Health Academy Section Leadership

Immediate Past -Chair
Jason Carlton, APR
Manager, Marketing & Communications
Intermountain Healthcare
Murray, UT
jason.carlton@imail.org

Chair
Carrie Strehlau Sr.
Social Media Specialist
cstrehlau12@gmail.com

Chair – Elect
Ilana Ostrin
Communications Director
Zero-The End of Prostate Cancer
Washington, DC
ilanaostrin@gmail.com

Members at Large

Lisa Arledge-Powell
President
MediaSource
Columbia, OH
larledge@mediasourcetv.com

Cynthia Brooks Nickerson
Associate Director of Black Media-Health
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Long Beach, CA
cynthia.nickerson@gmail.com

Ronna Charles
Director of Media Relations
UPS Healthcare
Atlanta, GA
ronnamcharles@gmail.com

Geoff Curtis
Chief Communications Officer
Horizon Therapeutics
Deerfield, IL
gcurtis@horizontherapeutics.com

James Janicki, APR
VP of Mktg & Communications
Hillcrest Health Services
Bellevue, NE
jjanicki@hillcresthealth.com

Constin Jordache, APR
Vice President for System Strategy and Brand Development
Adventist HealthCare
Silver Springs, MD
costinjordache@gmail.com

Linda Kamateh
Senior Media Associate
RWJBarnabas Health
West Orange, NJ
Linda.Kamateh@rwjbh.org

Amanda "Mandi" Kane, APR
Associate Vice President
Jarrard
Nashville, TN
amandafoor@gmail.com

Ellen Beth Levitt
Senior Communications Consultant
HCSC
Richardson, TX
eblevitt@gmail.com

James M. Shackelford, APR
Vice President, Global Public Information
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
New York, NY
jms@shackelfordemail.com

Julie Sheedy
Chief Marketing & Engagement Officer
Loretto in Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
jsheedy@lorettosystem.org

Clare Wade, APR, Fellow PRSA
Independent PR Consultant
clare@clarewade.com