Officers
Executive Board
The executive board is comprised of the following elected Association Officers:
- Past-President
- President
- President-Elect
- 1st Vice President
- 2nd Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
In addition, the NSSLHA ISHA designate shall be a voting member of our executive board.
Officers
Past President: Rachelle Ruffing
President: Sondra McMindes — Contact Me
President Elect: Anne Kuhlmeier — Contact Me
First Vice President: Danielle Ruhter
Second Vice President: Amy Starr
Secretary: Peggy Sawyer
Treasurer: Vicki Hulet — Contact Me
NSSLHA: Celeste Howard
Committees
Archivist: This committee is to gather, maintain and make available to the membership and or Executive Board such history as outlined and/or requested by the membership and/or executive Board.
Current Chairperson: Tony Seikel
Budget Committee: The purpose of the Budget Committee is to gather and organize information pertinent to formulation of the yearly budget by the Executive Board.
Current Chairperson: Position Vacant
Continuing Education Committee: To promote continued and professional growth on the part of ISHA members, by collecting, documenting and disseminating information relevant to continuing education conducted throughout Idaho.
Current Chairperson: Position Vacant
Convention Committee: To plan, conduct and evaluate the annual statewide convention.
Current Chairperson: Sondra McMindes
Directory Committee: To publish the annual Membership Directory:
Current Chairperson: Dianne Judd-Wade
Honors & Awards Committee: To solicit nominations for special Association Honors and Awards as well as national awards.
Current Chairperson: Gayle Chaney
Legislative Committee: To investigate national, state and local legislation, both current and pending, and make appropriate recommendations concerning their investigation to the Executive Board. To promote political awareness and action on behalf of ISHA and individual members.
Current Chairperson: Position Vacant
Membership Committee: To conduct an annual membership drive. To maintain a current file of all classes of members of ISHA by providing application data to ISHA’s Administrative Assistant. To ensure that the mailing labels issued by the professional service company accurately reflect the current membership.
To maintain an up-to-date roster of all persons in the state who are eligible for membership in ISHA. To encourage continued membership in ISHA by sending notifications to members who have been delinquent, encouraging continued support of and membership in ISHA. To identify voting members at the annual Business meeting.
Current Chairperson: Sarah Knudson
National Outcomes Measurement System State Coordinator for Idaho(NOMS): This committee collects data on the value of speech-language pathology and audiology services including information on demographics, diagnoses, service delivery models, financial, customer satisfaction, and scores on Functional Communication Measures.
Current Chairperson: Kathleen Kangas
Newsletter Committee: To gather information from Executive Board Officers, Committee Chairs, Regional Representatives and members. To edit this information, supervise the printing and distribution of the official Association Newsletter, The ISHA Exchange on a periodic basis.
Current Chairperson: Lisa McBride
Nominations Committee: To solicit and submit a slate of proposed elected officers for ISHA for each annual convention.
Current Chairperson: Gayle Chaney
Parlimentarian: To comply with ISHA Bylaws which state the Robert’s Rule of Order shall govern ISHA in all cases in which they are applicable and in which they are not in conflict with the bylaws.
Current Chairperson: Position Vacant
Public Information Network Committee: To promote public awareness of the role of Speech-Language Pathologists and audiologist in the remediation of communicative disorders in a variety of settings.
Current Chairperson: Position Vacant
Regional Representatives: To provide ISHA with a contact person for surveys, educational and legislative activities.
Current Regional Representatives:
Region 1: Position Vacant
Region 2: Anna-Gale Estes Waddell
Region 3: Shari Goode
State Education Advocacy Leader for Idaho (SEAL):
To enhance and perpetuate the advocacy, leadership and clinical management skills of school-based members. To influence administrative and public policy decisions that impact the delivery of Speech-Language Pathology and audiology services in school settings. To express concerns and ideas of school professionals to the Executive Board, ISHA and to the SEALS Network supported by ASHA.
Current Chairperson: Karel Olsen
University and College Liaison: To exchange professional training needs and information and to promote cooperation between institution of higher learning and ISHA. To promote a closer relationship between ISHA and members working in colleges and universities. To promote student membership in ISHA as well as student participation in ISHA activities.
Current Chairperson: Brenda Malepeai & Joni Loftin (interim)
Web Editor/Web Master: To collect information (submitted from ISHA Committees and members) for posting to the website, editing it and preparing it for posting to the ISHA web site. To maintain the ISHA web site, to enhance communication of issues and events relevant to ISHS members.
Current Chairperson: George Pilley
State Advocate for Reimbursement (STAR): To provide ISHA with a contact person who is willing to advocate locally for consistent coverage and equitable health care reimbursement with legislators, state insurance commissioners, health plans, unions, and employers on maters related to private health plan reimbursement. STARS share advocacy skills and help create coverage and reimbursement strategies with the ASHA STAR network, THE ISHA executive Board and ISHA members. In Idaho we also have this person working with the Idaho Division of Medicaid Services.
Current Chairperson: Tammy Emerson
