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The Center for Health Affairs' Board of Directors

The Center for Health Affairs' board of directors helps support Northeast Ohio hospital advocacy initiatives by focusing efforts on areas that benefit the healthcare community from a regional approach: Community HealthEmergency PreparednessFinance & ReimbursementNortheast Ohio Hospital Opioid ConsortiumVolume Statistics. The Center's board of directors is governed by and consists of community leaders and administrators of hospitals and healthcare systems in Northeast Ohio. These individuals are responsible for all business of the association and have the authority to adopt policy for the association. The Center's board consists of elected directors who typically meet quarterly.

Meeting dates for The Center's board can be found on the event calendar.


The Center for Health Affairs' 2024 Board of Directors

President & Secretary
Brian Lane, MSHSM, FACHE, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, CSCS
President & CEO
The Center for Health Affairs & CHAMPS

 

Chair
Jill Dietrich Mellon, JD, MBA, FACHE
Executive Director & CEO
VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System

Vice Chair
Mark Malloy, MBA
Chief Financial Officer, Ohio Regional Hospitals
Cleveland Clinic

Chair, Community Health Affairs Board
Joy D. Johnson
Executive Director
Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.

 

Chair, HealthComp, Inc. Board
Christopher McKenna
Managing Director
Carleton McKenna & Company, LLC

Chair, Finance & Investment Committees
Bill Chorba, CPA, CGMA
CFO & VP of Finance, Benefits & Insurance
CBIZ, Inc.

 

Board Director
Valda Clark Christian, JD, CHC, CHPC
Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
OhioHealth

 

Board Director
Teresa Dews, M.D.
President
Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital

Board Director
Ralph Dise
President
Dise & Company

 

Board Director
Meredith Foxx, MSN, MBA, APRN
Executive Chief Nursing Officer
Cleveland Clinic

Board Director
Derrick Hollings, CPA
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
The MetroHealth System

 

Board Director
Kelly Linson, MBA, CPA, FHFMA
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Southwest Community Health System

Board Director
Sandeep Palakodeti, MD, MPH
President and Founder
DSP Health

 

Board Director
Daniel I. Simon, M.D.
President, Academic & External Affairs and CSO
University Hospitals Health System

Board Director
Robyn Strosaker, MD, FAAP
President & Chief Operating Officer
University Hospitals Lake Health Medical Center

 



 
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