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AARC Executive Office

American Association for Respiratory Care
9425 N MacArthur Blvd, Suite 100
Irving TX 75063-4706
USA

Phone: (972) 243-2272
Fax: (972) 484-2720
Email: info@aarc.org

Social Media: AARConnect, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube

Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 am–5:00 pm Central

Holidays: Closed New Years Day, Good Friday, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day

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Executive Office Staff

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Executive

Tom Kallstrom

Executive Director

Tom has been CEO of the Association since 2012.

Tim Myers

Chief Business Officer

Tim oversees strategic, operational and financial aspects of the organization.

Shawna Strickland

Associate Executive Director

Shawna manages our education, customer service, and membership departments.

Doug Laher

Associate Executive Director

Doug oversees AARC conventions and the production of AARC Times.

Anne Marie Hummel

Associate Executive Director

Anne Marie oversees state and federal legislative and regulatory issues impacting the RT profession and the pulmonary patient.

Administration

Crystal Maldonado

Foundation and Grants Coordinator

Crystal handles applications for American Respiratory Care Foundation grants and awards.

Kris Kuykendall

Executive Administrative Assistant

Kris is the Executive Assistant to CEO Tom Kallstrom and liaison for the Board of Directors and Board of Medical Advisors.

Richard Hernandez

Shipping and Maintenance Manager

Richard is in charge of product shipping and returns plus executive office maintenance.

Accounting

Ada Morton

Senior Accountant

Ada oversees the AARC accounting department.

Linda Drewello

Accounts Receivable Collector

Linda sends invoices and processes payments.

RIchard Prince

Accounting Coordinator

Richard handles payroll and other accounting duties.

Conventions and Meetings

Annissa Buchanan

Meetings & Conventions Department Manager

Annissa manages staff and processes. Oversees Congress and Summer Forum educational programs. Oversees speaker logistics.

Kathy Blackmon

Meetings and Conventions Coordinator

Kathy helps plan the AARC Congress, Summer Forum, PACT Hill Day, and various other AARC meetings.

Pam Russell

Exhibits
Coordinator

Pam coordinates the exhibit hall, administration and logistics for AARC Congress.

Customer Service

Denise Smith

Customer Service Specialist

Denise assists members with renewing their membership, providing membership information, and using aarc.org.

Erica Jackson

Customer Service Representative

Erica assists members with renewing their membership, providing membership information, and using aarc.org.

Jacquelyn Villafranca

Customer Service Representative

Jacquelyn assists with membership renewals, replacement membership cards, password changes and using aarc.org.

Kimm Golston

Customer Service Representative

Kimm assists with membership renewals and provides online continuing education support.

Tina Sawyer

Customer Service Manager

Tina handles inquiries related to AARC membership, orders, meetings registration and subscriptions.

AARC Receptionist

Customer Service Representative, Receptionist

The receptionist handles all incoming calls, faxes, returned mail and address changes.

Education

Reagan Hickey

CRCE Coordinator

Reagan answers questions related to the accreditation and transcripting of continuing education courses.

Information Technology (IT)

Grady Peters

Systems Administrator

Grady maintains servers, workstations, and networks in the AARC office.

Mike Dennis

Programmer/Applications Developer

Mike provides Computer Applications support to all AARC departments.

Olga Jusino

Web Programmer

Olga designs and develops web applications, special projects, and databases.

Russell Leighton

Database Administrator

Russell is responsible for the performance, integrity and security of various databases along with the planning, development and troubleshooting of such.

Steve Bowden

Internet Coordinator

Steve helps design and develop aarc.org and other AARC websites.

Marketing/Communications

Heather Willden

Communications Coordinator

Heather develops strategic content and communications for the association and helps to build awareness of the AARC brand.

Jeanette Chawdhury

Manager of Marketing and Production

Jeanette manages the development, coordination and implementation of AARC and Daedalus marketing and product management programs.

Joyce Havins

Senior Graphic Designer

Joyce is responsible for the graphic design of promotional materials for the AARC, including AARC Times magazine.

Michelle Kennedy

Graphic Designer

Michelle works on design projects including the AARC Congress and AARC Times magazine.

Phil Ganz

Sales Director

Phil handles questions related to advertising and sponsorship of AARCTimes and Respiratory Care.

Sarah Vaughn

Director of Business Development

Sarah develops and launches new product lines, affinity programs and co-marketing agreements for the association.

Membership

Amanda Feil

Membership Development Manager

Amanda cultivates member benefits, services, and initiatives to increase member engagement, recruitment, and retention.

Project Management/House of Delegates

Asha Desai

Project Manager/House of Delegates Liaison

Asha manages a variety of projects for the AARC. She is the staff contact to the House of Delegates and also works with state society officers as needed and with AARC Historian Trudy Watson on the Virtual Museum.