AHA elects eight new members to its Board of Trustees.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10,
2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Hospital
Association (AHA) has elected eight new members to its Board of
Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan.
1, 2024. The Board of Trustees is the highest policymaking
body of the AHA and has ultimate authority for the governance and
management of its directions and finances.
In addition, Bill Gassen,
president and CEO of Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, S.D., will join the AHA Board
filling an unexpired term.
Incoming members of the AHA Board of Trustees are:
Kurt Barwis, president and CEO of
Bristol Health in Bristol,
Conn.
Barwis has been with Bristol Health for the past 17 years. He
brings over 30 years of management and leadership experience across
community hospitals, management consulting and business to his
current position as president and CEO of Bristol Health.
Barwis is also a member of AHA's Advisory Group on Hospitals
Against Violence and served as a delegate of the AHA Regional
Policy Board 1 from 2019-2021.
Prior to joining Bristol Health, Barwis was the senior vice
president and chief operating officer at St. Mary's Hospital in
Leonardtown, Md. He also served as
system vice president of managed care and business development at
Union Hospital in Elkton, Md.
Barwis served in a variety of board positions including as past
governor of the American College of Healthcare Executives,
president of the Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives
and past CEO Forum Executive of the Connecticut Hospital
Association.
Barwis received a Bachelor of Arts in business administration
from the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia and a Master of
Business Administration from LaSalle
University in Philadelphia.
Norvell Coots, MD, president and
CEO of Holy Cross Health and the Maryland Region of Trinity Health
in Silver Spring, Md.
Coots joined Trinity Health seven years ago, following a 36-year
career in the US Army. He is a retired Brigadier General and a
board-certified dermatologist. His storied medical and military
career spans 40 years garnering him several awards and
recognitions. Prior to joining Holy Cross Health, Coots served in
many capacities such as Commanding General/CEO for the Regional
Health Command in Europe, Deputy
Commanding General for the Army Medical Command, Assistant Surgeon
General, and Surgeon General, US Forces-Afghanistan. Perhaps most
notable, Coots served as the final Commander and CEO of Walter Reed
Army Medical Center.
Coots' previous affiliations with the AHA include serving as the
federal segment advisor, Maryland
representative on the AHA Regional Policy Board 3 from 2018-2020,
and as an alternate in 2017, as well as alternate federal
representative from 2009-2011. Additionally, Coots currently serves
as Chair of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Research Hospital Board. He is a diplomate of the American Board of
Dermatology, and a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Coots also holds active memberships in the National and American
Medical Associations, the Association of Military Dermatologists,
the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Maryland MedChi Society,
and is on the board of the Maryland Hospital Association.
Some of Coots' awards and honors include Distinguished Service
Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious
Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal,
Korean Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Afghanistan
Campaign medal, NATO medal, Order of Military Medical Merit, and
the Legion of Honor from France.
Recently he received the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award
awarded by President Biden.
Coots received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center and
master's degree in strategic studies from the Army War College in
Pennsylvania.
Steven Diaz, MD, chief medical
officer of MaineGeneral Health in Augusta, Maine.
Diaz joined MaineGeneral in 1993 and has served in a variety of
roles including assistant medical director of emergency medicine,
vice president of medical administration and now as chief medical
officer.
Diaz became a member of AHA's Committee on Clinical Leadership
this year and served as a delegate of AHA Regional Policy Board 1
from 2018-2020.
He is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians,
a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a past
chairman of the Maine Hospital Association board of directors.
Diaz received his Doctorate in medicine from Weill Medical College of Cornell University in
New York City and his Bachelor of
Arts in biochemistry from the University of
California Davis in Davis,
Calif.
Laura Kaiser, president and CEO
of SSM Health in Saint Louis,
Mo.
Kaiser is president and CEO of SSM Health, a Catholic,
not-for-profit health system serving communities across the Midwest
through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system.
She brings decades of experience in health care strategy, improving
clinical quality, fueling innovation, driving performance and
growth, creating partnerships and leading change while fostering a
healthy culture.
Kaiser previously served as executive vice president and chief
operating officer for Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City, Utah and in several senior
leadership roles at Ascension Health including regional executive
for the Gulf Coast/Florida Region. She
currently serves on several boards including the Catholic Health
Association (CHA), Greater St.
Louis, Joint Commission Resources and Navitus Health
Solutions, where she is chair. She recently completed a term as
chair of the CHA.
Kaiser has been a member of several committees at the AHA – the
Health Systems Committee from 2020-2022, the AHA Committee on
Health Care Strategy and Innovation from 2018-2019 and the AHA
Medicare DSH Advisory Group from 2013-2017.
She is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives
and has been named one of the "100 Most Influential People in
Healthcare" by Modern Healthcare for the past five years.
Kaiser earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri, and Master of business
administration and Master of healthcare administration degrees from
Saint Louis University.
Michael Mayo, president and CEO
of Baptist Health in Jacksonville,
Fla.
Baptist Health is the largest locally governed health system in
North Florida committed to helping
all people improve their health and well-being. Mayo became
president and CEO of Baptist Health in June of 2021 and leads a
team of more than 13,000 team members and more than 2,000 medical
staff members across 200 locations. Previously, he served as
president of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, the tertiary and
flagship facility of Baptist Health from 2008-2021.
Before leading Baptist Health, Mayo was the CEO of Orange Park
Medical Center in Orange Park,
Fla., the CEO of Frankfort Regional Medical Center in
Frankfort, Ky., and the president
of Methodist Dallas Medical Center.
Mayo has served as a delegate of AHA Regional Policy Board 4
since 2021.
Mayo formerly served on the Board of Governors of the American
College of Healthcare Executives 2019-2021 and serves on the
Florida Hospital Association Board of Trustees. In 2022, Mayo was
recognized as an Ultimate CEO by the Jacksonville Business Journal
and Florida Trend Magazine named Mayo one of the 500 Most
Influential Business Leaders.
Committed to the education and training of future healthcare
leaders, Mayo serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Florida, Brooks College of Health since 2017.
Mayo received his Bachelor of Science in human resource
management from the University of Alabama in
Tuscaloosa, Ala., his Master of Science in health care
administration from Texas Woman's
University in Denton,
Texas., and his Doctor of health administration from the
Medical University of South Carolina in
Charleston, S.C.
Tim McManus, national group
president for HCA Healthcare in Nashville, Tenn.
McManus serves as national group president for HCA Healthcare,
which includes oversight of 57 hospitals and spans 11 states. He
has been with HCA Healthcare for 17 years, most recently serving as
president of the Capital Division based in Richmond, Va.
McManus is a member of AHA's Health Systems Committee and was a
delegate for AHA Regional Policy Board 3 in 2022.
Previously, McManus served as CEO of Chippenham and Johnston
Willis Hospitals in Richmond and,
prior to that, CEO of HCA North Virginia and Reston Hospital
Center. He recently served as vice chairman of the board for the
Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association.
McManus earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University in New
Orleans and a Master of Health Services in finance and
management from Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore.
Robert Trestman, MD, professor
and chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Carilion Clinic
and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Va. He also serves as Carilion
Clinic's institutional research officer.
Trestman joined Carilion Clinic and the Virginia Tech Carilion
School of Medicine in April 2017. He
has lectured and consulted nationally and internationally, authored
or coauthored over 180 peer reviewed articles, book chapters and
commentaries.
Before joining Carilion, Trestman was a professor of medicine
and psychiatry at the University of
Connecticut School of Medicine with a joint appointment as
professor of nursing. Prior to that, he served in numerous academic
and leadership roles at the University of
Connecticut, Mount Sinai Medical Center and the Bronx
Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Trestman is the immediate past chair of the AHA's Committee on
Behavioral Health. He also chairs the American Psychiatric
Association's Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing and
chairs the American Association of Chairs of Departments of
Psychiatry's Clinical Enterprise Committee.
He has received multiple awards and honors including the
American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law, Manfred S.
Guttmacher Award, the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, NAMI
Exemplary Psychiatrist Award and the Harry
Stack Sullivan Award Lecturer at Sheppard Pratt.
Trestman received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Tennessee Center for the Health
Sciences in Memphis, Tenn., Doctor
of Philosophy from the University of Tennessee
in Knoxville, Tenn., and a Bachelor of Science in chemistry
and psychology from Carnegie Mellon
University in Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Matt Wille, president and CEO of
Munson Medical Center in Traverse City,
Mich.
Munson Medical Center, part of Munson Healthcare, is a 442-bed
regional referral hospital and a Level II Trauma Center. Wille
joined as president and CEO in September
2019.
Prior to his role at Munson Medical Center, Wille was the Vice
President of Operations at Allina United Hospital in the
Minneapolis-St. Paul region. He
also served as the CEO of Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa.
Wille has served as a delegate of AHA Regional Policy Board 5
since 2022.
Wille received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from
the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, a master's degree in
healthcare administration from the University
of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN, and a master's degree in
public policy and administration from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
Bill Gassen, president and CEO of
Sanford Health in Sioux Falls,
S.D.
Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, Sanford Health is dedicated to transforming the
health care experience and providing access to health care in
America's heartland. The integrated health system has 46 medical
centers, 44,000 employees, 2,800 Sanford physicians and advanced
practice providers, 170 clinical investigators and research
scientists, more than 200 senior care locations and world clinics
in eight countries around the globe.
Gassen has been the president and CEO of Sanford Health since
November 2020. He previously served
as the chief administrative officer, corporate counsel and chief
human resources officer for the organization.
Gassen is presiding over transformational growth: In 2021, the
health system unveiled a $350 million
virtual care initiative to improve access to convenient,
high-quality care for rural, underserved communities. That same
year, Sanford Health announced plans to add eight new graduate
medical residencies and fellowships in specialty areas, for a total
of 15 programs, to build the next generation of rural health care
providers.
In 2022, Gassen was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of
the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare. Gassen also serves
on the board of directors for Oscar Health.
Gassen is a former healthcare litigator and current member of
the State Bar of South Dakota. He
holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a law degree,
both from the University of South
Dakota.
Gassen is a member of AHA's Health Systems Committee and served
as a member of the AHA Taskforce on the Changing Workforce from
2019-2021.
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