Did You Know?

Ed Brown, CEO of Florida Community Health Centers, Inc., served as CHCA's inaugural board chairman from 1999 - 2009. In 2008, he was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Association of Community Health Centers. Click here for more about this prestigious honor.

Board of Directors

All CHCA Board members serve a three-year term. Their service is provided without compensation, and is in addition to fulfilling their already demanding role as CEO of a member community health center organization.

Chair: Richard B. Akin, Collier Health Services, Inc. (Immokalee, FL)

Vice-Chair: Walter L. "Mickey" Presha, Manatee County Rural Health Services, Inc. (Parrish, FL)

Secretary / Treasurer: DeWayne Yates, Family Medical and Dental Services (Palatka, FL) / Trenton Medical Center (Trenton, FL)

Everett Kelly, Thomas E. Langley Medical Center (Sumterville, FL)