Officers

Florence Chang

Past Chair

President, MultiCare Health System, Tacoma

Eric Moll

Chair

Chief Executive Officer, Mason Health, Shelton

Joel Gilbertson

Chair-Elect

Chief Executive, Providence Central Division, Spokane

Cassie Sauer

President & CEO

President and Chief Executive Officer, Washington State Hospital Association, Seattle

Mike Glenn

Past Chair

Chief Executive Officer, Jefferson Healthcare, Port Townsend

Directors-at-Large

Brad Simmons

At-Large Position 1

President, Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, UW Medicine Hospitals & Clinics, Seattle

Tim Holmes

At-Large Position 2

Senior Vice President, Chief Executive, East Cascade Region, Networks & Operations Support, MultiCare, Tacoma

Sommer Kleweno Walley

At-Large Position 3

Chief Executive Officer, Harborview Medical Center UW Medicine, Seattle

Ettore Palazzo

At-Large Position 4

Chief Executive Officer, EvergreenHealth, Kirkland

Kendall Sawa

At-Large Position 5

Chief Hospital Executive, PeaceHealth St. John, Longview

Julie Manas

At-Large Position 6

President, Northwest Region, CommonSpirit Health, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Tacoma

Nancy Gorshe

At-Large Position 7

Board Chair, Ocean Beach Health, Illwaco

Denene Prophet Williams

At-Large Position 8

Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle

Elizabeth Wako

At-Large Position 9

President & Chief Executive Officer, Swedish Health Services, Seattle

Aaron Edwards

At-Large Position 10

Chief Executive Officer, Lake Chelan Health, Lake Chelan

Andy Bertapelle

Secretary-Treasurer

Chief Executive Officer, Mid-Valley Hospital & Clinic, Omak

Andrew Jones

At-Large Position 12 and WSMA Liaison

Chief Executive Officer, Confluence Health, Wenatchee

Brian Gibbons

At-Large Position 13

President and Chief Executive Officer, Astria Health, Sunnyside

Chad Melton

At-Large Position 14 

President, St. Michael Medical Center, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Puget Sound

AHA RPB Representatives

Diane Blake

AHA RPB Delegate #1

Chief Executive Officer, Cascade Medical, Leavenworth

Jon Hersen

AHA RPB Delegate #2

President, Salmon Creek Medical Center, Legacy Health, Vancouver

Committee Chairs

Susan Stacey

Chair Appointed: Clinical Excellence Committee

Chief Executive, Providence Inland Northwest, Spokane

Drew Hooper

Chair Appointed: Hospital Governing Boards Committee

Commissioner, Summit Pacific Medical Center, Elma

Merry-Ann Keane

Chair Appointed: Rural Hospital Committee

Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Beach Health, Ilwaco

Jon Hersen

Chair Appointed: Data Services Committee

Chief Executive Officer, Legacy Salmon Creek, Vancouver

Non-voting Representatives

Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts

TBD

Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives

Bonnie Fryzlewicz

Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle 

Washington State Medical Association

John Scott

Professor of Medicine & Chief Digital Health Officer, UW Medicine, Seattle