Board & Committees
Governance
America’s Essential Hospitals is governed by a board of directors that represents the geographic and organizational diversity of the association’s overall membership. The board, which consists of 15 to 20 members, provides overall strategic direction and oversight for the association.
The directors meet periodically to consider and vote on the key association activities, policy positions, and matters of similar importance. The association’s board also elects the board of directors for Essential Hospitals Institute.
The board’s executive committee—chair, past-chair, chair-elect, secretary, and treasurer—may approve an association action or position when time is of the essence and a meeting of the full board cannot be promptly convened.
Board members, who are elected by a vote of the full membership, serve staggered, two-year terms and may serve up to three consecutive terms.
View our past board chairs back to 1981.
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Essential Hospitals Institute, our research arm, has its own governing body. View the current Institute board of directors.
| Chair Eric Dickson, MD, MHCM President and CEO UMass Memorial Health Care |
Treasurer Janice Nevin, MD, MPH President and CEO ChristianaCare |
| Chair-Elect Charlie Shields, MBA President and CEO University Health |
Past-Chair Steve Purves President and CEO Valleywise Health |
| Secretary Jacob Cintron, MBA President and CEO University Medical Center of El Paso |
At-Large Members
- Kathleen Becker, JD, MPH, CEO, UNM Hospitals, Albuquerque, N.M.
- Jennifer DeCubellis, MA, CEO, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis
- Nina Dusang, chief financial officer, DCH Health System, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- Chester Kunnapilly, MD, CEO, San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo, Calif.
- Sheldon McLeod, CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County
- Cam Patterson, MD, MBA, chancellor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Ark.
- Thomas Quatroche, PhD, president and CEO, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York
- Israel Rocha Jr., MPA, CEO, Cook County Health, Chicago
- Florence Spyrow, JD, MHA, MPA, MSN, president and CEO, Northern Arizona Healthcare
- Kate Walsh, president and CEO, Boston Medical Center
- Joseph Webb, DSc, MSHA, CEO, Nashville General Hospital at Meharry
- Albert Wright Jr., PharmD, MHA, president and CEO, West Virginia University Health System, Morgantown, W.Va.
Committees
Below find a list of our standing committees, with links to members-only resources and information.
Investment, Audit & Compliance Committee
