Institute Board of Directors and Staff
Governance
As a supporting organization to America’s Essential Hospitals, Essential Hospitals Institute is governed by a 16-member board that consists of both member and outside directors.
The board provides strategic direction and oversight of the Institute. The directors meet periodically to consider and vote on key Institute activities.
Board members, who are appointed by the board of directors for America’s Essential Hospitals, serve staggered, two-year terms and may serve up to three consecutive terms.
View our past Institute board chairs back to 1990.
Learn more about how America’s Essential Hospitals is governed.
Officers
| Chair Delvecchio Finley, MPP CEO Alameda Health System |
Past-Chair Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center |
| Secretary and Chair-Elect Christine Neuhoff, JD System Vice President, General Counsel St. Luke’s Health System |
Recording Secretary (Ex Officio) Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH President and CEO America’s Essential Hospitals |
| Treasurer Reuven Pasternak, MBA, MD, MPH CEO, Stony Brook University Hospital |
Member Directors
- Ericka Brown, MD, MBA, chief operating officer, Harris Health System, Houston
- Dave Chokshi, MD, MSc, senior assistant vice president, NYC Health + Hospitals, New York
- Roy Gilbreath, MD, senior vice president and chief system of care integration officer, Navicent Health, Macon, Georgia
- Leon Haley, MD, MSHA, CEO, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
- Jon Pryor, MD, MBA, CEO, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis
- John Jay Shannon, MD, CEO, Cook County Health & Hospitals System, Chicago
Outside Directors
- Stuart Guterman, independent consultant, Silver Spring, Maryland
- Erica Murray, MPA, president and CEO, CAPH-California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, Oakland, California
- James Schroeder, MPAS, vice president, Safety Net Transformation, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
- Dale Shaller, MPA, Principal, Shaller Consulting Group, Stillwater, Minnesota
Committees
Below find a list of Essential Hospitals Institute standing committees, with links to members-only resources and information.
Visit our About page to access information on America’s Essential Hospitals’ standing committees.
Staff
Kalpana Ramiah
Vice President of Innovation and Director, Essential Hospitals Institute
Deborah Roseman
Principal Project Specialist
Jennifer Stephens
Principal Research Associate
Brian Roberson
Senior Research Analyst
Janelle Schrag
Research Associate
Katherine Susman
Research Associate
Dayna Clark
Senior Research Assistant
Madeline White
Research Assistant
Hannah Lambalot
Program Assistant
Iti Madan
Program Coordinator
Contact the Institute staff
DEPT-EHI@essentialhospitals.org
