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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

L.J. Fallon, JD

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

Paul Tucker, PhD
Chair
Mark Czys
Vice Chair
Uretz Oliphant, MD
Secretary/Treasurer
Sherfield Dawson, MD
Trustee
Joshua Wilks
Trustee
Michael Devocelle
Trustee
Aja Lystila, MD
Trustee
Ryan Porter, MD
Trustee
Debbie Simon, RN, BSN, MBA, NEA-BC
Trustee
James Stevenson
Trustee
Dennis Triggs, JD
Trustee
Phyllis Wise, PhD
Trustee
Jamel Wright, PhD
Trustee
Maryjane Wurth
Trustee
James Leonard, MD
President & Chief Executive Officer

Carle Health
Central Region Board of Trustees

Ron Greene
Chair
Brandon Bressner
Trustee
Charles Dennis, MD
Trustee
Jeffrey Hoschek, MD
Trustee
Christopher Hughes, MD
Trustee
Andrea Kane, MD
Trustee
Judy Neubrander, EdD
Trustee
Jerome Oakey, MD
Trustee
Sue Strayer, MD
Trustee
Jennifer Vance, JD
Trustee
Kathy Yoder, DNP
Trustee
Colleen Kannaday, FACHE
President, Carle Health - Central Region
Matthew Kolb, JD, MHA
President, Regional

Carle Health
East Region Board of Trustees

Meredith Mills
Chair
Martin O'Donnell
Vice Chair
Kelly Cunningham, MD
Secretary/Treasurer
Bryan Banks
Trustee
Rashid Bashir, PhD
Trustee
Stephen Corn, JD
Trustee
Daniel Marker
Trustee
Andrew Martin
Trustee
Dana Morrison, MD
Trustee
Malec Mokraoui, MD
Trustee
Chris Slater-Vohs
Trustee
Elizabeth Angelo, DNP, RN-BC
President, Carle Health - East Region
Matthew Kolb, JD, MHA
President, Regional

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

Jennifer Cummins-Zuber
Chair
Patricia Kessler-Bookhout, DDS
Vice Chair
Brian Atwood, MD
Trustee
Bernard "Gene" Brauer
Trustee
Larry Dunn
Trustee
Gary Houchin
Trustee
Raymond Fisher, MD
Trustee
Sherry Geier
Trustee
Tanner Miller, MD
Trustee
Steve Thomson
Trustee
Gina Thomas, DNP, MBA, RN
President, Carle Health - South Region
Matthew Kolb, JD, MHA
President, Regional

Carle Health
West Region Board of Trustees

John Wieland
Chair
Jamie Stevenson
Vice Chair
Rich Kriegsman
Trustee
Kevin Barbier
Trustee
Jerry Bell, EdD
Trustee
Ronald Champagne, MD
Trustee
Jenna Cicciarelli Wiesner
Trustee
Amy Darling
Trustee
Rusty Dunn
Trustee
Peter Johnsen, PhD
Trustee
Aaron Kilgore
Trustee
David Mueller
Trustee
Dirk Roecker
Trustee
Debbie Simon
Trustee
Dennis Triggs, JD
Trustee
Melissa Yoder
Trustee
Keith Knepp, MD
President, Carle Health - West Region
Matthew Kolb, JD, MHA
President, Regional

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