The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) has elected the members of its 2022-2023 board of directors. The new leadership team is the first board elected since significant changes were made to the AAMS governance structure, and terms officially began on 1 January, 2022.

Chair of the executive committee is Duke LifeFlight administrative director René Borghese; chair-elect is Life Link III chief clinical officer Kolby L Kolbet; secretary/treasurer is STAT MedEvac CEO James Houser; and the immediate past chair is Teddy Bear Transport, Cook Children's Medical Center assistant vice president, nursing Deborah C Boudreaux.

The directors-at-large are Life Flight Network interim CEO and COO Ben Clayton; PHI Health director, government affairs and industry relations Chris Hall; Global Medical Response president, alliances Rob Hamilton; MedFlight of Ohio COO Mike Perkins; Air Methods Corp chief nursing officer Stephanie Queen; Airlift Northwest | UW Medicine executive director Jeff Richey; STARS chief clinical officer Cindy Seidl; and Metro Aviation director, business integration Todd Stanberry.

“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 president and 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.”