AHA Announces Class of 2025 Next Generation Leaders and Age-Friendly Fellows
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has announced its Class of 2025 for the Next Generation Leader Fellowship and Age-Friendly Fellows.
The latest class of fellows consists of 35 individuals from 21 states across urban, suburban and rural communities, and includes 12 Age-Friendly Fellows supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation:
- Magdalena Bednarczyk, MD, Division Chief, Geriatric Medicine & Palliative Care, Rush University Medical Center
- Brittnay Bourgeois, RN, BSN, MHA, CPHQ, Chief Quality Officer, St. James Parish Hospital
- Tiffany Boyd, MHA, BSN, ACM- RN, Sr. Director of Acute Care Services & Care Management, Cheshire Medical Center Dartmouth Hitchcock
- Morgan Gaghen, MSHA, MBA, Director of Operations, UAB Hospital – Highlands, UAB Medicine
- Adam Koontz, MA, LCMHCS, Sr Director – Advance Care Planning, Clinical Ethics, Spiritual Care, Novant Health
- Mana Manoukian, MS, RN, CNS, AGCNS-BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cedars-Sinai
- Jae McGinley, BA, BSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, NREMT-P, Trauma Program Manager, Olympic Medical Center
- Ashruta Patel, DO, MS, Attending Physician, National Health Service Corps, Kaiser Permanente
- Daniel Perli, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Monadnock Community Hospital
- Erin Rogers, MBA, M.ED, CMPE, Regional Director Business Development, OSF HealthCare
- David Schlientz, MD, Assistant Professor, Duke University Center for Study of Aging & Human Development
- Shannon Weber, RN, BSN, CCRN, VA-BC, Director of Inpatient Nursing, Sutter Amador Hospital
During the 12-month fellowship program, participants will expand their knowledge on leading change, navigating the new health care environment, driving transformation, improving care delivery and developing operational strategies for success. Each fellow is carefully matched with a mentor for personalized guidance and fellows will work one-on-one with their mentors to execute a capstone project specific to a challenge within their organization.
Read AHA's Next Generation Leaders Fellowship press release.
Go to AHA's Next Generation Leaders Fellowship blog post.
View the 2024-2025 fellows.
Learn more about AHA's Next Generation Fellowship.
Learn more about the Age-Friendly Health Systems Cohort Scholarship.
Learn more about JAHF's support of the Age-Friendly Health Systems Cohort Scholarship.
