The Alabama Hospital Association has hired Rachel Bunning as the new Director of Communications and Public Relations.
Previous director Jeannie Gaines is going to take time off to raise her three-year-old son.
Prior to the Alabama Hospital Association, Bunning worked as the vice president of external affairs at the Women’s Foundation of Alabama. Bunning graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Journalism.
Bunning led strategic communications for a Washington, D.C.-based firm, worked on two presidential campaigns, and served as Communications Director in the Office of the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives for three sitting Speakers for the Majority Party.
Bunning also served as the communications and marketing administrator at the Alabama Community College System, where she managed external affairs and communications strategy for the state’s 24 community and technical colleges.
