History - Indiana Association for Healthcare Quality

Indiana Association
for Healthcare Quality

Our History

The Indiana Association for Healthcare Quality is a non-profit organization founded in late 1979 in an effort to fill the professional and educational void in which many of us in the Quality Assurance field found ourselves.

Past Presidents

The following individuals have served as President of InAHQ:

1979 - 1997

1979 – 1982	Lois Cleckner	Region V
1982 – 1983	Carolyn Smith	Region VI
1983 – 1985	Doyne Moreland	Region VII
1985 – 1986	James French	Region VI
1986 – 1988	Peggy Reen	Region II
1988 – 1990	James French	Region VI
1990 – 1992	Julie Girten	Region VII
1992 – 1993	Sherri Lett	Region II
1993 – 1994	Jane Miller	Region V
1994 – 1995	Linda Cassidy	Region II
1995 – 1996	Shelley Voelz	Region V
1996 – 1997	Jeanette Spradlin	Region VI

1997 - 2009

1997 – 1998	Virginia Termine	Region V
1998 – 1999	Debra Close	Region III
1999 – 2000	Mindy Buckle	Region VI
2000 – 2001	Sue Ehinger	Region III
2001 – 2002	Betty Brown	Region VII
2002 – 2003	Trina Delph	Region II
2003 – 2004	Carol Fridlin	Region V
2004 – 2005	Lynn Olszewski	Region I
2005 – 2006	Ann Bumb	Region V
2006 – 2007	Desila Rosetti	Region I
2007 – 2008	Bonnie Tuttle	Region V
2008 – 2009	Linda Ostermeier	Region V

2009 - 2022

2009 – 2010	Natalie Webb	Region IV
2010 – 2011	Karen Varda	Region VII
2011 – 2012	Carolyn Townsend	Region V
2012 – 2013	Bonnie Tuttle	Region IV
2013 – 2014	Vickie Bridge	Region II
2014 – 2015	Patricia Julius	Region II
2015 – 2016	Rod Clarke	Region V
2016 – 2017	Angela Opsahl	Region V
2017 – 2018	Julia Wallyn	North Region
2018 – 2019	Angela Mounsey	North Region
2019 – 2020	Kathleen Nichols	Central Region
2020 – 2021	Leigh Ann Griffin	North Region
2021 – 2022	Susan Craig	Central Region
2022 – 2023	Lauren Fogt	Central Region

1979 - 1996

1979 – 1982	Lois Cleckner	Region V
1982 – 1983	Carolyn Smith	Region VI
1983 – 1985	Doyne Moreland	Region VII
1985 – 1986	James French	Region VI
1986 – 1988	Peggy Reen	Region II
1988 – 1990	James French	Region VI
1990 – 1992	Julie Girten	Region VII
1992 – 1993	Sherri Lett	Region II
1993 – 1994	Jane Miller	Region V
1994 – 1995	Linda Cassidy	Region II
1995 – 1996	Shelley Voelz	Region V

1996 - 2007

1996 – 1997	Jeanette Spradlin	Region VI
1997 – 1998	Virginia Termine	Region V
1998 – 1999	Debra Close	Region III
1999 – 2000	Mindy Buckle	Region VI
2000 – 2001	Sue Ehinger	Region III
2001 – 2002	Betty Brown	Region VII
2002 – 2003	Trina Delph	Region II
2003 – 2004	Carol Fridlin	Region V
2004 – 2005	Lynn Olszewski	Region I
2005 – 2006	Ann Bumb	Region V
2006 – 2007	Desila Rosetti	Region I

2007 - 2019

2007 – 2008	Bonnie Tuttle	Region V
2008 – 2009	Linda Ostermeier	Region V
2009 – 2010	Natalie Webb	Region IV
2010 – 2011	Karen Varda	Region VII
2011 – 2012	Carolyn Townsend	Region V
2012 – 2013	Bonnie Tuttle	Region IV
2013 – 2014	Vickie Bridge	Region II
2014 – 2015	Patricia Julius	Region II
2015 – 2016	Rod Clarke	Region V
2016 – 2017	Angela Opsahl	Region V
2017 – 2018	Julia Wallyn	North Region
2018 – 2019	Angela Mounsey	North Region

Honorary Members

Periodically the Board of Directors grants honorary membership to individuals who have rendered outstanding service to InAHQ. Honorary membership has been bestowed on the following individuals:

Betty Brown	Region VII
Eleanore Ellis	Region V
Gloria Ferguson	Region II
Marcia Goheen	Region III
Barbara Miller	Region VI
Doyne Moreland	Region VII
Bonnie Tuttle	Region IV

Distinguished Members

The Board of Directors presents the Distinguished Member Award to Members who have made an outstanding contribution to the healthcare quality profession. This award has been presented to the following:

2001	Jeanette Spradlin	Region VI
2002	Shelley Voelz	Region V
2005	Linda Cassady	Region V
2005	Betty Brown	Region VII
2010	Bonnie Tuttle	Region V
2012	Karen Varda	Region VII
2014	Carolyn Townsend	Region IV
2019	Angela Opsahl	Southern Region

Rising Star Award

The Board of Directors presents the Rising Star Award to a current member of InAHQ that has made an outstanding contribution to the organization or quality profession. This award has been presented to the following:

2019 – Susan Craig,	Central Region
2022 – Erin Geiselman,	Northern Region
2022 – Shannon Saldana,	Central Region

Accomplishments

The Indiana Association for Healthcare Quality is proud to have been the recipient of three State Association Excellence Awards from the National Association for Healthcare Quality. The awards were based on achievement of the state association’s goals, the quality of its newsletter, its education programs, member involvement in NAHQ, its support of the CPHQ certification program, its support of National Healthcare Quality Week, individual member projects, and the association’s financial support of the Healthcare Quality Foundation.

InAHQ won the following State Association Excellence Awards from NAHQ:

1997	Gold Award
2002	Gold Award
2005	Gold Award
2010	Gold Award
2000	Bronze Award
2009	Bronze Award
2001	Silver Award
2008	Silver Award

As defined by NAHQ, the NAHQ Award for Association Excellence recognizes the state healthcare quality association that provides exceptional membership services and benefits. The award is intended to enhance the goals and objectives of NAHQ by promoting quality educational offerings and providing information to healthcare quality professionals through the affiliated organizations. Each state association application is assessed on the states’ achievement of its established goals and objectives, the quality of its newsletter, the quality of its educational programs, and the state membership’s involvement in NAHQ. Note: NAHQ eliminated the state affiliations and awards in 2012.