09/05/07
Welcome New and Renewing Center Members!

The Center for Healthcare Governance is pleased to welcome its newest members, and those who have chosen to renew their membership. From our vast array of online resources and tools to our dynamic educational events, the Center guarantees you'll find the resources that will help you achieve excellence in health care governance.

As we move forward together to help today's hospital trustees, executives and clinicians achieve excellence, innovation and accountability in health care governance, all of us at the Center look forward to working with you.

New Members:

  • Lakeview Medical Center
    President/CEO: Edward H. Wolf
    Board Chair: Susan Zahrbock

  • Sierra Vista Regional Health Center
    President/CEO: Margaret Hepburn
    Board Chair: Ron Wagner

  • St. Joseph Health System
    President/CEO: John J Buckley, Jr. FACHE
    Board Chair: John C. Hicks
  • Susquehanna Health
    President/CEO: Steven P. Johnson, FACHE
    Board Chair: Sister Joanne Bednar

  • Truman Medical Center, Inc.
    President/CEO: John W. Bluford
    Board Chair: Robert C. Levy

  • UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.
    President/CEO: John G. O'Brien
    Board Chair: Edward J. Parry

New Affiliate Member:

Renewing Members:

  • AtlantiCare Health System
    President/CEO: David P. Tilton
    Board Chair: Roger Hansen

  • Christ Hospital
    Executive Director & Sr. V.P.: Susan Croushore
    Board Chair: Michael Keating

  • Maine Medical Center
    President/CEO: Vincent S. Conti
    Board Chair: Meg Baxter

  • MetroHealth System
    President/CEO: John F. Sideras
    Board Chair: Donna Kelly Rego

  • Norton Healthcare
    President/CEO: Stephen A. Williams
    Board Chair: R.K. Guillaume

  • Piedmont Healthcare
    President/CEO: R. Timothy Stack
    Board Chair: Charles Wickliffe MD
  • Providence Health & Services
    President/CEO: Claudia Haglund (VP - Governance & Strategic Planning)
    Board Chair: Phillip Thompson

  • Sentara Healthcare
    President/CEO: David L. Bernd
    Board Chair: William K. Butler II

  • Southeast Alabama Medical Center
    President/CEO: Ronald S. Owen
    Board Chair: William Glover

  • St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
    President/CEO: Edwin E. Dahlberg
    Board Chair: Arthur Oppenheimer

  • Texas Children’s Hospital
    President/CEO: Mark A. Wallace
    Board Chair: Gary L. Rosenthal

  • Touro Infirmary
    President/CEO: Leslie D. Hirsch, FACHE
    Board Chair: Stephen Kupperman

Renewing Affiliate Members:

Member Spotlight
 Center Online Resources


Succession Planning Webinar

Join Center member Hamot Health Foundation and Center Affiliate member Development Dimensions International (DDI) for an upcoming webinar to gain rich perspectives on what Boards and CEOs are doing to build executive bench strength and how you can do it in your organization.

During this event, you'll learn the four key components of a solid succession plan; how to develop a plan for your organization leveraging the latest in assessment technology; how to establish measures to keep strategies and results on track; and best practices from Don Inderlied, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Hamot Health Foundation. For more information or to register, please click here.

Center Web site
Ask the Governance Expert


The Center for Healthcare Governance wants members to be as connected as possible to our governance consultants. Being able to ask questions online and receive responses back quickly will ensure you'll find the answers and resources to help you achieve excellence in health care governance.

Please fill out the Center's Ask the Governance Expert online form with your specific question or request, and you will be contacted within 24 hours with a reply. In addition, please feel free to use this form to submit feedback about the Center's services so that we can better serve you.

Please note that this is a member-only resource. Only submissions by Center members will be answered.

More information on Ask the Governance Expert and the online submission form.
Center 2007 Fall Symposium
Upcoming Events!

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
GOVERNING AND LEADING HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS

Leading for Improved Performance: Practical Strategies and Tools for Boards

September 30-October 3, 2007
San Francisco, California

The Symposium is designed for governing boards, CEOs and senior executives, physicians and other clinicians with leadership and governance responsibilities, staff members who coordinate and support governing board activities, and executives in health care-related industries.

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

  • Expand their awareness of the environmental issues and emerging trends that call for new models of governance.
  • Understand the evolving roles and distinct responsibilities of management and governing boards to improve quality, measure performance, and create cultures that are responsive to staff and patient needs.
  • Learn about innovative governance best practices that translate into improved organizational outcomes.
  • Gain new leadership skills and knowledge that will enhance their ability to be an active and valued member of the board.

More Information


Fall Symposium on
Governing & Leading
Healthcare Organizations
September 30-October 3, 2007
San Francisco, California
Symposium Information

Winter Symposium on Governing & Leading
Healthcare Organizations
January 6-9, 2008
Naples, Florida
Fall Symposium on
Governing & Leading
Healthcare Organizations
September 14-17, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Speaker Spotlight


The Center for Healthcare Governance developed Speakers Express to help make the high-caliber speakers and presenters found at its national symposia and regional workshops available to organizations throughout the country. Our speakers are proven professionals who are viewed as the "go-to" leaders in their respective fields of expertise, customizing their presentations to fit the unique needs of each organization.

The Center for Healthcare Governance introduces Peg C. Neuhauser.

Peg C. Neuhauser


More Information on the
Center's Speakers Express
Archived Center News & Updates


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