Nikonya (Nikki) Godwin, BSRT, RRT, RCP
Department Head, Respiratory Therapy Program
Catawba Valley Community College
Committee Member Since 2021

Maria Hiller, RCP, RRT
Cardiopulmonary Department
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System
UNC Health Appalachian
Committee Member Since 2011

Laurie E. Hunt MS, RRT, RCP
Retired 7/2017
Committee Member Since 1994

Noah Jones, BSRT, RRT-ACCS, RCP
Respiratory Care Program Coordinator/Instructor
Southwestern Community College / Blue Ridge Community College
Committee Member Since 2024

Kim Metzler, BSRT, RRT, RCP
Respiratory Therapist
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist – Lexington Medical Center
Committee Member Since 2011

Jimmy Phillips RRT-NPS, RCP
Director 
Cardiopulmonary, Neurodiagnostics, Sleep Center, and The Thoracic Surgery Pulmonary Nodule Program
UNC Health Appalachian
Watauga Medical Center
Cannon Memorial Hospital
Appalachian Regional Behavioral Hospital
Committee Member Since 1995

Wendy Shelton, RRT, AS
Respiratory Therapist
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Committee Member Since 2023

Deborah Qualls, BSRT, RRT
Director of Respiratory Services
Kindred Hospital, Greensboro
Committee Member Since 2024

Lindsey MacLean, MPH, CHES^®
Coordinator of Allied and Public Health
Continuing Education at Northwest AHEC

Respiratory Care Conference
Planning Coordinator Since 2017

Gail Pawlik, BA
Program Assistant at Northwest AHEC

Respiratory Care Conference
Lead Program Assistant Since 2017