FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 17, 2008

Contact:  Jessica Ronan or Nancy Fiedler, 410-379-6200

 

MHA Board Elects New Officers, Executive Committee Members

 

The Board of Trustees of the Maryland Hospital Association (MHA) elected its officers and Executive Committee members for the 2008-2009 term of office at the MHA Annual Meeting on June 11.

 

The MHA officers include:

 

• Board Chair-  Albert “Skip” Counselman, board chair, St. Agnes Hospital, and Chairman and CEO, Riggs, Counselman, Michaels & Downes (RCM&D) in Baltimore;
• First Vice Chair-  Wayne R. Johnson, chair, Board of Governors, Garrett County Memorial Hospital in Oakland;
• Board Vice Chair-  Laurence M. Merlis, president and CEO, Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore;
• Treasurer-  Thomas R. Mullen, president and CEO, Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore; and,
• Secretary-  Jeffrey A. Pargament, board member, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville.

Newly-elected members of the Executive Committee are:

 

• Carol W. Eaton, Ph.D., president, Frederick Community College and board member, Frederick Memorial Healthcare System Board
• Judith A. Feustle, director, Nursing Division of Stevenson University (formerly Villa Julie College) in Stevenson and board member, Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore.
• William G. Robertson, president and CEO, Adventist HealthCare, in Rockville; and,
• Dean Schleicher, board chair, Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick.

Members re-elected to the MHA Executive Committee include: 

 

• Elizabeth (Libby) Bowerman, CEO, Keswick Multi-Care Center in Baltimore;
• Martin (Chip) L. Doordan, president and CEO, Anne Arundel Health System in Annapolis;
• Philip B. Down, president and CEO, Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham;
• Eugene A. Friedman, Esq., board member, Northwest Hospital Center and LifeBridge Health in Baltimore;
• Brian A. Gragnolati, president and CEO, Suburban Hospital in Bethesda;
• R. Alan Newberry, president and CEO, Peninsula Regional Health System in Salisbury;
• Judy A. Reitz, executive vice president and COO, The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore;
• Manervia Riddick, board treasurer, Fort Washington Medical Center in Fort Washington;
• Jeffery A. Rivest, president and CEO, University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore;
• Carl J. Schindelar, president and CEO, Franklin Square Hospital Center in Baltimore;
• Leslie R. Simmons, MA, BSN, RN, senior vice president and COO, Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster; and,
• Louis W. Varella, board secretary and treasurer, Montgomery General Hospital in Olney.