Officers

Ketul Patel

Chair

Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Tacoma; President, Pacific Northwest Division, CommonSpirit Health

Florence Chang

Chair-Elect

President, MultiCare Health System, Tacoma

Eric Moll

Secretary-Treasurer

Chief Executive Officer, Mason General, Shelton

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, Vice President for Medical Affairs, UW Medicine, Seattle

Bill Robertson

At-Large Position 2

Chief Executive Officer, MultiCare Health System, Tacoma

Sommer Kleweno-Walley

At-Large Position 3

Chief Executive Officer, UW Medicine/Harborview Medical Center, Seattle

Ettore Palazzo

At-Large Position 4

Chief Executive Officer, EvergreenHealth, Kirkland  (Exp. 2027)

Chuck Prosper

At-Large Position 5

Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Network, PeaceHealth, Bellingham

Kevin Brooks

At-Large Position 6

Chief Executive Officer, North Division, Providence, Renton

Jill Buhler Rienstra

At-Large Position 7

Governing Board Chair, Jefferson Healthcare, Port Townsend (Exp. 2027)

Nancy E. Davidson

At-Large Position 8

Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs, and Senior Vice President and Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle

Elizabeth Wako

At-Large Position 9

President & Chief Executive Officer, Swedish Health Services, Seattle (Exp. 2027)

Joel Gilbertson

At-Large Position 10

Regional Chief Executive, Providence Central Division, Spokane (Exp. 2027)

Brian Ivie

At-Large Position 11

President and Chief Executive Officer, Skagit Regional Health, Mount Vernon

Andrew Jones

At-Large Position 12

Chief Executive Officer, Confluence Health, Wenatchee (Exp. 2027)

Brian Gibbons

At-Large Position 13

Chief Executive Officer, Astria Health, Sunnyside

Angie Naylor

At-Large Position 14 and WSMA Liaison

Chief Executive Officer & Chief Nursing Officer, Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital, Tacoma

AHA RPB Representatives

Diane Blake

AHA RPB Delegate #1

Chief Executive Officer, Cascade Medical, Leavenworth (Exp. 2026)

Jon Hersen

AHA RPB Delegate #2

President Salmon Creek Medical Center, Vancouver

Committee Chairs

Susan Stacey

Chair Appointed: Patient Safety Committee

Chief Executive, Providence Inland Northwest, Spokane

Elaine Couture

Chair Appointed: Hospital Governing Boards Committee

Board Member, Providence St. Joseph Community Fund

Merry-Ann Keane

Chair Appointed: Rural Hospital Committee

Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Beach Hospital, Ilwaco

Non-voting Representatives

Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts

Renée Jensen

Chief Executive Officer, Snoqualmie Valley Health, Snoqualmie

Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives

Susan Stacey

Chief Executive, Providence Inland Northwest, Spokane

Washington State Medical Association

Jamie Park