About

Tonya Winders. MBA is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Allergy & Asthma Network, the leading patient advocacy organization dedicated to ending the needless death and suffering due to asthma, allergies and related conditions.

Tonya has over 17 years experience in leadership roles within the allergy and asthma industry. From sales and marketing leadership to managed markets access, she has worked tirelessly to ensure patients have access to effective diagnostic and treatment tools.

Tonya serves on several expert panels including the ATS Public Advisory Roundtable. Furthermore, she is on the board of directors for Not One More Life, American Respiratory Care Foundation and is the current president of the Global Allergy Asthma Patient Platform, representing 35 patient organizations throughout the world.

Personally, Tonya is the mother of five children, four of whom have asthma and/or allergies, ranging in age from 13-19 years old. She enjoys spending time with her husband of 21 years Brian Winders and cheering on her children in various sports.

Dr MacIntyre is a Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services at Duke University. In his 31 year career, he has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on over 37 clinical trials that have enrolled hundreds of patients. Among the most important of these have been the NIH funded ARDS Network evaluating many aspects of respiratory failure, the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) evaluating lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema and the Long Term Oxygen Treatment Trial (LOTT) evaluating oxygen therapy in COPD patients. He has held a number of national and international leadership positions, including the chair of the large ACCP/SCCM/AARC Evidence Based Guidelines Committee for Ventilator Weaning, the chair of the joint ATS/ERS Committee to Standardize DLCO, the chair of the ACCP Mechanical Ventilation Simulation Program, and on the steering/writing committees of ATS and AACVPR addressing pulmonary rehabilitation and exercise assessment. Within the respiratory care community, he has been on BOMA for two separate terms, an associate editor of Respiratory Care, and a long time trustee of ARCF.

Sam Giordano began his career in respiratory care over 50 years ago. He became a Registered Respiratory Therapist and worked in all capacities from staff therapist to director of respiratory services. Serving in that position at Barnes Hospital, (now BJC), in St. Louis, and Cook County Hospital in Chicago.

He then transitioned to the position of Director of Respiratory in Biomedical Services at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

He earned his undergraduate degree in health service administration from Park College, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He subsequently earned an MBA from University of Dallas.

Throughout his career he served as a volunteer with the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) on local, state, and national levels; he served on many committees, among which was the committee to assist in organizing local chapters into state societies. Sam was elected to AARC’s Board of Directors and other offices, including President. During his term at AARC, along with its members and state societies, he undertook a coordinated team effort to obtain legal recognition of the profession, via state licensure, throughout the United States.

At the end of this term Sam was offered the position of Executive Director/CEO of AARC. He served in that capacity for over 30 years, retiring in 2012.

Throughout his tenure, he also served as Publisher of Respiratory Care, assisting its outstanding Editors and editorial staff; a position he still holds today.

Sam also served as a Director of Brookhollow Bank of Dallas, and continues to serve as a volunteer patient advocate, as a Board member of the COPD Foundation, and current Chair of the US COPD Coalition.

He is a recipient of AARC’s highest honor, the Jimmy A. Young Medal, the Hector Leon Garza Award for Promoting International Excellence in International Respiratory Care, and Special Awards from the United States Air Force Cardiopulmonary Society, as well as a Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Contributions to the United States Army.

Sam is also proud to be an Eagle Scout with Bronze Palm.

Lynda T. Goodfellow is a tenured Professor of Respiratory Therapy and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions at Georgia State University.  She joined the AARC in 1980 and her NBRC registry number is 18,675. Dr. Goodfellow received a baccalaureate degree in respiratory therapy from the Medical College of Georgia and her doctorate in Adult Education from the University of Georgia. At Georgia State University, she has served as the director of clinical education, and as chair of the respiratory therapy department. During her time as chair, the department implemented a master’s entry-degree for respiratory therapy in 2007. Since 1990 when she joined the RT faculty at Georgia State University, Dr. Goodfellow estimates that she has taught over 700 RT undergraduate students and over 300 graduate students.

Dr. Goodfellow’s areas of research include chronic respiratory disease management and education, particularly as it relates to asthma, tuberculosis, tobacco and e-cigarette abuse education, and graduate respiratory therapy education.  She received a clinical investigator award from the American Lung Association for support on asthma research for adolescents with asthma in the inner city and has been funded through the NIH as a member of the National Tuberculosis Curriculum Consortium.  Her publications include articles in the Journal of Allied Health, Respiratory Care, Respiratory Care Education Annual, and other journals. Dr. Goodfellow has also served on the Board of Visitors for the College of Education at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Goodfellow would like to thank the profession of respiratory care for providing a career that has constantly challenged her to learn and to be a better respiratory therapist.  Moreover, she is especially thankful for her colleagues at Georgia State University, the Georgia Society for Respiratory Care, the AARC, the Lambda Beta Board, and now the American Respiratory Care Foundation.

In 1972 I graduated from college with a degree in chemistry and no idea what to do with it. I needed a job and a friend told me that the local hospital was hiring inhalation therapists. I went for an interview and was hired on the spot for a position as an on-the-job trainee to administer breathing treatments (mostly IPPB). The pay was poor, but I had few expenses and figured it would get me through until I could find something else. Interestingly, a few months later I got my first raise when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania raised the minimum wage! It did not take long until I was hooked and decided to enroll in a formal respiratory care program. This was a hospital-based program and as a strange coincidence, was in the same hospital where I was born 22 years earlier. I graduated in 18 months and the rest is history.

In addition to my clinical and research career, I am pleased to have had the opportunity to support the profession that has given so much to me. Late in the 20^th century, I had the opportunity to serve as a trustee on the NBRC, including two years as its President. More recently, I have served the AARC in leadership positions with the journal Respiratory Care. For 10 years I was Editor-in-Chief and now serve as the Managing Editor. I am proud to have been part of the Journal as it rose to prominence as a highly regarded international Journal publishing the science of respiratory care.

With this background, I am pleased to join the Board of Trustees of the ARCF. I am thrilled see the word “research” in the mission statement for the Foundation. To be respected as a profession, we must assume responsibility for the evidence supporting our practice. There are too few respiratory therapists with the necessary training and funding to support independent investigation.

I have been the recipient of ARCF awards, including the Forrest M. Bird, MD, PhD, ScD Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award in 1999. I have also appreciated that the ARCF has supported the Respiratory Care Journal Conferences for many years. Serving on the Board of Trustees is my opportunity to give back. I am ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work.

Joe has been working in healthcare for 34 years and has been a respiratory therapist for 32 of those years. He is an RRT and a Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care (FAARC). He holds undergraduate degrees in respiratory therapy and business administration and a master’s degree in healthcare administration. Joe has held numerous senior management and executive leadership positions in a variety of healthcare organizations and environments, including acute care, homecare, pharmacy, and most recently, medical device companies. He is a past AARC Homecare Section Chair and is past recipient of the ARCF award for excellence in homecare. Joe has served two terms on the AARC board of directors, including a term as Vice President of External Affairs.

Dr. Marshall is senior vice president and chief nursing executive and holder of the James R. Klinenberg, MD, and Lynn Klinenberg Linkin Chair in Nursing in honor of Linda Burnes Bolton at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA. With more than three decades of nursing leadership experience, he has a track record of organizational achievement and a genuine dedication to excellence in human caring.

Dr. Marshall previously served as system chief nursing and patient care services executive at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB Health). During a career with UTMB Health that spanned more than three decades, Dr. Marshall made major contributions to the academic health sciences center. He was part of the leadership team that led UTMB Health back from Hurricane Ike after it devastated the Gulf Coast in 2008. In the hurricane’s aftermath, Dr. Marshall served as an important public face and voice of confidence for the hospital, keeping patients and the community informed about progress to restore services. He led the efforts for UTMB Health to regain Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2012 and redesignation in 2017. During his time at UTMB Health he played an instrumental role in opening the first makerspace in hospital in the United States.

In 2017, Dr. Marshall was appointed to a four-year term on the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Magnet® Recognition Program. He has served on the board of directors of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and as the organization’s treasurer. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and fellow of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (FAONL).

In addition to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing, Dr. Marshall earned his Doctor of Nursing Practice from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing. He also holds a law degree from South Texas College of Law Houston.

Bruce Rubin is the Jessie Ball duPont Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University and Physician in Chief of the Children’s Hospital of Richmond. He is also Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Physiology and Biophysics at VCU and has been named a Virginia Eminent Scholar by the Governor. He trained in Biomedical Engineering at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and then did a fellowship in Paediatric Respirology and Critical Care at Sick Kids in Toronto. He holds the MD and Masters in Engineering degrees from Tulane and an MBA degree from Wake Forest University Babcock School of Business

Prof. Rubin received Lifetime Scientific Achievement Awards from the AARC and CIPP. He holds honorary appointments in 4 medical schools, is on the editorial board of 11 pulmonary journals, has published more than 300 original research papers and chapters, and holds eight patents. He is on the Board of the NIH funded Atlantic Pediatric Device Consortium. His research focus is regulation of mucus clearance in health and disease, airway inflammation, and aerosol delivery of medications.

Dr. Rubin is also a magician, elected to membership in the International Brotherhood of Magicians and over the past 20 years has taught medical magic in 31 countries on 5 continents.

James K. Stoller, M.D., M.S., FCCP, ATSF, FAARC is a pulmonary/critical care physician who serves as Chairman of the Education Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He holds the Jean Wall Bennett Professorship in Emphysema Research at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and the Samson Global Leadership Academy Endowed Chair at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Stoller has had longstanding involvement in respiratory care as he served as the Section Head of Respiratory Care at Cleveland Clinic from 1988 to 2008 and as Director of the Respiratory Special Care Unit (ReSCU). A major focus of his work in respiratory care has been optimizing care delivery, especially through the implementation of respiratory care protocols. He has had longstanding clinical and scientific interest in emphysema and in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, having authored 310 peer-reviewed papers and served as an Editor of Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care over the last 6 editions. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Alpha-1 Foundation and has served on the Board of Directors of the COPD Foundation, as a member of BOMA as the ATS representative.

Lori M. Tinkler, MBA has 31+ years of experience with the National Board for Respiratory Care, Inc. (NBRC). She joined the NBRC in 1991 and was named chief executive officer in January 2018. As CEO, Ms. Tinkler oversees the operation of the NBRC executive office, is the primary liaison to the Board of Trustees and its committees and focuses on the strategy and vision of the organization to help further the respiratory care profession. Ms. Tinkler speaks frequently at state and national respiratory care meetings and interacts with leaders across the profession. Lori is a leading expert in the development and management of certification programs and has a strong background in organizational change and development as well as testing and measurement. Ms. Tinkler was named one of the Top 25 Women Who Mean Business in Kansas City by the Kansas City Business Journal, and is active as a mentor for young professionals within the greater Kansas City business community. In addition, she volunteers on several local and national boards and committees, including the Johnson County (KS) Community College Foundation and the Advisory Board for the Johnson County Community College Respiratory Care Program. Ms. Tinkler served on the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) former Respiratory Care NetWork Steering Committee. Lori has also served in a civic leader capacity as chair of the Olathe (KS) Chamber of Commerce in 2011 and 2012 and has 30+ years of experience serving on boards with philanthropic missions and raising funds to support these various causes.

I am deeply honored to be selected to serve the American Respiratory Care Foundation and hope to assist where I can in furthering respiratory health. I’m recently retired after an over five-decade career in health care.

I began this strepitous journey seeking a job that would financially support my college education. Starting as an orderly at an inner-city hospital, I cleaned my share of bedpans, hauled many large oxygen cylinders, and prepped male patients for surgery. I enjoyed learning about inhalation therapy as it was called then and was curious enough to take the CITT exam from my on-the-job training. I was also intrigued about this new laboratory test called blood gas analysis and received additional training by the manufacturer on how to run and maintain these instruments. This fortuitously landed me at an academic medical center as both a blood gas lab technician and respiratory therapist working every weekend and holiday while attending college full-time. I concurrently completed my formal RT education at Northwestern University Affiliated Hospitals school as well as my baccalaureate degree at Loyola University Chicago. Somehow, I passed my written and oral exams and became the NBRC’s #2000 Registered Respiratory Therapist. I was very fortunate to work with many legends in the field at Northwestern and thoroughly enjoyed my time teaching in the anesthesia division and RT school. I was in the right place at the right time being ultimately promoted to Administrative Director of the RT Department and contributing to many texts and articles in the field. Getting proper recognition for our profession became a passion too. I was honored to be elected President of the Illinois Society for RT and worked to achieve state licensure. My colleagues encouraged me to run for national office in the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) and was grateful to be elected to Treasurer and then President. I’ve been actively involved in the AARC since the 1970s and have been privileged to work with many extraordinary professionals. The AARC has honored me in bestowing Life Membership, Fellowship status and their highest award, the Jimmy A. Young Medal.

After completing my MHA at the Chicago Medical School and MBA at the University of Chicago, I joined a management consulting firm holding executive positions in provider contracting for an HMO as well as managing several independent physician associations and primary care clinics. I was also thrilled to be adjunct faculty at National Louis University teaching financial management at the baccalaureate and master’s degree level. I joined a national post-acute care company and was promoted from facility administrator to regional vice president and ultimately to COO in this large publicly traded firm. I took a senior position in a local faith-based health care system and was once again in the right place at the right time ending up as COO over several hospitals, post-acute facilities, and other operations. After successfully putting together a merger with another non-profit system, I set up my own consulting firm serving as interim CEO or COO of a large hospice, group homes for the developmentally disabled and rehabilitation therapy companies. My last position was as CEO of a private equity backed anesthesia company that served three dozen outpatient surgery centers.