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Meriter Leadership

Board of Directors

Board of Directors for Meriter Health Services and Meriter Hospital

Londa Dewey, Chair
Dave Boyer, Vice Chair
Gary Wolter
Dave Anderson
Phil Blake
Joan Burke
Holly Cremer-Berkenstadt
Klaus Diem, MD
Cathy Durham
Virginia Graves
George Kamperschroer
Richard Lynch
Bradley Manning, MD
Eileen Mershart
Paul Peercy, PhD
Pat Richter
Laurence Rothstein, MD
Julie Schurr, MD
James Woodward


The Board of Directors for the Meriter Foundation

Khosro (Ed) Adib, MD, Chair
Dan Arndt, MD, Vice Chair
Tyler Noel, Secretary/Treasurer
Ashley Anderson, Jr, MD
John Berthelsen
Joan Burke
Mary Beth Davis
Sara Fortune
Doug Nelson
Fran Petonic
Daniel Rashke
Cheryl Shult
David Stark
Susan Toth, MD
Tim Valentyn
James Woodward

Meriter Health Services' Leadership

As a locally governed organization, Meriter is strongly committed to the people and communities it serves. Our boards - comprised of local business and civic leaders - work closely with our administrative team to meet the health-related needs of our community.

James L. Woodward

President and Chief Executive Officer

Geoffrey Priest, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Lynne Myers

Chief Operating Officer

Pat Grunwald

Chief Nursing Officer

Kerra Guffey

Chief Information Officer

Linda Hoff

Chief Financial Officer

Tim Prince

Vice President - Business Development

Sue Erickson

Vice President - Professional Services

Mary Nick

Vice President - Human Resources

Fran Petonic

President of Meriter Foundation

Una Alderman

Assistant Vice President - Cardiovascular Services

Margo Francisco

AVP, Orthopedic & Neuroscience Services

Bruce Slater

Chief Medical Information Officer

Kathy Kostrivas

AVP, Women's Health

Kevin Snitchler

AVP, Facilities Development