Past Chairs 1981- Present*

1981  Gordon D. Howe Executive Director, Denver General Hospital
1982  Paul J. Drozd Executive Director, LAC/USC Medical Center
1983  Elliott C. Roberts Senior Executive Director, Cook County Hospital
1984  Madeline Bohman Executive Director, Bellevue Hospital Center
1985  Ray A. Newman COO, Parkland Memorial Hospital
1986    Robert B. Johnson President, St. Louis Regional Health Care Corporation
1987    Robert Sillen Executive Director, Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System
1988   Lorraine Tregde Executive Director, Queens Hospital Center
1989   Daniel M. Couch Deputy Executive Director, truman Medical Centers
1990   Edward J. Foley Administrator, LAC + Harbor/UCLA Medical Center
1991   Bernard M. Weinstein Commissioner, Westchester County Medical Center
1992   Ron J. Anderson, MD CEO, Parkland Health & Hospital System
1993   George H. McCoy CEO, Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center
1994   Mark Finucane Director, Contra Costa Health Services
1995    James W. Wright, Jr. President & CEO, North Oakland Medical Centers
1995   Howard C. Cohen Executive Director, Coney Island Hospital
1996    Richard D. Cordova Administrator, San Francisco General Hospital
1997   Douglas Bagley Executive Director, LAC Department of Health Services, North/East Network
1998   Patricia A. Gabow, MD CEO & Medical Director, Denver Health
1999   Dan McLaughlin Director of Health Strategy & Policy, Hennepin County
2000   Ed Renford President & CEO, Grady Health System
2001   John O’Brien CEO, Cambridge Health Alliance
2002   Frank Puglisi, Jr. Executive Director, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
2003   LaRay Brown Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning, Community Health & Intergovernmental Relations, NYCHHC
2004   Margo Hilliard Alford, MD Administrator, Harris County Hospital District, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
2005   John A. Benz Chief Strategic Officer, Memorial Healthcare System
2006   Sandral Hullett, MD, MPH CEO & Medical Director, Cooper Green Hospital
2007   Gene Marie O’Connell CEO, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
2008  John W. Bluford III President & CEO, Truman Medical Centers
2009  Lisa E Harris, MD CEO & Medical Director, Wishard Health Services
2010  Kirk Calhoun, MD President & CEO, The University of Texas Health Science Center At Tyler
*Institutional affiliation shown is that which was current at the time of the individual’s tenure.

Resources for this section

  • Executive Committee

    The Executive Committee is responsible for overseeing the affairs of NAPH and for setting its strategic direction.

From: 
Email:  
To: 
Email:  
Subject: 
Message: