The Washington State Hospital Association is governed by a board of directors made up of representatives from members across the state. Below is the board of directors for 2023-2024.
Officers
Chair
Mike Glenn, Chief Executive Officer, Jefferson Healthcare, Port Townsend
Chair-Elect
Ketul Patel, Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Tacoma; President, Pacific Northwest Division, CommonSpirit Health
Secretary-Treasurer
Florence Chang, President, MultiCare Health System, Tacoma
Past Chair
Diane Blake, Chief Executive Officer, Cascade Medical Center, Leavenworth
President & CEO
Cassie Sauer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Washington State Hospital Association, Seattle
Directors-at-Large
At-Large Position 1:
Dianne Aroh, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and Pacific Northwest Division of CommonSpirit Health, Tacoma
At-Large Position 2:
Mike Marsh, President & Chief Executive Officer, Overlake Medical Center and Clinics, Bellevue
At-Large Position 3:
Sommer Kleweno-Walley, Chief Executive Officer, UW Medicine/Harborview Medical Center, Seattle
At-Large Position 4:
Theresa Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer, Samaritan Healthcare, Moses Lake
At-Large Position 5:
Chuck Prosper, Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Network, PeaceHealth, Bellingham
At-Large Position 6:
Kevin Brooks, Chief Executive Officer, North Division, Providence, Renton
At-Large Position 7:
Bruce Williams, Commissioner, Cascade Medical, Leavenworth
At-Large Position 8:
Nancy E. Davidson, Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs, and Senior Vice President and Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle
At-Large Position 9:
Elizabeth Wako, Chief Executive, Swedish First Hill, Seattle
At-Large Position 10:
Joel Gilbertson, Regional Chief Executive, Providence WA & MT Region, Spokane
At-Large Position 11:
Brian Ivie, President and Chief Executive Officer, Skagit Regional Health, Mount Vernon
At-Large Position 12:
Andrew Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Confluence Health
At-Large Position 13:
Brian Gibbons, Chief Executive Officer, Astria Health, Sunnyside
At-Large Position 14 and WSMA Liaison:
Angie Naylor, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Nursing Officer, Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital, Tacoma
AHA RPB Representatives
AHA RPB Delegate #1
John White, Chief Executive Officer, Mid-Valley Hospital
AHA RPB Delegate #2
Jon Hersen, President Salmon Creek Medical Center, Vancouver
Committee Chairs
Patient Safety Committee
CHAIR APPOINTED: Ettore Palazzo, Chief Medical & Quality Officer, Evergreen Health, Kirkland
Hospital Governing Boards Committee
CHAIR APPOINTED: Sandra O’keefe, Commissioner, Pullman Regional Medical Center, Pullman
Rural Hospital Committee
CHAIR APPOINTED: Ramona Hicks, Chief Executive Officer & Superintendent, Coulee Medical Center, Grand Coulee
Non-voting Representatives
Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts
Josh Martin, Chief Executive Officer, Summit Pacific, Elma
Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives (NWONE)
Susan Stacey, Chief Nursing Officer, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane
WSMA/WSHA Liaison
John Bramhall, Associate Medical Director, Clinics, Harborview Clinic, Seattle
Special Advisor
Eric Moll, Chief Executive Officer, Mason General Hospital and Family of Clinics, Shelton