3

South Carolina Society for Hospital Engineers
2011 President: Perry A McFall
Director Community Facilities Engineering
Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center
Phone: 864-454-8028
Email: pmcfall@ghs.org
Web site: www.schanew.org/pmgs/scshe

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South Dakota - Region 6

South Dakota Healthcare Engineers Society
2011 President: John Robertson
Facility Architect and Engineer
Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center
Phone: 605-322-8000
Email: john.robertson@mckennan.org

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Tennessee - Region 3

East Tennessee Biomedical Association
2011 President: Greg Goll
Email: greg.go1l@erlanger.org
Web site: www.etbiomed.org

Tennessee Hospital Engineers Association, Inc.
2011-2013 President: Alfred Boyter, MHA, CHPA, CM
Director Plant Operations & Security
NorthCrest Medical Center
Phone: 615-384-5779
Fax: 615-384-9468
Email: alfred_boyter@northcrest.com

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Texas - Region 7

Texas Association of Healthcare Facilities Management
2011 President: Antonio Suarez, CHFM
Facility Services Director
Doctors Hospital
Phone: 214-324-6186
Fax: 214-324-6342
Email: antonio.suarez@midland-memorial.com
Web site: www.tahfm.org

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Utah - Region 9

Utah Society for Healthcare Engineering
2012 President: Blaine W. Swainston
Construction Manager
University Healthcare
Phone: 801-585-7564
Fax: 801-587-9914
Email: blaine.swainston@hsc.utah.edu
Web site: www.ushe.org

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Vermont - Region 1

See:

• New England Healthcare Engineers' Society, Inc.

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Virginia - Region 3

Virginia Society of Healthcare Engineers
2012 President: John C Christodoulides
Director
Carilion Clinic
Phone:  (540)981-8834
Fax:  (540)981-7409
Email:  jcchristodoulid@carilionclinic.org
Web site: www.vshe.org

See also:

• National Capital Healthcare Engineering Society
  

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Washington - Region 10

Washington State Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: Keith Deline, MPA
Manager Facility & Technology
Providence St Peter Hospital
Phone: 360-493-7234
Fax: 360-493-4043
Email: keith.deline@providence.org
Web site: www.wsshe.org

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West Virginia - Region 3

West Virginia Society for Healthcare Engineering
2011 President: James Robert Bonar, CHFM
Manager Plant Operations & Maintenance
Charleston Area Med Ctr Memorial Hospital
Phone: 304-388-9079
Fax: 304-388-9077
Email: james.bonar@camc.org
Web site: www.wvshe.org

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Wisconsin - Region 6

Wisconsin Healthcare Engineering Association
2012 President: Dean M Pufahl, CHFM
Director Facilities Management & Safety Officer
St Joseph’s Hospital
Phone: 262-836-8578
Fax: 262-836-7740
Email: dpufahl@froedterthealth.org
Web site: www.whea.com

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Wyoming - Region 10

Wyoming Society of Healthcare Engineering
2012 President: Robert M Forister, CHFM
Facilities Services Manager
Sheridan Memorial Hospital
Phone:  307-672-1076
Fax:  307-672-1007
robforister@sheridanhospital.org
Web site: www.wshe.us

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Regional Chapters

ASHE Student Chapters
Brigham Young University
President: Kimberly Ann Mendez
E-Mail: kimberlyannmendez@gmail.com
Phone: 801-422-1819

Purdue University
Building Construction Management
President: Gregory Lasker
E-Mail: glasker@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-494-6752

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Healthcare Facilities Managers Association of Delaware Valley
2011 President: Charles A Kluge, Jr, CHFM
Power Plant/Code Compliance Manager
Abington Memorial Hospital
Phone: 215-481-2763
Fax: 215-481-7585
Email: ckluge@amh.org
Web site: www.hfmadv.org

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Kansas City Area Healthcare Engineers
2011 President: Renee Jacobs
Vice President, Facilities and Construction
Saint Luke's Health System
Phone: 816-932-7506
Email: reneejacobs@kcahe.org
Web site: www.kcahe.org

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National Capital Healthcare Engineering Society
2011 President: Odell Hall HEM, CHSP, CHFM
Director, Facilities
LifeBridge Health
Phone: 410-521-2200
Email: amlee@lifebridgehealth.org

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New England Healthcare Engineers' Society, Inc.
2011 President: Dave Dagenais, BS, CHSP, CHFM
Director of Plant Operations / Security Safety Officer
Wentworth Douglass Hospital
Phone: 603-740-2474
E-mail: dave.dagenais@wdhospital.com
Web site: www.nehes.org

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Tri-State Society of Healthcare Engineers, Inc.
2011 President: David Capal
Divison Director of Facilities Management
University Hospital
Phone: 513-584-4585
Email: capaldf@healthall.com
Web site: www.tshe-oki.org

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