Russell F. Cox President and Chief Executive Officer
Michael W. Gough Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Matthew P. Ayers Chief Administrative Officer, Norton Hospital
Robert B. Azar Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Laura Chandler Chief of Staff and System Vice President, Administration and Governance
Carol Dozier CEO, Norton King’s Daughters’ Health
Joseph M. Flynn, D.O., MPH, FACP Chief Administrative Officer, Norton Medical Group, and Physician-in-Chief, Norton Cancer Institute
Vanessa L. Garrett System Vice President, Compliance and Audit, and System Privacy Officer
Randy Hamilton Chief Administrative Officer, Norton Audubon Hospital
John Hammond Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Steve Heilman, M.D. Senior Vice President and Chief Health Innovation Officer
Steven T. Hester, M.D., MBA Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical and Strategy Officer
Charlotte Ipsan, DNP, RNC, NNP-BC Senior Vice President and Chief Hospital Officer
Adam D. Kempf Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Riggs Lewis System Vice President of Health Policy
Kelly C. McCants, M.D. Executive Medical Director, Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Advanced Heart Failure & Recovery Program; Executive Director, Institute for Health Equity, a Part of Norton Healthcare
Tammy McClanahan, R.N., M.H.A., FACHE Chief administrative officer, Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Lynnie Meyer, R.N., Ed.D., FAHP, CFRE Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Renee Murphy Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
The Rev. Ronald C. Oliver, Ph.D., BCC System Vice President, Mission and Outreach
Steve L. Ready Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Kim Tharp-Barrie, DNP, R.N., SANE, FNAP Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Corenza Townsend Chief Administrative Officer, Norton West Louisville Hospital
Scott Watkins Senior Vice President, Operations
(As of May 2022)
Edie Nixon
Gary L. Stewart
Richard S. Wolf, M.D.
Maria L. Bouvette
Denise Clayton
Russell F. Cox
Sue Davis, Ed.D., R.N.
Lee K. Garlove
Craig D. Grant
Maria G. Hampton
Martha K. Heyburn, M.D.
Richard R. Ivey
Ronald Lehocky, M.D.
Gail Lyttle
Gregory E. Mayes
Barry Pennybaker
Erwin Roberts
Donald H. Robinson
Hunt Rounsavall
The Rev. William J. Schultz
Rita Hudson Shourds, Ed.D.
James L. Sublett, M.D.
Bruce K. Dudley Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP
Marita Willis Hope Collaborative
Tonii Rizzo Trinity Consulting Services Chair Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation Golf Outing
Mitchel T. Denham DBL Law
Calvin Barker Truist Financial Corp.
Terrian Barnes Fe-smart LLC
Ryan Bridgeman RJE LLC
Ashley Novak Butler Novak Family Foundation
Tony Christensen ACCESS Wealth Management
Kelly Cummins Kentucky Property Venture Investment LLC
Jose Neil Donis Al Día en América
Felisha Dowdy Paducah Bank – Louisville Office
Amy L. Garlove, M.D. Norton Children’s Medical Associates – Brownsboro
Mimi Hwang Hwang’s Martial Arts
Dana Johnson Civic Volunteer
Karen L. Keith McMasters Keith Butler Inc.
Lynnie Meyer, Ed.D., R.N., CFRE Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer Norton Healthcare
Rachel Miles-Merrick Civic Volunteer
Melanie Minteer, LMFT Marriage and Family Therapist
Mary Newell Texas Roadhouse
Mari-Elise Paul Stites & Harbison PLLC
Mark Prussian The Eye Care Institute
David Ramage Ramage Company
Emmett C. Ramser Norton Children’s Hospital
G. Hunt Rounsavall Jr. Rounsavall Title Group
Christine Schneider Norton Children’s Hospital Auxiliary
Rhonda Sheehan TWIGS of Norton Children’s Hospital
Eddie Smith White Castle
Peter Tevebaugh Mytex Polymers
(As of August 2020)
Maureen Adams Churchill Downs, Inc.
Mark Prussian Matthew P. Ayers* Chief Administrative Officer Norton Hospital
Terrian Barnes Jennifer Blair Excavive
Brittany Cook* System Vice President Neurosciences, Norton Healthcare
David Dafoe Flavorman
Nicholas Dunigan Fifth Third Private Bank
Karen Hale Civic Volunteer
Patricia F. Kantlehner Civic Volunteer
Peggy King The Agency
Meredith Koon Civic Volunteer
Jennifer Kramer Civic Volunteer
Janet Lively McCauley, CPSM Development Healthcare – Erdman
Scott Love LISC Louisville
Doug Madison Retired Vice President Plumbers Supply Co.
Barbara Nichols Civic Volunteer
Jane Riehl Civic Volunteer
Louis R. Straub II Independence Bank
Angela Houlihan Tafel A.H. Tafel LLC
Jackie Thurston Assistant Principal Madison Junior High School
Gail Burke Tway Hilliard Lyons Trust Co. LLC
Bruce White The Corbin Financial Group of Raymond James
*Permanent Director by Designated Office
**Ex-Officio without vote
(As of January 2018)
Stephen A. Cawood, M.D. System Medical Staff
George W. Boatwright, M.D. Norton Audubon Hospital Bylaws Committee
William R. Bradford, M.D. System Medical Staff Policy Committee Ex officio
Sergio A. Cardinali, M.D. Norton Audubon Hospital
Muneeb A. Choudry, M.D. Norton Audubon Hospital
Robert E. Darnell, M.D. Norton Brownsboro Hospital
James P. Donovan, M.D. Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital Alternate Delegate
Mary E. Fallat, M.D. Norton Children’s Hospital
James M. Frazier, M.D. Vice President, Medical Affairs
Jeffrey T. Grill, M.D. Norton Children’s Hospital Alternate Delegate
David A. Hasselbacher, M.D. Norton Brownsboro Hospital
Steven J. Heilman, M.D. System Vice President, Ancillary Services, and Chief Medical Information Officer
Steven T. Hester, M.D., MBA Division President, Provider Operations, and System Chief Medical Officer
Gregory L. Juhl, M.D. Norton Brownsboro Hospital and Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital Ex officio
Hao T. Le, M.D. Norton Hospital
Jeffery L. McAfee, M.D. Norton Hospital Alternate Delegate
Mark J. McDonald, M.D. Norton Children’s Hospital Ex officio
Joshua W. Meier, M.D. Norton Children’s Hospital
Vicki L. Montgomery, M.D. Norton Children’s Hospital
Michael R. Nowacki, M.D. Norton Hospital
Vipul R. Panchal, M.D. Norton Brownsboro Hospital
Matthew D. Peterson, M.D. Norton Audubon Hospital Ex officio
Jonathan H. Reinstine, M.D. Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Andrew P. Rochet, M.D. Norton Brownsboro Hospital Alternate Delegate
Katherine N. Rogers, APRN Advanced Practice Professionals Committee Ex officio
Mukul R. Shah, M.D. Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital Ex officio
Aaron N. Skinner, M.D. Norton Hospital
Bennie C. Slucher, M.D. Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Derrick E. Tobias, M.D. Norton Audubon Hospital Alternate Delegate
Henry J. Walter, M.D. Norton Hospital Ex officio
Kenneth C. Wilson, M.D. System Vice President, Clinical Effectiveness and Quality Norton Medical Group
Matthew D. Peterson, M.D., president Danielle McCall, M.D., president-elect Robert Hooker, M.D., treasurer
Vipul R. Panchal, M.D., president David Hasselbacher, M.D., president-elect Trevor M. Soergel, M.D., treasurer
Joshua W. Meier, M.D., president Jeffrey T. Grill, M.D., president-elect Sandra Herr, M.D., secretary/treasurer
Michael R. Nowacki, M.D., president Hao T. Le, M.D., president-elect Mladen Djurasovic, M.D., treasurer
Mukul R. Shah, M.D., president C. Reed Nett, M.D., president-elect Bennie C. Slucher, M.D., secretary/treasurer
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