GRHA Board Members & Staff

Meet our dedicated and talented team! Each member brings their unique expertise and passion for improving healthcare in Georgia.  We are grateful for their commitment and are excited to introduce you to the rest of our incredible board members and staff. Get ready to be amazed by the incredible work they do!

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Lloyd Sirmons

Lloyd Sirmons

Executive Director

Georgia Rural Health Assoc

912-337-6183
lloydsirmons@gmail.com

Erin Mundy, President

Director, Community Based Training Programs
Georgia Statewide AHECs

Augusta University

1120 15th Street
Augusta, GA 30921

706-721-8331
emundy@augusta.edu

Carla Belcher, Treasurer

CEO
Community Health Care Systems

616 Ferncrest Drive,    Sandersville, GA 31082

478-552-1620
cbelcher@chcsga.org

John Butts

Senior Research Associate
Georgia Health Policy Center

14 Marietta Street, NW, Suite  221
Atlanta, GA  30303

404-413-0283
jbutts@gsu.edu

Bill Wylie

Senior Vice President, Business Operations
Georgia Hospital Association  380 Interstate N Pkwy E SE Suite 150, Atlanta, GA 30339

770-249-4512
bwylie@gha.org

Sherrie Williams

Director, Project Management
Mercer Univ School of Medicine

1550 College St.
Macon, GA  31207

229-686-4627
williams_sl2@mercer.edu

Matt Caseman

Matt Caseman

CEO
Georgia Nurses Association/Georgia Nurses Foundation

3032 Briarcliff Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329

404-325-5536 Ext: 108
matt.caseman@georgianurses.org

Fran Baker-Witt

CEO
Effingham Health System

459 Highway 119 South
Springfield, GA 31329

912-754-0142
bakerfr@effinghamhospital.org

Gabriel Carter

Legislative Associate
ACCG – Georgia’s County Association

gcarter@accg.org

Caroline Aultman

Blue Ridge Area Health Education Center (AHEC)

7 Ivy Street
Rome, GA 30161

(706) 235-0776 x204
aultman@blueridgeahec.org

Suzie Lamarca Madden

Assistant Professor
Mercer University, College of Health Professions

1501 Mercer University Dr.
Macon, GA 31207

(478) 301-5569
madden_sl@mercer.edu

Lloyd Sirmons

Joel Presley

Executive Director
State Office of Rural Health

502 7th Street SW CordeleGA 31015

(229) 401-3081
joel.presley@dch.ga.gov

Shelley Spires

Shelley Spires, Past President

Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc

204 N. Westover Blvd.
Albany, GA 31707

229-888-6559
Shelley.spires@aaphc.org

Ursula Spense<br />

Ursula Spence, MPH

Director of Health Works

Community Health Works

478-254-5228
Uspence@chwg.org

Lloyd Sirmons

Chris Scoggins, DrPH, MPH

Director of Special Projects

Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center

1550 College St., Macon, GA  31207

478-301-4702
scoggins_ct@georgiaruralhealth.org

Lloyd Sirmons

Mary Tonkin

Practice Administrator

Archbold Medical Center  Archbold Medical Group

229-336-1949
mltonkin@archbold.org