Health Progress Articles

Chairperson
Michael D. Connelly
President/Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Healthcare Partners
Cincinnati, OH

Vice Chairperson
Sr. Phyllis Hughes, RSM
Vice President, Healthy Community Initiatives
Mercy Housing, Inc.
San Francisco, CA

Secretary-Treasurer
Michael F. Collins, MD
President/Chief Executive Officer
Caritas Christi Health Care System
Boston, MA

Speaker, Membership Assembly
Sr. Doris Gottemoeller, RSM
Corporate Member
Catholic Healthcare Partners
Cincinnati, OH

President
Rev. Michael D. Place, STD
President/Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Health Association of the United States
St. Louis, MO

*John R. Burgis
Senior Vice President, Financial Services, and Chief Financial Officer
Catholic Healthcare West
San Francisco, CA

Patricia A. Cahill, JD
President/Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Health Initiatives
Denver, CO

Jane J. Chiles
Executive Director
Catholic Conference of Kentucky
Frankfort, KY

Charles J. Dougherty, PhD
Vice President, Academic Affairs
Creighton University
Omaha, NE

Sr. Patricia Eck, CBS
Chairperson of the Board
Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
Marriottsville, MD

Brian E. Forschner, PhD
President, Senior Health and Housing
Mercy Franciscan at Winton Woods
Cincinnati, OH

Sr. M. Therese Gottschalk, SSM
President
Marian Health System
Tulsa, OK

*C. Kregg Hanson
Group President
Cathlic Health Initiatives
Bloomington, MN

*Sr. Carol Keehan, DC
President/Chief Executive Officer
Providence Hospital
Washington, DC

Else Marie Kiefer
Consultant
Catholic Healthcare West
San Francisco, CA

Sr. Jane Marie Klein, OSF
Chairperson
Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc.
Mishawaka, IN

Bp. John J. Leibrecht, DD, PhD
Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau
Springfield, MO

John S. Lore, PhD
President/Chief Executive Officer
Sisters of St. Joseph Health System
Ann Arbor, MI

Sr. Kathleen Mulchay, SSCM
Provincial Superior
Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary
Kankakee, IL

*P. Terrence O'Rourke, MD
Board Chairperson
Centura Health
Colorado Springs, CO

Richard J. Statuto
President/Chief Executive Officer
St. Joseph Health System
Orange, CA

*Sr. Patricia Vandenberg, CSC
President/Chief Executive Officer
Holy Cross Health System Corporation
South Bend, IN

*Greg Van Pelt
Chief Executive
Providence Health Plans
Portland, OR

Howard W. Watts
Executive Vice President
Catholic Health East, Southeast Division
Tampa, FL

*Sr. St. Joan Willert, CSJ
President
Carondelet Health Network
Tucson, AZ