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Mission and Membership

The State Hospital Association Executives Forum (SHAEF) was founded to provide state hospital association executives the opportunity to share ideas, hear about trends in healthcare, be a more effective advocacy arm for the American Hospital Association, and engender camaraderie among a disparate group of association executives. SHAEF is an unstructured, non-partisan group that generally meets three times a year: winter, summer and the AHA annual meeting.

The following officers are elected by the group:

  • Chairperson, who presides over meetings and discussions;
  • Program Committee Chairman, who develops SHAEF meeting content, with guidance of Program Committee members; and,
  • Site Committee Chairman, who recommends sites and dates for summer and winter SHAEF meetings, with advice from Site Committee.

Dues are assessed based on needs for the various meetings. Support from AHA and selected vendors is welcomed.