Board of Directors

The AMRPA Board of Directors is comprised of AMRPA members who volunteer their expertise and services to jointly oversee and promote the activities of our Association with the focus of complying with the goals and mission in serving our membership.

Membership

AMRPA is the nation’s only organization dedicated to inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units (IRH/Us) and outpatient rehabilitation providers.

Executive Committee

Board Chair

Chris Lee, MSPT, FACHE – Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals

Vice Chair

Rhonda Abbott, PT, FACHE – Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation & Research

Immediate Past Chair

Anthony Cuzzola – Vice President and Administrator, HMH JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute

Treasurer

Kent Riddle – President and Chief Executive Officer, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital

Member at Large

Alberto Esquenazi, MD – Chief Clinical Officer, Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation

Member at Large

Alan Lombardo – Chief Executive Officer, Sheltering Arms Institute

Board Members

Gary Armstrong – President and CFO, Methodist Rehabilitation Center

Doug Baer – President and CEO, Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital

John Rockwood – President, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital

Russ Bailey, PT, MBA – President of Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health Lifepoint Health

Pat Tuer – Group President, Encompass Health Corporation

Sandeep Singh, MD – Chief Medical Officer and SVP of Medical Affairs
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital 

Christina Michajlyszyn, DSc, PT, FACHE – CEO, DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan

Matthew Gibson, PhD, FACHE – President and CEO, Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation, Inc.

Stephanie Nadolny – President and CEO, REHAB Hospital of the Pacific

Chloe Slocum, MD, MPH – Director of Health Policy, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network 

Robert Larrison, FACHE – Enterprise GVP and President, Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation

William Grey – Vice President of Post-Acute Services Rehabilitation
HCA Healthcare

Tracey Nixon, MS, CHC – Chief Compliance Officer, Nobis Rehabilitation Partners

Lynn Fleming, MS, CCC-SLP – Chief Clinical Officer, Ernest Health

Kelly Linden, MBA – President and CEO, Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare

Anthony Misitano – Chairman and CEO, PAM Health

Janet Herbold – SVP of Post Acute Operations, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Anne Marie McDonough, BSN, MPH, FACHE

Emeritus

Michael Long, MS, PT, MBA

Emeritus

Bob Bianchi, MSW – Rehab Consultant, JS Strategies and Results

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