Board of Directors
Professional Expertise to Make a Difference
Their experience – diverse, qualified, and relevant – is making a significant difference in the way the best laundries process healthcare textiles in the name of patient safety and infection prevention.

Opening Available in Class 1 & 2 Category
Class 1: Individuals from textile maintenance companies (i.e., these are owners and/or operators of non-cooperative or in-house laundries) who are engaged in healthcare textile processing and healthcare textile maintenance cooperatives (i.e., laundries owned by several healthcare facilities) and/or in-house (laundry) textile maintenance facilities for healthcare institutions. A minimum of one representative from a textile maintenance company and a healthcare textile maintenance cooperative is required.
Class 2: Consists of Directors representing laundry industry suppliers (textile, equipment, chemicals, consultants, other).
2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JEFFREY COUREY – PRESIDENT
President and Chief Executive Officer
George Courey, Inc., Laval, Quebec, Canada

ROCCO ROMEO – PAST PRESIDENT
Chief Executive Officer
HLS Linen Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Chief Executive Officer
Novo Health Services, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia

Director of Operations
ImageFirst Healthcare Laundry Specialists, King of Prussia, PA

Enterprise Vice President of Infection Prevention
Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA

NICHOLAS SWARTZ
Vice President of Sales
Healthcare Linen Services Group
St. Charles, IL

CORT NAAB
Director of Surgical Solutions
George Courey, Inc., Laval, Quebec, Canada

DR. PRIYA BALACHANDRAN
Independent Consultant, Strategic Advisor, Strategic Board Advisory Palo Alto, CA

Corporate Director Infection Prevention
SSM Health, St Louis, MO

Chief Executive Officer
Bay Linen, Inc.
HLAC STAFF

KRISSY THAYER
HLAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
KRISTEN@HLACNET.ORG
(855) 277-HLAC (4522)
Located in Britton, SD

CHARLEY NAAB
OPERATIONS ASSISTANT
CHARLEY@HLACNET.ORG
(855) 277-HLAC (4522)
Located in Pensacola, FL