2011 KHHRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President,
President-Elect,
Secretary, Treasurer,
Past-President,
Chapter
Management,
KHA-KHHRA
Liaision,
Northwest
District Director,
Southwest
District Director,
North
Central District Director,
South
Central District Director,
Southeast
District Director,
Northeast
District Director,
Member at Large
PRESIDENT
- Carla Sharp
Citizens Medical Center
Benefits Specialist
100 E College Dr
Colby, KS 67701
W-(785) 460-4881
F - (785)460-4870
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csharp@nwkshealthcare.com
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I began my career in healthcare in 1994 at Citizens
Medical Center, Inc. as the Administrative Assistant to the CFO and in 1998 I
transferred to the Human Resources department as the Benefits Specialist.
I joined KHHRA the same year and have been involved in the membership as a
District Director and of course moved on up the positions of the KHHRA Board to
President in 2011. I have been with Citizens Medical Center, Inc.
for (17) years and (13) of those years in Human Resources.
I have two beautiful children, Desire’e is 27 years old and works at Salina Regional Health Center as
a MRI Tech and Jordan is 25 years old and he is an AFLAC agent who is
in CIT training to become the Northwest Regional Manager. I am very
lucky to have my children in my life and thank God each day for them.
This time on the Board has been very special to me and I have enjoyed the years I have served KHHRA.
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President Elect
- Todd Tangeman
Human Resources Director
NewtonMedical Center
- 600 Medical Center Dr, Box 308
- Newton, KS 67114-0308
- W- (316)804-6009
- F- ((316)804-6277
todd.tangeman@newmedctr.org
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have been with Newton Medical Center 4+ years. Prior to Newton, I was
an HR leader with Providence Health System in Oregon. I've been in HR
roles since 1989. I enjoy serving on the KHHRA Board as it
provides an opportunity to work together with other hospital HR leaders
from across the state in creating and delivering services and support
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TREASURER and MEMEBER AT LARGE
Darcy Golliher
Safety/HR Director
Artesian Valley Health System
510 E. Carthage
Meade, KS 67864
Phone (620)-873-5541
Fax (620) 873-2576
dgolliher@meadehospital.com
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I’ve been in HR for 8 years
What I get out of the Board: I enjoy being on the Board as I feel I am more engaged with KHHRA and I love the people I work with. I’ve also felt I’ve learned more about HR since I’ve been on the board.
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SECRETARY
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Valerie Schneider
Director of Human Resources
Gove County Medical Center
PO Box 129
Quinter, KS 67752
Phone: (785) 754-3341 ext. 124
Fax: (785) 754-3329
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PAST PRESIDENT
- Sandy Wedel
Ellsworth County
Medical Center
- W- 785-472-5028, x305
- F- 785-472-5731
swedel@ewmed.com
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Sandy Wedel is the
Director of Systems Improvement and
Rural Health Clinics at Ellsworth
County Medical Center, a position
held since 2001. Sandy is a member
of ASHHRA, SHRM and has been a part
of KHHRA for the past 4 years.
Although she has had extensive
experience in managing Physician
clinics for over 15 years, human
resources has always been a part of
that. “I felt like I was ready to
take on the responsibility of this
position and so began a new career
and have enjoyed it immensely. I
know it sounds corny but I love
helping people and the relationships
developed through the KHHRA group
have become invaluable. The
list-serve and now our website are
great tools and we do our best to
help each other in any given
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EDUCATION OFFICER & SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR
Brad Malm
Director of Human Resources and Marketing
Lindsborg Community Hospital
605 W. Lincoln
Lindsborg, KS 67456-2328
(785) 227-3308
FAX: (785) 227-4130
bradm@lindsborghospital.org
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- Steve Poage
KS Health Service Corp.
- W-
785-233-7436
- F- 785-233-6955
spoage@kha-net.org
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Steve Poage is the
liaison between the Kansas Hospital
Association and KHHRA. Steve
has been the Vice President/CFO for
the Kansas Hospital Association
since 1997 and assumed the role of
CEO for Kansas Health Service
Corporation in 2005. A 1990
graduate from Bethany College, Steve
has also passed the certified public
accountant exam. Steve and his
wife Tammy have four children. |
ASHHRA REGIONAL CONSULTANT
Regional Consultant (Region 6)
Annette Suppes
Director, Human Resources
Salina Regional Health
Center
400 South Santa Fe
Salina, KS
67401
(785) 452-7155
asuppes@srhc.com
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Annette is
the Director of Human Resources at Salina
Regional Health
Center. She has a Master’s degree in Business
Administration from Wichita
State University,
and holds a Professional in Human Resources certification. She has worked in health care since 1985, and
has over 30 years of HR and leadership experience. Annette is an active member of SHRM, ASHHRA,
and KHHRA. She has served in all the
offices of KHHRA – Treasurer, Secretary, President-Elect, President, and Past
President. She is currently the Region 6
Consultant for ASHHRA. Annette is also a
member of the Board of a community credit union, a member of the Health Careers
Advisory Board for a local college, and a member of the workforce taskforce
through the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce.
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SOUTHWEST DISTRICT DIRECTOR
SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR
- Nicole Nelson
- Human Resources Director
- Cloud County Health Center
- W-
785-243-8522
- F-
785-243-8411
nrnelson@cchc.com
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Nicole
Nelson is the Director of Human
Resources at Cloud County Health
Center in Concordia and has worked
in the Human Resources field for 10
years with the past 4 years being at
the Director level.
Nicole has been a member of KHHRA
since 2003 and is currently serving
as the North Central Director and
Secretary. She is also a member of
ASHHRA and SHRM.
Nicole
and her husband Jeff have three
daughters at home; MaKayla, Olivia
and Kaitlyn. They enjoy living and
raising their family in a smaller
community.
“KHHRA
and the opportunities it provides
are invaluable. I feel extremely
fortunate to be part of such a
knowledgeable and supportive group
of people.”
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SOUTHEAST DISTRICT
R.C. Rowan
Human Resources Officer
Neosho Memorial RMC
629 S. Plummer
Chanute, KS 66720
W - 620-432-5325
F -620-378-3169
Rc_Rowan@nmrmc.com
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R.C.
Rowan is the Human
Resources Officer at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute, Kansas
and the Southeast Region Director for KHHRA.
He has held his current position at Neosho Memorial since 2000 and has
been a member of KHHRA for the same time period. R.C. has Bachelor degrees from KSU in Park
Resource Management and Social Science, a Masters degree in Range Economics
from Utah State University and a PhD from Texas A& M University in Range
Resource Management. During his tenure at NMRMC,
R.C. has seen his hospital
selected for several national and state awards:
Ø selected 3 years running as a Top 100 Best Places to
Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare
Magazine;
Ø Recently selected as a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital
in the nation by the National Rural Hospital Association based upon results
from 56 performance metrics;
Ø Twice chosen by The Studer Group for their Healthcare
Organization of the Month Award;
Ø Twice chosen as runner up for the Kansas Governor’s
Award of Excellence; runner up for the Spirit of Excellence Award in the
service category,
Ø Achieved the highest score, two years in a row, for
Employee Satisfaction and Physician Satisfaction on the Avatar International, Inc. satisfaction surveys;
Ø Recognized by KHERF for our innovative “Hello Yellow!”
program.
R.C. says that Human Resources
may have played a small part in helping NMRMC achieve these distinctive
awards. “It is an honor to reach this
pinnacle of success in the twilight years of my career. My HR Assistant of many years has retired,
and I won’t be too far behind! It is a
joy to work for an organization where I have purpose, do worthwhile work and
make a difference in the lives of our patients, our employees and our
physicians.”
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NORTHEAST DISTRICT
Terry Bernatis
Director of Human Resources
Community HealthCare System, Inc
120 8th St
Onaga, KS 66521
(785) 889-4272
t.bernatis@chcs-ks.org
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NORTHWEST DISTRICT
- Donella Belleau
Director, Human Resources
Graham County Hospital
304 W. Prout St., P.O. Box 339
Hill City, KS 67642-0339
(785) 421-2121
Fax: (785) 421-2034
dbelleau@gchospital.org
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Donella is the Director of Human
Resources at Graham County Hospital
in Hill City, a position she has
held since 2006. She has been
employed at GCH over 20 years,
starting in Medical Records and then
moving to Administrative Assistant
for ten years. She graduated from
Friends University, Wichita, in 2004
with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Organizational Management and
Leadership. Donella is a member of
SHRM and KHHRA.
“When starting my career in Human
Resources, the KHHRA group was my
most important source of practical
advice and support. I am excited
about this opportunity to serve the
group and other members as the
Northwest District Director.”
Donella has three married children
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SOUTHWEST DISTRICT DIRECTOR
Pam Wheeler
Human Resources Coordinator
Scott County Hospital
310 East Third Street
Scott City, KS 67871-1203
(620) 872-7796
pamw@scotthospital.net
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Pamela Wheeler is the Human Resource coordinator for Scott County
Hospital and has been
there thirteen years. Pam serves as the SW District Chairman again in 2011
having served in that capacity from 2005-2008.
She has been a KHHRA member since 2000 and is also an ASHHRA
member. Pam
was the recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Chapter Achievement Award, sponsored
by the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA). This award recognizes an ASHHRA chapter
leader’s contribution within their chapter, National ASHHRA and the Human
Resource profession. Pamela Wheeler is the Human Resource Coordinator for Scott County Hospital and has been there thirteen years.
Scott County Hospital is a
25 bed critical access hospital in southwest Kansas and is the largest
employer in Scott County with 200 employees.
Pam is a native to Scott
City having been born in the facility she now works in. She is married
to Rodney, her spouse of 40 years, has three married children and six
grandchildren. She is active at First Baptist Church teaching Adult
Sunday School, singing in the choir and delivering welcome packets to
visitors. She enjoys flower gardening and is an avid reader.
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