AHE CHEST Master Trainer: Patti Costello

Patti Costello, AHE Executive Director

Mrs. Costello has been with the American Hospital Association for 20 years, spending the first six as the director of education at ASHE. She later served as director of meetings and product development for ASHCSP before being promoted to executive director of AHE in 2001. Mrs. Costello has written published works in both healthcare and in commercial foodservice safety, and has served as contributing author to foodservice and sterile processing training manuals. She has conducted over 250 hands-on workshops and seminars at both the national and chapter levels covering topics such as employee engagement and motivation, healthcare environmental services and infection prevention, foodservice sanitation, and staffing. Mrs. Costello is an avid sports fan whose favorites are the Chicago Cubs and Bulls but hockey and the Blackhawks have been a lifelong passion. Her bucket list includes traveling to Australia, Japan and Italy.