ASHE Affiliated Chapters
State Chapters
Regional Chapters
State Chapters
Alabama - Region 4
Alabama Society for Healthcare Engineering
2009 President Shay Rankhorn, CHFM, CHSP, CHE
Director of Plant Operations/Safety Officer
Crestwood Medical Center
Phone: 256-429-5501
Fax: 256-429-4673
E-mail: shay_rankhorn@chs.net
Web site: www.alashe.org
Alaska - Region 10
Alaska Society of Healthcare Managers and Engineers
2009 President: Ed Peck
Electrical Engineer
AMC Engineers
Phone: 907-257-9100
Email: epeck@amc-engineers.com
Web site: www.ashme.org
Arizona - Region 9
Arizona Society for Hospital Engineers
2009 Treasurer: Bob O’Brien
Phone: 520-694-4044
Email: bobrien@umcaz.edu
Web site: www.azashe.org
Central Arizona Society for Healthcare Engineering
2010 President: Mark Barkenbush
Sr. Project Executive, Design & Construction
Banner Health
Phone: 602-839-3039
Fax: 602-239-4991
Email: mark.barkenbush@bannerhealth.com
Web site: www.cashe-az.com
Arkansas - Region 7
Arkansas Association for Healthcare Engineering, Inc.
2009 President: Chet Howard
Director of Maintenance
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Phone: 501-364-4816
Email: howardcn@archildrens.org
Web site: www.aaheark.net
California - Region 9
California Society for Healthcare Engineering, Inc.
2010 President: Martin (Marty) Schoonderwoerd, CHFM, SASHE
Director of Engineering
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Phone: 619-522-3800
Email: martin.schoonderwoerd@sharp.com
Web site: www.cshe.org
Colorado - Region 8
Colorado Association of Healthcare Engineers and Directors
2010 President: Jim Feist
Emergency Preparedness Officer
University of Colorado Hospital
Phone: 720-848-6632
E-Mail: james.feist@uch.edu
Web site: www.cahed.org
Connecticut - Region 1
Connecticut Healthcare Engineers Society, Inc.
2009 President: Ron Hussey
Director of Facilities + Engineering
Bristol Hospital
Phone: 860-585-3332
Fax: 860-585-3495
Email: rhussey@bristolhospital.org
See also:
Delaware - Region 2
See:
District of Columbia, Washington D.C. - Region 2
See:
Florida - Region 4
Florida Healthcare Engineering Association
2009 President: John R Willingham, CHE
Shands Hospital at UF
Phone: 352-265-0056
Web site: www.fhea.org
Georgia - Region 4
Georgia Society for Hospital Engineers
2009 President: Joe E. Baker
Director of Plant Operations and Engineering
Southern Regional Medical Center
Phone: 770-991-8045
Fax: 770-991-8017
Email: joe.baker@southernregional.org
Web site: www.gha.org
Georgia Society for Healthcare Engineers
2009 President: Craig Stuckless
Assistant Director of Engineering
Meadows Regional Hospital
Phone: 912-538-5519
Email: cstuckless@meadowsregional.org
Web site: www.gashe.org
Idaho - Region 10
Idaho Society for Healthcare Engineering
2010 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
Illinois - Region 5
Central Illinois Chapter of Hospital Engineers
2009 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
2010 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
2010 President: Howard Jones
Asst. Director, Plant Operations
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center
Phone: 618-241-2287
Fax: 618-241-2285
Email: howard_jones@ssmhc.com
Web site: www.siche-online.org
Indiana - Region 5
Indiana Society for Healthcare Engineering
2010 President: Randy Wilcox
Systems Control Technician
St. Vincent Hospital and Health Services
Phone: 317-338-2802
Fax: 317-338-2411
Email: rewilcox@stvincent.org
Web site: www.isheweb.org
See also:
Iowa - Region 6
Iowa Society of Healthcare Engineers
2009 President: Kim Jahn
Director Support Services
Manning Regional Healthcare
Phone: 712-655-8184
Fax: 712-655-2216
Email: kim.jahn@mrhcia.com
Web site: www.ihaonline.org
Kansas - Region 8
Kansas Healthcare Engineers' Association
2010 President: Norbert Flax
Maintenance Department Head
Grisell Memorial Hospital
Phone: 785-731-2231
Fax: 785-731-2895
Email: nflax@grisell.org
Web site: www.kheaks.com
See also:
Kentucky - Region 3
Kentucky Society of Healthcare Engineers
2009 President: Kurt Gessner, CHE
Norton Suburban Hospital
Phone: 502-893-1217
Email: kurt.gessner@nortonhealthcare.org
Web site:www.kshe.org
See also:
Louisiana - Region 7
Louisiana Society for Hospital Engineers
2009 President: Jerry Ivey
Director of Facilities
Willis-Knighton Health System
Phone: 318-212-8529
Email: jivey@wkhs.com
Maine - Region 1
See:
Maryland - Region 2
Chesapeake Area Society of Healthcare Engineering, Inc.
2009 President: Carroll Simmons
Phone: 410-662-4245
Email: simmonsc@keswick-multicare.org
Web site: www.cashe-md.org
See also:
- Healthcare Facility Managers Association of Delaware Valley
- National Capital Healthcare Engineering Society
Massachusetts - Region 1
See:
Michigan - Region 5
Michigan Society for Healthcare Engineering
2010 President: Timothy Jaster
Facilities Manager
Caro Community Hospital
Phone: 989-673-3141
Fax: 989-673-8471
Email: tim@cch-mi.org
Web site: www.mishe.org
Southeastern Michigan Society for Healthcare Engineering
2009 President: Paul Florkey
Director Facility Engineering
Detroit Recieving Hospital
Phone: 313-745-7480
Email: pflorkey@dmc.org
Web site: www.smshe.org
Minnesota - Region 6
Arrowhead Health Care Engineers Association
2009 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
2009 President: Leo Kempf
Tri County Hospital
Phone: 218-631-3510
Email: leo.kempf@tricountyhospital.org
Web site: www.mhcea.org
Northern Minnesota Health Care Engineers Association
2009 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
2009 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
2010 President: Tim B. Grote
Director, Facilities Management
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Phone: 612-863-4164
Email: tim.grote@allina.com
Web site: www.tchea.com
Mississippi - Region 4
MHA Society for Healthcare Engineers
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/
Missouri - Region 8
Missouri Society for Healthcare Engineering
2009-2010 President: Dan Boeckman, CHFM
Manager of Planning, Design & Construction
Boone Hospital Center
Phone: 573-815-6260
Email: dboeckman@bjc.org
Web site: www.mosheonline.org
See also:
Montana - Region 10
Montana Society of Healthcare Engineers
2010 President: Chris Cooper
Director of Plant Operations
Powell Valley Healthcare
Phone: 307-754-1143
Fax: 307-754-7761
Email: ccooper@pvhc.org
Web site: www.mt-mshe.net
Nebraska - Region 8
Nebraska Society of Healthcare Engineers
2010 President: David Patterson
Director of Engineering
Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital
Phone: 402-461-5268
Email: dpatterson@mlmh.org
Web site: www.nsheweb.org
Nevada - Region 9
New Hampshire - Region 1
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New Jersey - Region 2
Hospital Engineers Association of South Jersey
2010 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
2010 President: Benedict DiFranco, CHFM, SASHE
Director of Engineering
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Phone: 973-365-4423
Email: difrancob@smh-passaic.org
Web site: www.hfmsnj.org
See also:
New Mexico - Region 7
New Mexico Society for Healthcare Engineering
2009 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
New York - Region 1
Central New York Society of Health Care Engineers
2009 President: Robert Ames
Assistant Director, Physical Plant HVAC
University Hospital
Phone: 315-464-4448
Email: amesr@upstate.edu
Web site: www.cnyshe.org
Genesee Valley Regional Association for Healthcare Engineers
2009-10 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.
2009 President: Barry J. Duignan, P.E.
Weill Cornell Medical College
Phone: 212-752-6535
Email: bjduignan@verizon.net
Web site: www.hesgny.org
Western New York Society for Healthcare Engineering
2009 President: Richard L. Kerling
Director of Plant Operations
Erie County Medical Center
Phone: 716-898-4291
Fax: 716-898-4548
Email: rkerling@ecmc.edu
North Carolina - Region 3
North Carolina Biomedical Association
2009 President: Alan K. Koreneff, CBET
Email: pres@ncbiomedassoc.com
Web site: www.ncbiomedassoc.com
North Carolina Healthcare Engineers Association, Inc.
2010 President: Mr William G Baird
Senior Director, Facility Services
Randolph Hospital
Phone: 336-625-5151
Fax: 336-633-7756
Email: wgb@randolphhospital.org
Web site:www.nchea.com
North Dakota - Region 6
North Dakota Health Care Engineers Association
2007 President: George Van Kirk
Safety/Security Manager
Altru Health System
Phone: 701-780-5814
Email: gvankirk@altru.org
Ohio - Region 5
Ohio Society for Healthcare Facilities Management
2010 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:
Oklahoma - Region 7
Oklahoma Association of Healthcare Engineers
2010 President: Steven Taylor, CHFM CHSP
Director, Facilities Management
Stillwater Medical Center
Phone: 405-742-5645
Web site: www.oahe.org
Oregon - Region 10
Oregon Society for Healthcare Engineering
2010 President: Bob Ingber
Facility Manager
Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center
Phone: 503-692-2196
E-Mail: bingber@lhs.org
Web site: www.oshe.us
Pennsylvania - Region 2
Hospital Engineering Association of Eastern Pennsylvania
2007 President: Gil Tunney
Director of Engineering
Allied Services
Phone: 717-348-1456
Email: gtunn@epix.net
Hospital Engineers of Southwestern Pennsylvania, The
2009 President: Terry Kocian
St. Clair Hospital
Phone: 412-344-6600
Email: terry.kocian@stclair.org
Web site: www.Hospital-Engineers.org
Pennsylvania Society for Health Facility Engineering
2010 President: Douglas Coffman
Facility Director
Guthrie Healthcare System
Phone: 570-882-5796
Fax: 570-882-6923
Email: coffman_douglas@guthrie.org
Web site: www.pshfe.com
See also:
Rhode Island - Region 1
See:
South Carolina - Region 3
South Carolina Society for Hospital Engineers
2010 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
South Dakota - Region 6
South Dakota Healthcare Engineers Society
2009-10 President: Don Kooiman
Director of Facilities
Sanford Medical Center
Phone: 605-333-6347
Email: kooimand@sanfordhealth.org
Tennessee - Region 3
East Tennessee Biomedical Association
2009 President: Greg Goll
Email: greg.go1l@erlanger.org
Web site: www.etbiomed.org
Tennessee Hospital Engineers Association, Inc.
2009-2010 President: Stan Seay
Director, Plant Operations
Henry County Medical Center
Phone: 731-644-8456
Fax: 731-644-8355
Email: sseay@hcmc-tn.org
Texas - Region 7
Texas Association of Healthcare Facilities Management
2010 President: Terry Scott
Director Engineering
Memorial Hermann Southwest
Phone: 713-456-5477
Fax: 713-448-8291
Email: terry.scott@memorialhermann.org
Web site: www.tahfm.org
Utah - Region 9
Utah Society for Healthcare Engineering
2010 President: Michael Lemmert
Director of Engineering
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Phone: 801-584-1210 x4594
Fax: 801-584-1260
Email: michael.lemmert@va.gov
Web site: www.ushe.org
Vermont - Region 1
See:
Virginia - Region 3
Virginia Society of Healthcare Engineers
2010 President: Mike Canales
Director Facility Services
Riverside Shore Memorial
Phone: 757-414-8865
Email: mcanales@shs-inc.org
Web site: www.vshe.org
See also:
Washington - Region 10
Washington State Society for Healthcare Engineering
2010 President: Russell D. Kent, CHFM
Facility Manager
Naval Hospital Bremerton
Phone: 360-475-4124
Fax: 360-475-4193
Email: russell.kent@med.navy.mil
Web site: www.wsshe.org
West Virginia - Region 3
West Virginia Society for Healthcare Engineering
2010 President: Steve D. Nelson, CHFM
Director Facility Operations
St. Mary's Medical Center
Phone: 304-526-1208
Fax: 304-526-1192
Email: snelson@st-marys.org
Web site: www.wvshe.org
See Also:
Wisconsin - Region 6
Wisconsin Healthcare Engineering Association
2009 President: Kim Bauer
Comumbia Health Care
Phone: 608-429-2181
Email: kim.bauer@co.columbia.wi.us
Web site: www.whea.com
Wyoming - Region 10
Wyoming Society of Healthcare Engineering
2010 President: Chris Cooper
Director of Plant Operations
Powell Valley Healthcare
Phone: 307-754-1143
Fax: 307-754-7761
Email: ccooper@pvhc.org
Web site: www.wshe.us
Regional Chapters
ASHE Student Chapter
Purdue University
Building Construction Management
President: Brice Hayes
E-Mail: hayesbe@purdue.edu
Student Liaison: Greg Lasker
E-Mail: glasker@purdue.edu
Phone: (678) 860-3839
Healthcare Facility Managers Association of Delaware Valley
2010 President: Jeffrey E Henne, CHSP, CHEP
Safety Office Assistant
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Phone: 215-728-2461
Fax: 215-728-3574
Email: jeffrey.henne@fccc.edu
Web site: www.hfmadv.org
Kansas City Area Healthcare Engineers
2010 President: John DeWitt
Director of Engineering
The Childrens Mercy Hospital & Clinics
Phone: 816-234-3318
Fax: 816-346-1321
Email: jwdewitt@cmh.edu
Web site: www.kcahe.org
National Capital Healthcare Engineering Society
2009 President: Odell Hall HEM, CHSP, CHFM
Director, Facilities Management & Safety
Montgomery General Hospital
Phone: 301-774-8858
Fax: 301-774-8879
Email: ohall@nches.org
New England Healthcare Engineers' Society, Inc.
2010 President: Steven Jalowiec, PE, CHEM
Administrative Director of Facility Operations
Waterbury Hospital
Phone: 203-573-7197
Fax: 203-573-6260
E-mail: sjalowiec@wtbyhosp.org
Web site: www.nehes.org
Southeastern Association of Hospital Engineers
2007 President: Mark Ward
Phone: 304-766-3600
Tri-State Society of Healthcare Engineers, Inc.
2009 President: Skip Smith, CHFM, SASHE
Director Facility Management
Catholic Health Initiatives
Phone: 614-870-7696
Email: skipsmith@catholichealth.net
Web site: www.tshe.net