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 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.
2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JOHN HOPPER – PRESIDENT
Director of Operations
ImageFirst Healthcare Laundry Specialists, King of Prussia, PA
JEFFREY COUREY – PAST PRESIDENT
President and Chief Executive Officer
George Courey, Inc., Laval, Quebec, Canada
KELLY ZABRISKIE, MLS, BS, CIC, FAPIC – VICE PRESIDENT
System Director-Infection Prevention & Control
BayCare Health Systems Florida
Chief Executive Officer
Novo Health Services, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia
ROCCO ROMEO
Chief Executive Officer
HLS Linen Services, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
NICHOLAS SWARTZ
Vice President of Sales
Healthcare Linen Services Group
St. Charles, IL
Corporate Director Infection Prevention
SSM Health, St Louis, MO
CORT NAAB
Director of Surgical Solutions
George Courey, Inc., Laval, Quebec, Canada
KAUSTAV GHOSH
Director, RD&E – Global Textile Care of Ecolab Eagan, MN
DR. PRIYA BALACHANDRAN
Independent Consultant, Strategic Advisor, Strategic Board Advisory Palo Alto, CA
Chief Executive Officer
Bay Linen, Inc.
