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 Stuart Guterman, MA Independent Consultant |
Past-Chair Christine Neuhoff, JD, MBA System Vice President, Chief Legal Officer St. Luke’s Health System |
| Secretary and Chair-Elect Vacant |
Treasurer Susan Cooper, MSN Chief Integration Officer and Senior Vice President Regional One Health |
| Recording Secretary (Ex Officio) Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH President and CEO America’s Essential Hospitals |
Member Directors
- Brenda Battle, MBA, senior vice president, community health transformation; and chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer, UChicago Medicine
- Rohit Bhalla, MD, MPH, senior vice president and chief clinical and quality officer, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Conn.
- Emily Blomberg, MHA, chief operating officer, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis
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Timothy G. Curtin, MBA,MSW, Executive Director of Community Services, Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Fla.
- Melany Gavulic, RN, MBA, president and CEO, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Mich.
- Shannon Sale, MHA, chief strategy officer, Grady Health
- Darrell Terry Sr., MHA, MPH, president and CEO, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey
Outside Directors
- Melinda Abrams, MS, executive vice president for programs, The Commonwealth Fund, New York
- Anand Shah, MD, MS, vice president of social health, Kaiser Permanente
- Dale Shaller, MPA, principal, Shaller Consulting Group, Stillwater, Minnesota
- Kevin Weiss, MD, MPH, MHSA, chief sponsoring institutions and clinical learning environment officer, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago, Illinois
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
Vashon Coehins
Manager of Education
Elizabeth Frentzel
Director of Sponsored Projects
Savanah Hiers
Program Associate
Hannah Lambalot
Research Associate
Tomi Sontan
Heath Equity Associate
Andrea Wright
Institute Coordinator
Contact the Institute staff
DEPT-EHI@essentialhospitals.org
