NRHA Rural Health Students Group
NRHA's Student Constituency Group is comprised of student members, who are future workforce and leaders in rural America.
As members, students can come together with their peers, educators, administrators, health professionals and other stakeholders to create a dialogue about rural health and related issues, such as workforce and policy.
NRHA’s Student Constituency Group is overseen by a board of students who are elected each year. The board assists in recruitment and plans NRHA’s Annual Rural Health Conference student track to promote rural health issues.
Want to get involved?
Email NRHA’s student outreach coordinators. We're eager to get students and schools involved and provide updates on NRHA leadership opportunities, including student board elections.
NRHA student board members
NRHA’s student board members are passionate about rural health and would love to hear from you. Below are bios about each of the current board members with contact information.
Lily Cardinal
Region 7 Recruitment Coordinator
Lily is a third-year MD/MPH and Rural Primary Care Track student at ETSU Quillen College of Medicine.
Halle Ciganick
Communications Coordinator
Halle is a third-year medical student in the Leadership in Rural Medicine Program at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
Daniel Hayes
Rural Medical Education Liaison
Daniel is a second-year medical student at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington.
Ellie Holtrop
Region 4 Recruitment Coordinator
Ellie is a third-year medical student in the Carver Rural Iowa Scholars program at the University of Iowa.
Colton Kendall
Vice Chair
Colt is a third-year medical student at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
Emily Lezotte
Region 2 Recruitment Coordinator
Emily is a second-year medical student in the Leadership in Rural Medicine Program at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
Madiline McNamara
Region 3 Recruitment Coordinator
Madi is a fourth-year medical student at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
Nora Mertz-Bynum
Region 1 Recruitment Coordinator
Nora is a fourth-year medical student in Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s Rural Physician Program
Garrett Orick
Chair
Garrett is a fourth-year medical student at East Tennessee State University.
Elizabeth Phelps
Region 6 Recruitment Coordinator
Elizabeth is a second-year medical student in the Leadership in Rural Medicine Program at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
Kade Squires
Policy Liaison
Kade is a medical student at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Shab Tursunova
DEI/HEC Liaison
Shab is a second-year medical student at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.