Association of Air Medical Services Announces 2022-2023 Board of Directors

NEWS RELEASE:  January 10, 2022
Contact: Blair Beggan, Senior Director of Communications |  bbeggan@aams.org

Association of Air Medical Services Announces 2022-2023 Board of Directors
René Borghese of North Carolina’s Duke LifeFlight begins one-year term as Chair

Alexandria, Va. – The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS), an international non-profit organization committed to leading and serving transport medicine, is pleased to announce the newly elected members of its 2022-2023 board of directors. Our new leadership team is the first board elected since significant changes were made to the AAMS governance structure, and terms officially began on January 1, 2022.

Executive Committee

Chair: René Borghese, Administrative Director, Duke LifeFlight, Durham, North Carolina

Chair-Elect: Kolby L. Kolbet, Chief Clinical Officer, Life Link III, Bloomington, Minnesota

Secretary/Treasurer: James Houser, CEO, STAT MedEvac, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

Immediate Past Chair: Deborah C. Boudreaux, Assistant Vice President, Nursing, Teddy Bear Transport, Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas

Directors-at-Large

Ben Clayton, Interim CEO and COO, Life Flight Network, Aurora, Oregon

Chris Hall, Director, Government Affairs & Industry Relations, PHI Health, Phoenix, Arizona

Rob Hamilton, President: Alliances, Global Medical Response, City, State

Mike Perkins, Chief Operating Officer, MedFlight of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio

Stephanie Queen, Chief Nursing Officer, Air Methods Corporation, Englewood, Colorado

Jeff Richey, Executive Director, Airlift Northwest | UW Medicine, Seattle, Washington

Cindy Seidl, Chief Clinical Officer, STARS, Calgary, Alberta, Canada                     

Todd Stanberry, Director, Business Integration, Metro Aviation, Shreveport, Louisiana

“AAMS moves into the coming year with a group of diverse leaders at the helm, each committed to empower all AAMS members to achieve high-quality patient care, fair payment for air ambulance services, and access to care for patients and communities worldwide,” says AAMS President & CEO, Cameron Curtis. “I speak for the entire AAMS and MedEvac Foundation staff when I say we very much look forward to working closely with our new leadership team.”