Local Leadership
Our Regional Board and Regional Management Team lead us in our mission to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.
The regional board is the governing body responsible for strategic focus, organizational goals and measurable results in achieving the mission. The business of the board includes the equitable distribution of resources and programs as well as the development of volunteer structures across the entire region.
FY2019 Board of Directors
July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018
Officers
Chair
Todd A. Mahr, M.D.
Allergist/Immunologist
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
Vice Chair
Position Open
Directors
- Jim M. Brophy
Advisor
North American Partners in Anesthesia - Arthur C. Brown
Academic Dean, Health & Public Services
Des Moines Area Community College - Christopher Cahlamer
Attorney
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. - Jeffrey Cahn
Community Volunteer - Michael V. Carstens
Vice President, Health Products
Physicians Mutual Insurance Company - Malcolm DeCamp, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chair, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health - Rob Goren
President & CEO
Delta Dental of Missouri - Thomas Gross, M.D.
Professor
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics - Reggie Henderson
Vice President and General Manager
Telamon Corporation - Dustin Hinton
President & CEO
UnitedHealthcare - Michael Jaeger, M.D.
Community Volunteer - William Kempiners
Community Volunteer - Joy Kleinmaier
SVP of Strategy & Business Development
Indiana University Health - Kevin Kovitz, M.D.
Director
Chicago Chest Center
Suburban Lung Associations - Heidi Larson
CFO
Goff Public - Audrene Lojovich
Community Volunteer - Lisa McKinney
Partner
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP - Donna Mosakowski
Director of Business Development - Anesthesia
Medline Industries - Alan D. Rowe
Executive Director
Institutional Effectiveness
Kirkwood College - Ryan Sevcik
Attorney
Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O. - Jack Shapiro
Community Volunteer
- Lewis Bartfield, Chief Division Officer, Western Division
- Meghan Miller, SVP of Development
- Kristen Young, Executive Director - Greater Chicago
- Linda Crider, Executive Director - Kansas
- Missi Arens, Executive Director - Minnesota
- Brett Schuette, Executive Director - Missouri
- Julia McCarville, Executive Director - Nebraska
- Tanya Husain, Executive Director - Indiana
- Micki Sandquist, Executive Director - Iowa
- Megan Cordova, Executive Director - Wisconsin
The purpose of the American Lung Association's Local Leadership Board to is raise the organization's profile in the community, advocate for lung health and increase resources to fund local programs and services.
Local Leadership Board members impact the work of the Association including: programs and services, public policy, research, and revenue generation.
Chair
Kevin Kovitz, M.D., M.B.A.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago Chest Center
Vice Chair
Donna Mosakowski
BD
Immediate Past Chair
Mary Nevin, M.D.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
Membership
- Thomas Andreesen
Protiviti - Heidi Azulay
DLA Piper - Joshua Bennett
Salter Labs - Sangeeta Bhorade, MD
Northwestern Medicine - Lela Cirjakovic
Waterton Residential - Malcolm DeCamp
Northwestern Medicine - Brian Duhn
Northern Trust - Bev Foster
Kindred Healthcare - William Frese
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois - Brian Groskopf
Aerogen - Frank Keldermans
Holland & Knight - Robert Oakleaf
Attest Health Care Advisors - Herb Seitz
Northern Trust - Jack Shapiro
ALAUM Board of Directors - Michael Telesky
UnitedHealthcare - Tricia Vaisvila
RML Specialty Hospital - Christopher Woll
KPMG