The CHA Board of Trustees is responsible for overseeing the affairs of CHA and for setting its strategic direction. Members of the board (other than the President/CEO, who serves ex-officio) are elected to serve three-year terms and may be re-elected to serve second three-year terms. A board member is limited to serving two consecutive terms. Board members and the Vice Chairperson/Chairperson-elect are nominated by the CHA Governance Committee and are elected by vote of the CHA Membership Assembly. The CHA staff contact is Catherine A. Hurley, vice president, general counsel/compliance officer.
Board of Trustees
Chairperson
Joseph Gage, JD
Chief Administrative Officer
Bon Secours Mercy Health
Vice Chairperson/Chairperson-Elect
Fahad Tahir, MAS, MBA, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ascension Saint Thomas and SVP Ministry Market Executive
Ascension Tennessee
Speaker of the Membership Assembly
Orest Holubec
Chief Mission Experience Officer
Providence St. Joseph Health
President & Chief Executive Officer
Sr. Mary M. Haddad, RSM
President and Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Health Association
Trustees
Rachelle A. Barina, Ph.D.
Chief Mission Officer
Hospital Sisters Health System
Kendra Calhoun
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Avera Health
Robert Casalou
Executive Vice President, Associate Chief Operating Officer
Trinity Health
Sr. Patricia Codey, SC, Esq.
President
Catholic HealthCare Partnership of New Jersey
Eduardo Conrado
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ascension
Sally Deitch, MSN, MHA, RN, FACHE
Executive Vice President, Nursing and Operations Infrastructure
Ascension
Most Rev. Paul D. Etienne, D.D., S.T.L.
Archbishop of Seattle
Archdiocese of Seattle
Marijka Grey, MD, MBA, FACP
President, Physician Enterprise - TN/GA Market
CommonSpirit Tennessee and Georgia
Wright Lassiter, III
Chief Executive Officer
CommonSpirit Health
Cheryl Matejka, CPA, MBA
Retired Mercy Health Executive
Anna Newsom, JD
Chief Legal Officer
Providence St. Joseph Health
Shelly L. Schlenker, MHA
Executive Vice President, Chief Advocacy Officer
CommonSpirit Health
John M. Starcher, Jr., JD
Chief Executive Officer
Bon Secours Mercy Health
Rebecca A. Urbanski, Ed.D.
Consultant
Duluth Benedictine Ministries
Katherine Vergos, MHA, BSN, FACHE
Las Vegas Market Leader/President and Chief Executive Officer
Dignity Health Las Vegas Service Area
Tina M. Weatherwax-Grant, JD
Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Advocacy
Trinity Health
Kimberly K. Webb, JD, SPHR
Senior Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer
CHRISTUS Health
Rhoda Weiss, Ph.D.
President
Rhoda Weiss Consulting Group
Episcopal Liaison
Most Rev. John F. Doerfler, S.T.D., JCL
Bishop of Marquette
Diocese of Marquette
Corporate Secretary
Catherine A. Hurley, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel / Compliance Officer
Catholic Health Association
Corporate Treasurer
Brian Stremlau, CMA, MBA
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Catholic Health Association