Our Patient & Family Advisory Board (PFAB) ensures the existence of an effective organizational mechanism for receiving and responding to diverse consumer perspectives on an ongoing basis. Members of the PFAB provide advice on current and proposed ACHA initiatives and help to ensure the effective delivery of those initiatives in their local communities. The PFAB functions as a standing advisory body to the ACHA Board of Directors.
ACHA PFAB members each represent one of nine distinct regions:
- New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont)
- Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania)
- East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin)
- West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota)
- South Atlantic (Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia)
- East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee)
- West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas)
- Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming)
- Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington)

Mindy Beyer PFAB Co-Chair New England

Neema K. Khatri PFAB Co-Chair South Atlantic

Ramiz Audi Mountain

Jean Chatzky Middle Atlantic

Jennifer Cortes West South Central

Karen DuVall East North Central

Jessica Edwards East South Central

Adam Ehlert West North Central

Pamela Foohey Middle Atlantic

Dubra Karnes-Padilla Mountain

Mona Klaber Pacific

Dorothy Li Pacific

Brad Markvart East North Central

Marissa Mendoza Middle Atlantic

Amy Morton-Sogi Pacific

John Romero South Atlantic

Alan Sabal Middle Atlantic