Center for Rural Health staff elected to Rural Health Congress

Brad Gibbens and Kathleen Spencer of the Center for Rural Health (CRH) have been elected to the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Rural Health Congress.

Gibbens has been elected to the Statewide Health Resources constituency group and Spencer to the Research and Education constituency group. They will each serve a two-year term and will participate in the process of policy development for the NRHA.

The Rural Health Congress is the policy-making body of the National Rural Health Association. It is made up of elected representatives like Gibbens and Spencer. The Rural Health Congress determines the association’s positions on public policy to determine what the NRHA will advocate for at a national level.

For more information on the NRHA, visit www.ruralhealthweb.org.

— Kristine Henke, communications coordinator, Rural Health, 777-0871, kristine.henke@med.und.edu.