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Jeff Ward, RRT, Chair
Jeff has been in education since 1973 and a member of the AARC since 1974. He previously taught at North Shore Community College, Beverly, MA. He was the program director at Rochester Community College (now University of Minnesota)/Mayo Program in Respiratory Care for 29 years. Jeff is currently a member of the faculty of the U of M/Mayo RC Program as well as the Mayo Multidisciplinary Clinical Simulation Center, Rochester, MN. He continues to be involved with the Minnesota Respiratory Educators' Consortium, a 5-program organization that assists the Minnesota Society's support of education in that state.
Jeff has authored articles in Respiratory Care and is a member of the journal’s editorial board. He is co-editor of several editions of Respiratory Care: A guide to Clinical Practice, 1997.
Previous Chairs
| Year |
Chair-elect/Chair |
| 2003 to 2005 | Thomas V. Hill, PhD, RRT-NPS |
| 2001 to 2003 |
Susan P. Pilbeam, MS, RRT |
| 1999 to 2000 |
David Chang, EdD, RRT |
| 1997 to 1998 |
Mark L. Diana, MBA, RRT |
| 1995 to 1996 |
Debra J. Lierl, BS, RRT |
| 1993 to 1994 |
Timothy B. Op't Holt, EdD, RRT |
| 1992 |
Linda Van Scoder, EdD, RRT |
| 1991 |
Deborah L. Cullen, EdD, RRT |
| 1989 to 1990 |
Carolyn O'Daniel, EdD, RRT |
| 1987 to 1988 |
Timothy B. Op't Holt, MHPE, RRT |
| 1985 to 1986 |
Raymond S. Edge, EdD, RRT |
| 1984 |
Mary Watson, RRT |
| 1982 |
Allan B. Saposnick, RRT |
| 1981 |
Patrick F. Plunkett, RRT |
| 1980 |
John W. Youtsey, EdS, RRT |
| 1978 to 1979 |
Patrick J. Dunne, RRT |