Arizona Leadership

Leadership Team 2024-25

OFFICERS

Kelly Bauer, MS, FHFMA
President
Service Line Director
Centauri Health Solutions

Jenn Barrett
President-Elect
VP, Behavioral Health Transformation
Arizona Council of Human Service Providers

Gidget Bowers
Vice President & Communications Chair
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
Titan Health Management Solutions

Ryan Yeager
Treasurer
VP, Finance
Phoenix Children’s

Helen Haas, MHA
Secretary
Sr. Manager-Strategic Pricing and Chargemaster, Revenue Strategy & Innovation
Mayo Clinic

Jason Metcalf
Immediate Past President
Division Director Corporate Revenue Cycle
CommonSpirit Health

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bill Sobers AIF® CIMA® CRPS®
Programs Co-Director
Vice President – Wealth Management
UBS

Nicole Helfrich, CIC, COC, CPC, CRCR, CSPR, CSPPM
Director of Membership
Certification Co-Director
Director, Client Success
Titan Health Management Solutions

Tori Wason, CHAM, CRCR, CHFP, CSAF
Certification Co-Director
Patient Access Director
Banner Health

Susan Curry
Sponsorship Co-Director
Retired

Brandon Eggleston
Sponsorship Co-Director
Partner, Assurance Services
Ernst & Young LLP

Monica Langel, CPA
Director of Audit
Growth Accelerator Champion, Healthcare
RSM US LLP

Jenifer Hendrix
Director
Senior Network Director, Patient Financial Services/Revenue Integrity/Clinical Denials
Honor Health

Shannon King
Director

Robert Kiesecker
Director
Interim Director of Revenue Cycle
Gila River Health Care

Amy Upston
AzHHA Liaison
Senior Vice President/COO
Arizona Hospital & Healthcare Association

NameYear
Jason S. Metcalf, FHFMA (Immediate past president)2023-2024
Bart Shea2022-2023
Joan M. Goda 2021-2022
Samantha Brodt2020-2021
Leslie Flake2019-2020
Jeff A. Buehrle2018-2019 
Chuck Ribbe, CPA, CGMA2017-2018
Ryan Reiff, CHFP, CPA2016-2017
Mike Kennedy2015-2016  
Jeffrey T. O’Malley2014-2015
Timothy Robertson2013-2014
Gregory G. Wojtal2012-2013
Connie Perez, FHFMA2011-2012
Terry M. Brennan FHFMA2010-2011
Todd N. Dixon2009-2010
Maria L. Persons, CHFP2008-2009
Patty B. Gentry2007-2008
James D. Hammond Jr.2006-2007
David W. Chohon2005-2006
Chris P. Andrew2004-2005
Pam D. Nalley2003-2004
Mary Lee DeCoster2002-2003
Kevin J. Burns2001-2002
Jennifer L. Andrew2000-2001
Betsy A. Moore1999-2000
Timothy J. Hyland1998-1999
Robert M. Cherner, FHFMA1997-1998
Kenneth A. Levin1996-1997
Michael P. McAnder1995-1996
Penny Garrity1994-1995
Pitt Calkin1993-1994
Al Charlesworth1992-1993
Bonnie Green1991-1992
Virginia Roberts1990-1991
Jim Haynes1989-1990
Pixie Hylton1988-1989
Paul Peach1987-1988
Dick Johnson1986-1987
Howard J. Korwes1985-1986
Jo E. Johnson1984-1985
Dave H. LeMoine1983-1984
Dennis T. Earl1982-1983
Robert F. Theilmann1981-1982
Jerry Chapman1980-1981
William Long1979-1980
A. James Skillen1978-1979
John P. Greenshield1977-1978
Robert Raatjes1976-1977
Archie Gardner1975-1976
Robert W. Coffin1974-1975
William M. Layman1973-1974
Robert Walker1972-1973
Donald D. Hitt1971-1972
George Karam1970-1971
Lyon H. Woodruff1969-1970
J. William Hansen1968-1969
Robert J. Conroy, Jr.1967-1968
Daniel Smederovac1966-1967
Raymond W. Leitner1965-1966
Glen D. Jones1964-1965
Robert Shaller1963-1964
Eugene Joublanc1962-1963
Harry Theros (Two terms) 1960-1962
William Smith Rigley1959-1960

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