Pennsylvania

Chair
Soma Somasundaram
President & Chief Technology Officer
Infor

President
Kate FitzPatrick, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Executive Vice President, Connelly Foundation
Chief Nurse Executive Officer, Jefferson Health

Stephanie Austin
Philanthropist, Advocate & Cardiac Arrest Survivor

Elliot Barnathan, M.D.
Executive Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Development
Janssen Research and Development, LLC

Atif Bostic
President & CEO
Uplift Solutions

Monique Braxton, M.S.
Deputy Chief of Communications and Spokesperson
School District of Philadelphia

Alyson Cole, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Penn Medicine Doylestown Hospital

Bob Cummings
Chief Growth Officer
Atalan

Charisse Dean, M.S., M.I.S.
Managing Director
Advisory KPMG

Alyson Filippone
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

Frank Franklin, Ph.D., J.D., M.P.H., FCPP
Deputy Health Commissioner
City of Philadelphia

Andréa W. Frazier, M.S. Founder
Frazier Family Health Equity Fund

Stacy Gautier
Vice President Planning QVC & HSN
QVC

Helene Glassberg, M.D. – Past President
Director, Pre-operative Cardiac Clinic
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Penn Medicine

Kernika Gupta, M.P.H., M.B.A.
Director, CEO Initiatives
Independence Blue Cross

Abhi Rastogi, M.B.A., M.I.S.
President and CEO
Temple University Hospital Inc.

Bindi Shah, M.D., FACC
Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Main Line Health
Medical Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Robert Michael Sutton M.D., M.S.C.E., FAAP FCCM FAHA
Division Chief of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
(CHOP) Director of Clinical Resuscitation Science at the CHOP Research Institute Resuscitation Science Center

Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, M.B.A., RN, FAAN, FNAP, FACHE
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Main Line Health

Chair:
Leeanna R. McKibben, MSN, RN
Chief of Staff, Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences
University of Pittsburgh

President:
Johanna Vidal-Phelan, MD
Chief Medical Officer in Quality
UPMC Insurance Division

Leadership Development Chair:
Mike Milarski 
Partner & Senior Advisor
Signature Financial Planning

Michael Abriatis
Chief Compliance Officer
PNC Financial Services Group

Janet M Catov PhD MS
Director, Health and Clinical Research
Magee-Womens Research Institute

Michael Chappell, Pharm.D.
VP Pharmacy Operations
Giant Eagle

David Heaton
President and CEO
The Buncher Company

Walter E. McGregor, MD
Director, Cardiac Surgery
Allegheny General Hospital

Maria Ringeisen
VP/DMM Golf Apparel, Footwear and Accessories
Dick’s Sporting Goods

Kenyokee Crowell

Amanda Babst

Brenda Mendizabal, MD, MS
Pediatric Preventative Cardiology, Director
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Justin Pasay
Senior Manager, Strategy and Operations
Deloitte Consulting 

Imran Qadeer, MD
President and CEO
Allegheny General Hospital

Monica Ruiz
Executive Director
Casa San Jose

Board Chair:
Nina Ferraro
AHN Behavioral Health

Board President:
Francis Ferdinand, MD, FACS, FACC
UPMC Hamot

Leadership Development Chair:
Maria Continenza
First National Bank

Jeff Bevacqua
Northwest Bank

Eric Brotherson
Erie Federal Credit Union

Maria Comstock
UPMC Hamot

Jeffery Duncan
Machining Concepts

Kelly Hayes, MD
UPMC Hamot

Melanie Henderson
Mercyhurst University

Donna Huckno
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie

Theresa Kisiel
UPMC Hamot

Kirk Kneidinger
Hagan Business Machines

Ashley Kuneman
AHN Saint Vincent Hospital

Brian Paganie
First Energy/ Penelec

Deborah Pora
UPMC Hamot

Jospeh Rys
Erie Insurance Group

Elaine Stanton
Friendship Baptist Church

Marguerite Szymanowski
Erie Insurance Group

Alex Whipple
Erie County Department of Health

Chair:
Christian C. Merritt, III
Vice President of Investment Services & Wealth Management
Members 1st Federal Credit Union

President:
Lizaida Morales
Community Benefits Advisor
UPMC Health Plan

Leadership Development Chair:
Lori Renne
Supervisor, Business Development
UPMC CARES Team

Carol Fastrich Aranos
Director of Marketing
425 Consulting Group, LLC

Omair Chaudhary, MD
Pulmonary Physician
WellSpan Health

Steven M. Ettinger, MD
Vice President, Cardiovascular Service Line
Penn State Health

Tanya Haugh
Director of Quality and Risk Management
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of York

Mary Heltzel
Senior Vice President, Investments
Stifel

Brandi Hunter-Davenport
Senior Associate
Triad Strategies

Melissa Kelley
Clinical Practice Manager
OSS Health

Alicia Luciani
Sr. Technical Business Analyst
Capital Blue Cross

Melinda McIntire
Vice President of Operations, Heart & Vascular Service Line
WellSpan Health

Sunil R. Patel, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
UPMC Pinnacle

Holly Roush, MSN, RN
Vice President, Cardiovascular Service Line
Penn State Health

Jose Serrano, MC
Emergency Physician
UPMC Memorial/UPMC Hanover

Eric Shrader, Ed.D.
Principal, Central Dauphin High School
Central Dauphin School District

Erik Toth
Vice President, Cardiovascular Services
UPMC Pinnacle Heart & Vascular Institute

Mike Walker
Director, Strategic Sourcing
TE Connectivity

Ramin Zand, MD
Neurologist
Penn State Health

Chair:
Elizabeth Melamed
Associate
Barley Snyder

President:
Justin Walzl, DNP, CRNP, MSN
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology
WellSpan Health

Greer Anderson
Attorney
Long Brightbill Attorneys at Law

Stephanie J. Andreozzi
Vice President of Operations, Primary Care Service Line
WellSpan Health

Ann Bryson
Wealth Advisor
Sageworth Trust Company

Melissa Coomer
Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
Bayer Corporation

Steven Damion
Senior Financial Associate
Brookhills Investment Group – RBC Wealth Management

Phil Domencic, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Cornwall-Lebanon School District

Rachel Etter
Director of Cardiovascular Services
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

Alyssa Gailey
Vice President
Tower Marketing

John Georgelis
Senior Vice President of Sales
Weaber Lumber

Nicole Maurer Gray
Executive Director
Community Health Council of Lebanon County

Diane Harlow
Director of Workforce and Education
Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce

Darlene King
Attorney
Saxton & Stump

David Leggat
Branch Manager
First Citizen’s Community Bank

Allison Leitzel-Williams
President
Leitzel’s Jewelry

Tim Martin
Director, Interventional Cardiology and Radiology
Penn State Health

Scott Reibel, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
UPMC Lititz

Neftali Rivera
Director of Heart and Vascular Services
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

Amy Ahnert, MD
Cardiologist
Lehigh Valley Health Network

Melody Bradford
Director  
Lehigh Valley Public Media

Nicholas Dejesus
Branch Manager
Planet Home Lending

Lauryn Graves
Operations Manager, U.S. and International Government Relations
Air Products

Louis Hansrote, MD
Medical Director- CHOP Cardiac Center Allentown
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Aiden Henninger
Sales Manager
Lumenis

Johnathan Jones
CEO
Pennsylvania Integrative Clinical Services

Justin Keiper
Funeral Director/Supervisor
Cantelmi Funeral Homes

Eric Miller
Director of Nursing
Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries- Luther Crest

Brian O'Reilly
Sr. Director- Human Resources
Santander Bank

Hanna O'Reilly
Social & Content Manager
Discover Lehigh Valley

Judy Parker
CEO
Encompass Health Hospital- Reading

Jamie Snyder
Assignment Editor
WFMZ-TV

Rosaria Stoops
Senior Development Officer
Community Action of the Lehigh Valley

Margaret Sutherland
Revenue Cycle Educator
Lehigh Valley Health Network

Lindsay Watson
Co-Founder
FIA NYC Employment

Jennifer Wendling
Client Relationship Manager
Penn State Extension

Teresa Wright-Johnson
Retired Public Speaker, Author, Patient Advocate, Consultant

Rocco Zegalia
Director of Sales
TWG Security