Association for Healthcare Foodservice Welcomes Seven Inaugural Chapters

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Association for Healthcare Foodservice Welcomes Seven Inaugural Chapters
AHF Board of Directors Approves New Regional Chapter Affiliations with National Organization

 

Louisville, KY (March 16, 2010) – The Board of Directors for the Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF) is pleased to announce that they have approved the affiliation of seven inaugural regional chapters with the national organization. The inaugural chapters include the Chicago Midwest Chapter, Florida Chapter, Hoosier Chapter, North Central Texas Chapter, Oregon Chapter, Southern Wisconsin Chapter and Washington State Chapter.  AHF chapters provide an important forum for members and healthcare foodservice professionals to communicate and exchange information at the grassroots level. They may provide continuing education and networking and collaboration opportunities. They also serve as a conduit for regional perspectives and expertise to the national organization.

These inaugural AHF chapters, which represent more than 500 local healthcare foodservice professionals, will each have a separate web page on the national AHF website and a leader from each chapter will be awarded a scholarship to attend the AHF national conference in June in Austin, Texas.

The presidents of the seven inaugural AHF chapters include:

Chicago Midwest Chapter President
Nina Dubman, RD, LD, DHCFA
Registered Dietitian
Fountains of Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake, IL 60012

Hoosier Chapter President
Becky Amt, DHCFA, RHSO
Director of Nutrition Services/Safety Officer
Morgan Hospital & Medical Center
Martinsville, IN 46151

Florida Chapter President
Joyce Hagen-Flint, MSA, FHCFA
Director, Food and Nutrition
Regional Medical Center at Bayonet Point
Hudson, FL 34667

North Central Texas Chapter President
Celia Krazit, MS, RD, LD
Director, Nutrition Services
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Irving, TX 75063

Oregon Chapter President
Phil Balogh
Director, Nutrition and Environmental Services
Silverton Hospital Network
Silverton, OR 97381

Southern Wisconsin Chapter President
Laura Morgan
Dietitian
Rogers Memorial Hospital
Oconomowoc. WI, 53066

Washington State Chapter President
Mary Hanson, RD, CD
Manager Nutrition Services & Medical Nutrition Therapy
Group Health Cooperative
Seattle, WA 98112

About AHF:
The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF) is the preeminent professional society dedicated to advancing self-operated healthcare foodservice as the industry best practice. AHF develops healthcare foodservice professionals assuring food and nutrition services are valued as an essential contributor to the healthcare organization’s mission. For more information, please visit www.healthcarefoodservice.org.

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