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

Amy Howard MSRT, RCP-NPS
Director of Clinical Education
Catawba Valley Community College
Committee Member Since 2025

Laurie E. Hunt MS, RRT, RCP
Committee Member Since 1994

Christina Long BSRT, RRT/RCP
DCE, Respiratory Therapy Program Clinical Coordinator
Gaston College 
Committee Member Since 2026

Kim Metzler, BSRT, RRT, RCP
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

Lisa Perdue, MSRC, RRT/RCP
Respiratory Therapy Program Director
Gaston College
Committee Member Since 2026


Wendy Shelton, MHA, RRT-ACCS, RCP
Respiratory Therapist
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Committee Member Since 2023

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