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
Joseph Ciotola, M.D.
Judith E. Cooper
Deborah S. Davis, M.D.
Margie Elsberg
Edwin R. Fry
Wayne L. Gardner, Sr., Chair
Henry C. Johnson, Jr.
Frank R. Lewis, M.D.
Samuel P. Marinelli, Jr., Treasurer
Glenn F. Robbins, M.D.
James E. Ross, MBA, FACHE, Assist. Sec. (ex officio, non-voting)
C. Daniel Saunders, Esq.
Ernest W. Strong
Robert L. Swam
William J. Washington

Chester River Health Foundation Board of Directors

Margie Elsberg, Chairperson
William B. Noll, Vice Chairperson
Mary Burton, Secretary
Jason E. Fellows, Assistant Secretary
Sam Marinelli, Treasurer
Margaret (Peggy) Bagley
James A. Barton
Myra S. Butler
Elizabeth "Barrie" Frazier-Meima
Carl M. Gallegos, Ph.D.
Jane E. Hukill
O. Raymond Long
William (Dave) D. McIntire
John P. Murray, Ph.D.
Robert Earl Price
Sharon K. Somers
Mary T. Wick

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
Deborah S. Davis, 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.
Pathology:  Min Yu, M.D.
Pediatrics:  Julio A. Ramirez, M.D.
Radiology:  Antonio Nelson, M.D.
Surgery:  Nelson H. Goldberg, M.D.