Metropolitan Hospitals Governing Council Roster

Metropolitan Hospitals - Governing Council

Advisory Council and Regional Policy Board Members

 

Advisory Council

 

Debra Flores photo

PAST-CHAIR

Debra Flores
President & Administrator
Sentaraplex Hospital
Hampton, VA

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CHAIR

Elaine Couture
Chief Executive
Providence Sacred Heart
Medical Center
and Children's Hospital
Spokane, WA

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BOARD LIAISON

Melinda Estes, M.D
President and CEO
Saint Luke's Health System
Kansas City, MO

 

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CHAIR-ELECT

Kate Becker
President
SSM Health
SLU Hospital
St. Louis, M

 

 

 

 

Terms Expire 2017

  • Janice Burger, Chief Executive, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, OR
  • John DiAngelo, President and CEO, Inspira Health Network, Mullica Hill, NJ
  • Mary Prybylo, President and CEO, St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor, ME
  • Dennis Pullin, President, MedStar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD
  • John Singerling, President, Palmetto Health, Columbia, SC
  • Kevin Unger, President and CEO, Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, CO
  • Avilla Williams, President, Integris Health Edmond, Edmond, OK
  • Robert Ritz, President, Mercy Medical Center Des Moines, De Moines, IA

Terms Expire 2018

  • Darlene Stromstad, President and CEO, Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT
  • Kim Hollon, CEO, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA
  • Michael P. Halter, CEO, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • Donald McKenna, President and CEO, St. Mary's Health Care System, Athens, GA
  • Bo Boulenger, CEO, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, FL
  • Charles Lucore, M.D., President and CEO, St. John's Hospital, Springfield, IL
  • Darin Gross, Administrator, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ

Terms Expire 2019

  • Akram Boutros, M.D., MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
  • Reuven Pasternak, M.D., CEO, Stony Brook University Hospital, Vice President for Health Systems, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
  • Lynn Torossian, President and CEO, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, West Bloomfield, MI
  • Jennifer Nolan, President, Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville, KY
  • Cristina Rivera, CEO, Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen, TX
  • Delvecchio Finley, CEO, Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA

Regularly Invited Guest(s)

Michael Dunaway, President, The Alliance of MidAmerica, Overland Park, KS


Regional Policy Board Members

Terms Expire 2017

Del: Suzanne Ehinger, PhD, Parkview Hospital/Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN
Alt: Vacancy (Herb Buchanan)

Del: Kenneth A. Finch, Adventist Health System Southwest Region/Texas Health Hospital Fort Worth South, Fort Worth, TX
Alt: William R. Blanchard, DeTar Healthcare System, Victoria, TX

Del: Amy Freeman, Vice President, Ascension Health / President and CEO, Community Health Washington, DC
Alt: Darise Caldwell, Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, Salisbury, NC

Del: Richard Murphy, South Nassau County Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY
Alt: Keith Noll, York Hospital, York, PA

Del: Edward J. Roth III, Aultman Hospital, Canton, OH
Alt: Kenneth W. Lukhard, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL

Del: Patty White, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Alt: Margaret Sabin, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services and Centura Health South State Operating Group, Colorado Springs, CO

Terms expire 2018

Del: David L. Callecod, Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette, LA
Alt: Charles Spicer, OU Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Del: Edmundo Castaneda, Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento, CA
Alt: J. Michael Marsh, Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Bellevue, WA

Del: Greg Duckett, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., Memphis, TN
Alt: Margaret Gill, Memorial Health, Savannah, GA

Del: Joseph Pepe, MD, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, NH
Alt: Kurt A. Barwis, Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group, Bristol, CT

Del: Nancy Steiger, Bellingham, WA
Alt: Anthony McLean, St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way, WA

Del: Vacancy (Albert Gutierrez)
Alt: Michael Wiemann, MD, Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI

Del: Vacancy (Elizabeth Anderson)
Alt: Vacancy (Steven M. Scott)

Terms expire 2019

Del: Deborah Addo, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Alexandria, VA
Alt: Christopher R. Hummer, Carolinas Medical Center Pineville, Charlotte, NC

Del: Dianne J. Anderson, RN, Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA
Alt: Bruce Auerbach, MD, Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA

Del: Damond Boatwright, SSM Health Care of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Alt: Cliff Megerian, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

Del: Joseph W. Devine, Kennedy Health System, Cherry Hill, NJ
Alt: Alan Lieber, Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ

Del: John Haupert, Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
Alt: James Ross, West Tennessee Healthcare, Jackson, TN

Del: Robert Stevens, President and CEO, Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia, MN
Alt: S. Mark Laney, MD, Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph, Saint Joseph, MO

Del: M. Brooks Turkel, Regional Hospital of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Alt: Mary P. Leahy, MD, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Suffern, NY