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Leadership Team

Carle Health Executive Leadership Team

James Leonard, MD

President,
Chief Executive Officer

Matthew Kolb, JD, MHA

Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer

Dennis Hesch

Executive Vice President, Chief Finance & Strategy Officer

Lauren Schmid, MBA

Executive Vice President,
Chief Human Resources Officer

Kurt Leifheit

Executive Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer

Napoleon Knight, MD, MBA

Executive Vice President,
Chief Medical Officer

Sinéad Rice Madigan

Health Alliance President,
Chief Executive Officer

Executive and Board Leaders

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Carle Health
Board of Trustees

Mark Czys
Chair
Michael Devocelle
Vice Chair
Aja Lystila, MD
Trustee
Meredith Mills
Trustee
Uretz Oliphant, MD
Secretary/Treasurer
Ryan Porter, MD
Trustee
Debbie Simon, RN, BSN, MBA, NEA-BC
Trustee
James Stevenson
Trustee
Dennis Triggs, JD
Trustee
Joshua Wilks
Trustee
Phyllis Wise, PhD
Trustee
Jamel Wright, PhD
Trustee
Maryjane Wurth
Trustee

Carle Health
Central Region Board of Trustees

DeLene Martin Bane
Trustee
Brandon Bressner
Trustee
Steve Dalis, MD
Trustee
Charles Dennis, MD
Chair
Ryan Gammelgard
Trustee
Ron Greene
Trustee
Arlene Hosea
Trustee
Andrea Kane, MD
Secretary/Treasurer
John Kell, MD
Trustee
Stephen Pilcher, MD
Trustee
Sue Strayer, MD
Trustee
Jennifer Vance, JD
Vice Chair
Kathy Yoder, DNP
Trustee

Carle Health
East Region Board of Trustees

Martin O'Donnell
Chair
Pamela Bigler
Trustee
Bryan Banks
Trustee
Rashid Bashir, PhD
Trustee
Georgina Cheng, MD
Trustee
Karla Coon
Vice Chair
Stephen Corn, JD
Trustee
Kelly Cunningham, MD
Secretary/Treasurer
Daniel Marker
Trustee
Andrew Martin
Trustee
Antony Verghese, MD
Trustee

Carle Health
Regional Leadership

Elizabeth Angelo, DNP, RN, President
Carle Foundation Hospital
Kayla Banks, PhD, RN, Chancellor
Methodist College
Colleen Kannaday, President
Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Eureka Hospital
Keith Knepp, MD, President
Carle Health Greater Peoria
Gina Thomas, DNP RN, President
Carle Richland Memorial Hospital
Mary Thompson, President
Trillium Place

Carle Health
South Region Board of Trustees

Brian Atwood, MD
Trustee
Bernard "Gene" Brauer
Trustee
Jennifer Cummins-Zuber
Trustee
Larry Dunn
Trustee
Raymond Fisher, MD
Trustee
Sherry Geier
Secretary/Treasurer
Gary Houchin
Trustee
Patricia Kessler-Bookhout, DMD
Chair
Tanner Miller, MD
Trustee
Steven Thomson
Vice Chair

Carle Health
West Region Board of Trustees

Todd Bisping
Trustee
Deveraux Hubbard
Trustee
Aaron Kilgore
Trustee
Rich Kriegsman
Trustee
Jeffrey Leman, MD
Trustee
Brandon Moss
Trustee
Dirk Roecker
Trustee
Becki Salmon
Trustee
Keila Sierra-Cintron, MD
Trustee
Debbie Simon, RN, BSN, MBA, NEA-BC
Secretary/Treasurer
Jamie Stevenson
Vice Chair
Garrett Williams
Trustee
Melissa Yoder, CPA
Chair

Health Alliance Medical Plans, Inc. Board of Directors

Donna Greene
Chair
Brian Wheatley, MD
Vice Chair
Robert Bane, MD
Director
J Michael Martin
Director
Jon Stewart
Director
Maryjane Wurth
Director
Sinéad Rice Madigan
President & Chief Executive Officer