Meet the Team
Hana Hinkle, PhD, MPH
Executive Director
Assistant Dean, Rural Health Professions and Director
National Center for Rural Health Professions
University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford.
1601 Parkview Ave., Rockford, IL 61107
Email: RTTC1@rttcollaborative.net
Darin Bell, MD
Associate Director
Associate Director for Rural Education
Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana
401 West Railroad, Missoula, MT 59802
406.258.4124
Email: RTTC2@rttcollaborative.net
Jessica McGuire
Membership Engagement Coordinator
Rural Medical Education Program Coordinator
National Center for Rural Health Professions
University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
1601 Parkview Ave., Rockford, IL 61107
Email: JAM226@uic.edu
Jessica Tripp
Annual Meeting and Events Coordinator
Email: jessica.tripp@mso.umt.edu
Randall Longenecker, MD
Senior Advisor and Consultant
Assistant Dean Emeritus, Rural and Underserved Programs
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
1 Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
937.539.7135
Email: longenec@ohio.edu
David Schmitz, MD
Senior Research Advisor
Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
1301 North Columbia Road, Stop 9037
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58201
701.777.3264
Email: david.f.schmitz@med.und.edu
The RTT Collaborative: Board & Student Representatives
Established November 20, 2012. Current Board Membership approved July 2023.
Members of the Board (Greater than 50% required to be directors of a rural program in health professions education and/or training or a site director)
John Andazola, MD, FAAFP – Program Director at Hidalgo Medical Services, General Champion Regional Medical Center, & Southern New Mexico Family Medicine Residency Program
Andrew Bazemore, MD – Senior Vice President for Research and Policy at the American Board of Family Medicine & Co-Director of Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care in Washington DC
Keri Bergeson, MD – Director of Rural Programs at the University of Minnesota
Lisa Dodson, MD – Campus Dean at the Medical College of Wisconsin – Central Wisconsin Campus in Wassau, WI
Rob Epstein, MD – Program Director at the Port Angeles Rural Program Swedish Cherry Hill FMR & Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of WA
Jay Erickson, MD – Assistant Dean for Regional Affairs & Assistant Clinical Dean at the UW School of Medicine
Robert Gobbo, MD – Program Director at the Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Rural Residency Program
Stu Hannah, MD – Program Director at the RTT in Baraboo, WI
Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, MD – Program Director at the Cascades East FMRP in Klamath Falls, OR
David Kermode, DO – Surgeon for Mercy Health Systems
Tiffani Maycock, DO – Program Director at the Selma FMRP in Selma, AL
Lori Rodefeld, MS – Director of GME Development at Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
Mike Shimmens – Executive Director at the 3RNet (Rural Recruitment and Retention Network) in Jefferson City, MO
David Smith, MD – Associate Program Director at North Colorado Family Medicine in Greeley, Sterling, & Wray
Student Representatives
Abigail Ahyong, MD, Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency RTT, Port Angeles, WA
Olivia M. Dhaliwal, MD expected 2024, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Robin Raquel Rodriguez, MD, MBA, PGY-1, Indiana Regional Medical Center Rural Family Medicine Residency Program, Indiana, PA