Administration and Board

Executive Staff

James E. Ross, MBA, FACHE,President/Chief Executive Officer
Scott D. Burleson, MBA, FACHE, Executive Vice President
Cynthia A. Bach, Executive Director, Chester River Home Care & Hospice
Stewart R. Seitz, MBA, FACHE, Director, Chester River Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Mary Jo Keefe, MSM, BSN, RN, Vice President Patient Care Services
Patricia F. Kuhl, BA, SPHR, Vice President Human Resources
Samuel P. Marinelli, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
Stanley L. Minken, MD, FACS, Chief Medical Officer
Maryann M. Ruehrmund, CFRE, Executive Director, Chester River Health Foundation
Karen L. Twigg, BSN, RN, CMCN, Senior Director of Quality and Safety Management
Julianna L. Vallecillo, Director of Marketing & Public Relations

Chester River Health System Board of Directors

John W. Ashworth 
David C. Bramble, Secretary
Robert A. Chrencik
Judith E. Cooper
Edwin R. Fry
Wayne L. Gardner, Sr., Chair
Jane E. Hukill
Henry C. Johnson, Jr.
David W. Knutson, M.D.
Frank R. Lewis, M.D.
Samuel P. Marinelli, Jr., Treasurer
Anthony J. Moorman, M.D.
Gerard S. O’Connor, M.D. (ex officio, voting)
Glenn F. Robbins, M.D.
James E. Ross, MBA, FACHE, Assist. Sec. (ex officio, non-voting)
C. Daniel Saunders, Esq.
Ernest W. Strong
William J. Washington

Chester River Health Foundation Board of Directors

Jane H. Hukill, Chairperson
Margie Elsberg, Chair-Elect
Mary Burton, Secretary
Charles R. Athey, Esq., Assistant Secretary
Sam Marinelli, Treasurer
Margaret (Peggy) Bagley
James A. Barton
Louise B. Durocher
Jason E. Fellows
Rosalind B. Hynson
William (Dave) D. McIntire
John P. Murray, Ph.D.
William B. Noll
Robert Earl Price
Mary T. Wick
Erin B. Zierfuss

Ex-Officio

Robert Chrencik, President & CEO, UMMS
Wayne L. Gardner, Sr., Chairperson, CRHS Board of Directors
John (Jack) A. Edson, President, CRHC Auxiliary
James (Jim) E. Ross, MBA, FACHE, President & CEO, CRHS
David W. Knutson, M.D., President, CRHC Medical Staff

Chester River Hospital Medical Executive Committee

Gerard S. O’Connor, M.D., President
David W. Knutson, M.D., President-Elect
Susan K. Ross, M.D., Immediate Past President
Neil W. Stoddard, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer
John J. LaFerla, M.D., Surgical PI Chairman
George Panas, M.D., Medical PI Chairman
James E. Ross, MBA, FACHE, President & CEO, CRHS

Members At Large  

Freddy O. Araujo, M.D.
Deborah S. Davis, M.D.
Frederick T. Lohr, M.D.
Antonio Nelson, M.D.
James E. Ross, MBA FACHE, (ex officio. non-voting).

Chiefs Of Service 

Anesthesiology:  Ona M. Kareiva, M.D.
Emergency Medicine:  Deborah S. Davis, M.D.
Family Practice:  Susan K. Ross, M.D.
Internal Medicine:  Michael E. Peimer, M.D.
Obstetrics & Gynecology:  Anthony J. Moorman, M.D.
Pathology:  Min Yu, M.D.
Pediatrics:  Julio A. Ramirez, M.D.
Radiology:  Antonio Nelson, M.D.
Surgery:  Nelson H. Goldberg, M.D.