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!


Lloyd Sirmons

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
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

Caroline Aultman
Executive Director
Blue Ridge Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
7 Ivy Street
Rome, GA 30161
(706) 235-0776
caultman@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

Nita Ham
Executive Director
State Office of Rural Health
502 7th Street SW Cordele, GA 31015
(229) 401-3086
nham@dch.ga.gov

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 Spence, MPH

Chris Scoggins, DrPH, MPH
Director of Special Projects
Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center
1550 College St., Macon, GA 31207
478-301-4702
scoggins_ct@

Mary Tonkin
Practice Administrator
Archbold Medical Center Archbold Medical Group
mltonkin@archbold.org