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 elected 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 Leon Haley, MD, MHSA Vice President of Health Affairs Dean of the College of Medicine-Jacksonville UF Health Jacksonville |
Past-Chair Anna Roth, RN, MS, MPH CEO Contra Costa Regional Medical Center |
| Secretary and Chair-Elect Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center |
Recording Secretary (Ex Officio) Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH President and CEO America’s Essential Hospitals |
| Treasurer Delvecchio Finley, MPP CEO Alameda Health System |
Member Directors
- Christine Neuhoff, JD, System Vice President, General Counsel, St. Luke’s Health System
- Reuven Pasternak, MBA, MD, MPH, CEO, Stony Brook University Hospital
- Anthony Patterson, RN, MSHA, Senior Vice President for Inpatient Services, UAB Hospital
- Jon Pryor, MD, MBA, CEO, Hennepin County Medical Center
- John Jay Shannon, MD, CEO, Cook County Health & Hospitals System
Outside Directors
- Ann Scott Blouin, PhD, RN, Executive Vice President of Customer Relations, The Joint Commission
- Donald Goldmann, MD, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Stuart Guterman, Senior Scholar in Residence, AcademyHealth
- Erica Murray, MPA, President and CEO, CAPH-California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
- Winston Wong, MD, MS, Medical Director, Disparities Improvement and Quality Initiatives, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
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
David Engler
Senior Vice President of Leadership and Innovation
Josel Fritz
Education Program Manager
Kalpana Ramiah
Director of Research
Brian Roberson
Senior Research Analyst
Deborah Roseman
Principal Project Specialist
Janelle Schrag
Research Associate
Jennifer Stephens
Principal Research Associate
Katherine Susman
Research Associate
Contact the Institute staff
DEPT-EHI@essentialhospitals.org
