President & CEO
      Arlene Miles

Arlene Miles is President & CEO of the Colorado Health Care Association. She has held the position since 1983. In addition to her position as President & CEO, she is a licensed nursing home administrator and has worked in long term care since 1972. She is a registered lobbyist in the State of Colorado and has a background in accounting with an emphasis on Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement. She is a past president of the American Society of Health Care Association Executives and served on the American Health Care Association Executive Committee. In addition, she has served on numerous legislative and governor appointed committees. amiles@cohca.org

    Vice President
     of Operations

      Bonita Jones

Bonita Jones joined the CoHCA staff in January, 1990. Prior to her position as VP of Operations, Bonita served as Office Manager and support staff to the Director of Program Administration. In her position, Bonita is responsible for planning CoHCA’s ongoing educational programs, the CoHCA annual convention, and supervises the Administrative Services Department and assisted living. She came to CoHCA from Briarwood Health Care and has worked in long term care since 1980. Bonita graduated from Denver Technical College and Emily Griffith where she obtained an associate’s degree in Business Communication.

bjones@cohca.org

  Associate Director

    of LTC Services

       Ann Kokish

Ann Kokish brings more than 23 years of diversified experience in long term care to CHCA/CCAL. A successful Nursing Home Administrator she has managed a 198-bed facility, including a 44-bed secured unit and 50-bed sub-acute unit. She has supervised and supported approximately 300 staff members with 15 department heads. She brings to CHCA/CCAL an extensive knowledge of Federal and State Regulations, Medicare and insurance regulations.

  Director of Finance

         Brent Hill

Brent Hill joined the CoHCA team in April, 2008 as Director of Finance. Immediately prior to joining CoHCA,  Brent was a staff accountant for Myers and Stauffer. In that position, he performed Medicaid cost report field audits, desk reviews and analytical reviews. Brent graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science in Accounting and is currently a CPA candidate.  bhill@cohca.org

  Director of Clinical
  & Quality Services

  Paula Mattison, R.N.

Paula Mattison is the Director of Clinical and Quality Services at CoHCA. In this position, she is responsible for monitoring state and federal regulations that affect nursing services and informing the membership. She is also responsible for developing educational programs for nurses and CNAs. She staffs the Nurse Executive Council, the Social Services Conference Group and the Quality Initiatives & Standards Committee. She is a registered nurse and holds a bachelor’s degree in Health Care Management from Metropolitan State College in Denver. Prior to joining CoHCA in February, 1994, she spent five years in long term care management, specializing in staff education. She was a staff development coordinator, a regional training coordinator and primary instructor for the CNA program, involving 10 facilities and teaching over 75 classes. She has worked in the nursing field since 1975. pmattison@cohca.org

  Vice President of
  Public Relations &
  Emergency Management

      David Skipper

David brings over thirty years of creative communications management, leadership development, emergency preparedness, government training and public speaking experience to the Association, including seven years as Director of Communications for the Florida Health Care Association. He served as President of the Society of Long Term Care Communicators from 1994-96. As a certified PREPARE Specialist he is also responsible for emergency management and disaster preparedness.  His experience includes developing training and instructing on Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threat AWareness, Clinical Implications of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Hostage Negotians, Incident Command and more.  He revised the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Emergency Operations Plan Toolkits for long term care facilities in 2012.  He is also responsible for developing and implementing innovative information solutions encompassing media management, cyber-communications and publications management. He has an M.A. and B.A. degree in Communication Arts from the University of West Florida. dskipper@cohca.org