Chairperson's File
Blog posts from 2025 AHA Board Chair Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health, and past chairs.
Resources for Navigating Transformation and Change
In this Leadership Dialogue, I鈥檓 joined by Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, in Sedalia, Mo. Lori and I discuss working in a 鈥渇amily atmosphere鈥 unique to a rural hospital and navigating the same pressures that face urban hospitals.
Leading a rural hospital can feel like you are battling alone, but together with a unified voice we can advocate for what our rural patients need.
In this Leadership Dialogue, Lynn Hanessian, former chief health strategist for Edelman, which recently released its 2025 Trust Barometer, and AHA Board Member Robert Trestman, M.D., chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Carilion Clinic., join Tina Becker Freese to discuss the importance鈥
Trust 鈥 in one another, our hospitals and health systems, our communities and our government 鈥 feels more important than ever.
There is so much for health care leaders to navigate when it comes to public policy and government relations. Thankfully, the AHA has an expert team with extensive experience who are advocating for the field and here to listen and help.
As AHA chair, Tina is committed to ensuring you as members feel heard, listened to and supported through the AHA so we can do what we do best: providing the very best care to our patients and to our communities.
In this Leadership Dialogue 鈥 my last one as AHA board chair 鈥 I talk with Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health system headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., and serving the entire state. Tina will be taking the reins as chair of the AHA鈥
Each and every hospital and health system across the country has powerful and inspiring stories of hope, healing and health to tell.
Today鈥檚 hospital and health system board members collaborate with leadership to address workforce shortages, recommend ways to mitigate cybersecurity risks, discuss the pros and cons of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, and provide strategic guidance on quality, safety and many鈥