Board of Directors

Kara Bernsen

Board Chair
Chief of Network Services
Capital Health Care Network
Miamisburg, OH

Catie Bryan

Board Secretary
Chief Executive Officer
Bella Care Hospice
Westerville, OH

Greg Davis

Medicare Certified Home Care
President of Business Operations
Patriot at Home
Girard, OH

Barbara Dixon, BSN, RN, CEHCH

Immediate Past Chair
Field Administrator
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Home Care
Columbus, OH

Christy Dorto

Other In-Home Services
Regional Director of Clinical Services
National Church Residences of Central Ohio
Lewis Center, OH

Kurt Ingersoll

Medicare Certified
Vice President of Operations
Ohman Family Living at Home
Aurora, OH

Doti Johnson

Other in Home Services
Area Vice President
Purpose Care of Ohio
Uniontown, OH

Kimberly King

Board Chair Elect
Chief Operating Officer
Home Care Network, Inc.
Centerville, OH

Mollie Malleske, MBA

Hospice
Director Business Development
Cherish Hospice
Columbus, OH

Steven Pamer

Board Member
Administrator, Director of Rehabilitation Services
Cleveland Clinic
Independence, OH

Michael Vallee, JD

Board Treasurer
President
Your Choice Health Care Group
Gallipolis, OH

Jack Diamond

Advisor
Chief Executive Officer
Brennan, Manna & Diamond (BMD)
Akron, OH

Jaclyn Johnson PT, DPT

Advisor
Account Executive, Client Success
Homecare Homebase
Dallas, TX

Jeni Kendall

Advisor
Vice President of Operations and Midwest Sales
Axxess
Frisco, TX

Nicholas Kutasy

Advisor
Regional Sales Specialist, Post Acute
Medline Industries
Detroit, MI

Thomas Payne

Advisor
Chief Operating Officer
Patients Choice Laboratories
Indianapolis, IN

Ted Stitzel

Advisor
President
Reidy Medical Supply
Stow, OH

Past Presidents/Chairman

OCHCH is pleased to recognize the following volunteers for their leadership while serving as a chair of the association.

  • 1971 – 1972 Dorothy Royce
  • 1973 – 1974 Sonya Smith
  • 1975 – 1978 Betty Wolfe
  • 1979 – 1980 Joan Nicholas
  • 1981 – 1982 Joan Andrews
  • 1983 – 1984 Kathleen Tyner
  • 1985 – 1988 Fran Baby
  • 1989 – 1992 Linda Day
  • 1993 – 1995 Marnie Frey
  • 1995 – 1997 Terri Medley
  • 1997 – 1999 Ann Urbank
  • 1999 – 2001 Pam Parr
  • 2001 – 2002 Valerie Perout
  • 2003 – 2004 Karen Thompson
  • 2005 – 2006 Rose Anne Lonsway
  • 2007 – 2009 Charles Bradley
  • 2010 – 2013 Debra Studer
  • 2013 – 2015 Wanda Stackpole
  • 2015 – 2017 Deborah Albaugh