AHA Announces Class of 2026 Next Generation Leaders and Age-Friendly Fellows
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has announced its Class of 2026 for the Next Generation Leaders Fellowship, including 12 Age-Friendly Fellows.
The latest class of fellows consists of 36 individuals from 20 states across urban, suburban and rural communities, and includes 12 Age-Friendly Fellows supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation:
- Renu Bajwa, PharmD, MBA, Director of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management, Community Memorial Healthcare
- Tiffany Crisostomo, MBA, MS, Chief Operations Officer, Business & Quality Assurance, Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation
- Allison Fish, MBA, BSN, RN, EMTP, CEN, SANE-A, Administrative Nurse Manager, Ohio Health Grady Memorial Hospital
- Lauren Gleason, MD, MPH, CMD, Associate Professor of Medicine & Medical Director Post Acute Care Continuum, University of Chicago Medicine
- Sarah Greichen, Chief Information and Innovation Officer, Sedgwick County Health
- Laney Haigler, MHA, Patient Safety and Reliability Manager, MUSC Health
- Sarah Huss, BSN, RN, GERO-BC, Older Adult Oncology Nurse Coordinator, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Calvin Hwang, MD, MPH, ACMO/ACQO, New York Presbyterian/Allen Hospital
- Julie Miyamasu, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, FPA, Clinical Strategy Director, Advocate Health
- Jean Reyes, MBA, MSN, RN, Emergency Services Patient Care Manager, Stanford Health Care
- Tina Schoen, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, FACHE, Director, Performance Improvement, Atrium Health
- Sarah Yolleck, MPA, Director of Operations, Post Acute Care Services, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
During the 12-month fellowship program, participants hone essential skills, such as leading and effecting change, navigating the 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 one-on-one support of their capstone project. The JAHF-supported fellows will be asked to implement the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms Framework at their organization for their capstone project in the fellowship program.
Read AHA's Next Generation Leaders Fellowship press release.
Learn more about the 2025-2026 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.
