- THCA

Volume XXX, Number 7
July 2015

10 Top Reasons to Come and Bring Multiple Staff to THCA’s 65th Annual Convention & Trade Show

Award Winning National Speakers to Inspire and Fire Up Staff!

Five Tracks of Not-to-be-Missed Continuing Education,

Nurses Day to Motivate and Create Success,

THCA’s 65th Anniversary Celebration,

Professional & Social Networking & Receptions,

Trade Show Promoting Business Solutions and Innovations,

PAC Golf Tournament, Social Events & Fundraising,

THCA Business Meetings with Featured Speakers,

Location, Location, Location at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine,

Valuable Takeaways to Implement in Your Facility Immediately!

Watch your mail for the THCA Convention Registration Brochure with more details on all of the above!

Online Registration Opens
July 20th!

Updated and Growing List of Featured Speakers for Convention

Theresa Bennett, RN, BSN, Technical Advisor, CMS Division of Survey and Certification, Dallas Regional Office
Glenn Bodinson, FACHE, AHCA Master Examiner, Baldrige Coach
Cheryl Boldt, RN, NHA, Senior Consultant, Maun-Lemke Speaking and Consulting, LLC
Arik Bostick, Motivational Speaker, Fired Up!
Pat Boyer, MSN, RN, NHA, Director of Clinical Services, Wipfli, LLP
Tom Boyes, RN, VP of Sustainable Clinical Quality at Altercare of Ohio
Peggy Connorton, NHFA, Director, Quality and LTC Trend Tracker, AHCA
Carla J Cox, Partner, Jackson Walker, LLP
Susana Cruz, RN, BSN, MHA/MBA, CMS Nurse Consultant, Enforcement Branch, CMS Division of Survey and Certification, Dallas Regional Office
Kathy Dempsey, Motivational Speaker, SHED or Your DEAD!
David Gifford, MD, MPH, Senir Vice-President, Quality & Regulatory Affairs, AHCA
Rick Glantz, EVP Product Management of PAC Networks, naviHealth
Sam Glenn, Chalk Artist and Motivational Speaker, The Attitude Guy
Mark J. Gloth, D.O., M.B.A., Chief Medical Officer, HCR ManorCare
Calvin Green, Policy Rules and Curriculum Development, Texas DADS
Mary T. Henderson, Assistant Commissioner, Regulatory Services, Texas DADS
William ‘Bill’ Hopkins, Partner, HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP
Princess D. Jackson, Long Term Care Administration Coordinator, Tarrant County College
Gary Jessee, Deputy Director, Program Operations – Medicaid/CHIP Division, HHSC
Linda Lothringer, Director of Survey Operations, Regulatory Services Division, Texas DADS
Melody Malone, PT, CPHQ, MHA, TMF Health Quality Institute
Todd A. Mackenzie, MS, LNFA, Executive Director, Brookdale Lakeway
Daniel J. McElroy, RN, BSN, BA, CAPT USPHS (Ret.), Nurse Consultant, CMS Division of Survey and Certification, Dallas Regional Office
Marguerite McLaughlin, Senior Director of Quality, AHCA
Kelly A. McDonald, Partner, Carls, McDonald & Dalrymple, LLP
Mark Parkinson, President/CEO, AHCA
Nick Sloan, CEM, TEM, CBCP, CHS-I, Director of Emergency Management, Environmental Safety & Emergency Management, Baylor Scott & White
Julie Sulik, RN, Vice-President of Clinical Services, Southwest LTC
Mary Tellis-Nyak, Vice President, Quality Initiatives, MyInnerView/RNC
Sylvia Salvato, Nursing Facility Specialist, Medicaid/CHIP Division, HHSC
Lisa A Thomson, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, Pathway Health Services
Peg Tobin, RN, President, Tobin and Associated, The Leadership Connection
Dr. Elaine Traylor, Licensed Psychologist and Director, Deer Oaks, Dallas, TX
T. Kevin Warren, President/CEO, THCA
Sue S. Wilson, LMSW, CDP, CADDCT, Executive Director, 360 Elder Solutions, LLC
Fred Worley, Architect, Department of Aging and Disability Services
Paul Wray, RN, Director of Clinical Programs, Touchstone Communities
Darrell D. Zurovec, Attorney, Zurovec PLLC