From Senior Olympics to National Accolades: Members Make An Impact

August 18, 2026 |  2 min read

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AARC member Heather Mawhorter, RRT, was featured in an article on the University of Toledo website about one of her pulmonary rehabilitation patients who won a gold medal in the Ohio Senior Olympics. Read it Here

AARC member Driscoll DeVaul, DHA, RRT, was featured in an interview on the Association of Schools of Advancing Health Professions website about preparing the next generation of health care professionals. Read it Here

AARC member Joan Kreiger, EdD, RRT, RPFT, was featured in an article on the Southern Connecticut State University website about her recent appointment as interim faculty director of accreditation and curricular initiatives. Read it Here

AARC student member Kyle Braden was featured in an article and video on the WEAV 13 News website about a 5K run being hosted by the CVTC Respiratory Care Club to raise awareness of COPD and the respiratory care profession. Read and Watch it Here

AARC members Donna Lilly, MA, RRT, and Sara Smith, MHA, RRT, were featured in an article in The Greenville Sun about a new partnership between Walters State Community College and East Tennessee State University (ETSU) that will allow Walters State’s AS RT graduates to seamlessly transfer to ETSU’s online RT degree completion program to earn their BS degree in respiratory therapy. Read it Here

AARC member Chrysalis Ashton, MSRC, RRT, was featured in an article in HME News about her recent appointment as head of respiratory clinical affairs at Drive Medical. Read it Here

 AARC member Sheila Merrill, MSEd, RRT, was featured in an article in the Standard-Journal about her RT program’s receipt of CoARC’s President’s Award for Excellence in Credentialing Success for the sixth year in a row. Read it Here

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