Board of Trustees

Meet the 2026 AHA Board of Trustees

Chair
Marc L. Boom, MD, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer 
Houston Methodist 
Houston, TX 
 
Chair-Elect
Bill Gassen
President and CEO
Sanford Health
Sioux Falls, SD 
 
Immediate Past Chair
Christina (Tina) Freese Decker, MHA, MSIE, FACHE
President & CEO
Corewell Health
Grand Rapids, MI 
 
President and CEO
Richard J. (Rick) Pollack
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC
 
Debra Albert, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President Patient Care Services
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY 
 
Robert W. (Rob) Allen
President and CEO
Intermountain Health
Salt Lake City, UT
 
Kurt A. Barwis, FACHE
President and CEO
Bristol Health, Inc.
Bristol, CT
 
Joan Coffman, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
St. Tammany Health System
Covington, LA
 
Eric D. Fish, M.D., MBA, FACOG
President and CEO
Schneck Medical Center
Seymour, IN
 
Gerald (J.P.) Gallagher
President and CEO
Endeavor Health
Evanston, IL 60201
 
Leah M. Glasgo, RN, BSN, MHA, FACHE
President
UnityPoint Health-Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge, IA 
 
Melinda S. Hancock, CPA, FHFMA
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Sentara Health
Virginia Beach, VA 
 
Leslie (Les) Hirsch, FACHE
President and CEO
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System
New Brunswick, NJ
 
Laura S. Kaiser, BS, MBA, MHA, FACHE
President and CEO
SSM Health
St. Louis, MO
 
Michael A. Mayo, DHA, FACHE
President and CEO
Baptist Health
Adjunct Professor
University of North Florida, Brooks College of Health
Jacksonville, FL
 
Timothy (Tim) McManus, FACHE
National Group President
HCA
Nashville, TN
 
Pete November
President and CEO
Ochsner Health
New Orleans, LA 
 
Phillip O. Ozuah, M.D., PhD
President and CEO
Montefiore Einstein
Bronx, NY
 
Brian Peters
President and CEO
Michigan Health and Hospital Association
Okemos, MI
 
Lisa A. Shannon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Allina Health
Minneapolis, MN 
 
Michael A. (Mike) Slubowski
President and Chief Executive Officer
Trinity Health
Livonia, MI 
 
Pamela M. Sutton-Wallace, MPH
President
Yale New Haven Health
New Haven, CT 
 
Robert Lee (Bob) Trestman, PhD, M.D.
Senior Vice President and Chair of the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Carilion Clinic
Carilion Clinic Institutional Research Officer;
Professor and Chair
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Roanoke, VA 
Michael O. Ugwueke, MPH, DHA, FACHE
President and CEO
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Memphis, TN 
 
W. Mason Van Houweling
CEO
University Medical Center
Las Vegas, NV 
 
Robert (Rob) Vissers, M.D. MBA, FACEP
President and CEO
Boulder Community Health
Boulder, CO
 
Erik G. Wexler
President and CEO
Providence St. Joseph Health
Renton, WA
 

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