Our Leadership

Senior Executive Management Team


Chair

Craig D. Grant

Members

Maria L. Bouvette
Denise Clayton
David “Joe” Craig
Russell F. Cox
Sue Davis, Ed.D., R.N.
Lee K. Garlove
Maria G. Hampton
Martha K. Heyburn, M.D.
Richard R. Ivey
Ronald Lehocky, M.D.
Gail Lyttle
Gregory E. Mayes
Edie Nixon
Barry Pennybaker
Donald H. Robinson
G. Hunt Rounsavall
Gary L. Stewart
James L. Sublett, M.D.

Chair

Mark Prussian
The Eye Care Institute

Vice Chair

Rachel Miles-Merrick
Civic Volunteer

Vice Chair

David Ramage
Ramage Company

Secretary

Tonii Rizzo
Trinity Consulting Services LLC

Members

Yolanda Acosta 
La Rosa de Oro Bakery

Matthew Allen
Northwestern Mutual

Terrian Barnes
Fe-smart LLC

Sarah M. Boes
Sarah Michelle NP Reviews

Kiana Brown
Lift A Life Novak Family Foundation

Ashley Novak Butler
Novak Family Foundation

Rolandas Byrd
Republic Bank & Trust

Kristina Chiu
Humana

Felisha Dowdy 
German American Bank

William “Bill” Ehrig
YUM! Brands Inc. (retired)

H. Clay Hunt
CBRE

Deidra Hutchins
Shed ‘N Carport Pro

Mimi Hwang 
Hwang’s Martial Arts

Andrew Koon 
Advanced Business Solutions

Rob Kremer
The Kremer Group at Stifel

Izmene Peredo Martinez
Con Huevos Restaurant

Melanie Minteer, LMFT, KY License 
Marriage and Family Therapist

Mary Newell 
Texas Roadhouse & Bubba’s 33

Dee Orendorf*
TWIGS and Auxiliary for Norton Children’s Hospital

Akure Ahaghotu Paradis
3M

David Parrott
UPS

Mari-Elise Paul 
McBrayer PLLC

Alexander G. Staffieri
Frost Brown Todd LLP

David Ramage 
Ramage Company

Christine Schneider*
President, Norton Children’s Hospital Auxiliary

Bill Taylor
UPS (retired)

John Thurman
Truist Financial Corp.

Eric Weihe
PPL Services Corp./LG&E and K.U.

Marita A. Willis
Community Ventures

*Serve by virtue of office

(As of August 2020)

Chair

Jeffrey Cumberbatch
Retired, UPS Airlines

Chair Elect

George Bell
Office Resources Inc.

Treasurer

Charles Leanhart, CPA
Retired Kindred Healthcare Inc.

Secretary

Holly Schroering
Civic Volunteer

Members

Maureen Adams
Churchill Downs, Inc.

Mark Prussian
Matthew P. Ayers*
Chief Administrative Officer
Norton Hospital

Terrian Barnes
Jennifer Blair
Excavive

Ben Bass
THRIVE Realty

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

System Medical Executive Committee

Stephen A. Cawood, M.D.
System Medical Staff
Chairperson and Medical Staff President

Elizabeth M. Archer-Nanda, DNP, APRN
Advanced Practice Professional Committee
Ex Officio

George W. Boatwright, M.D.
Norton Audubon Hospital and Bylaws Committee

Kristina K. Bryant, M.D.
President-elect, Norton Children’s Hospital

Joshua Campbell, M.D.
Medical Director, Norton Audubon Hospital
Ex Officio

Sergio A. Cardinali, M.D.
Norton Audubon Hospital

Nicholas D. Carricato, M.D.
Medical Director, Norton Hospital

Carter Craddock, M.D.
Norton Hospital

Mladen Djurasovic, M.D.
President-elect, Norton Hospital

James P. Donovan, M.D.
Medical Staff President, Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital

Cynthia D. Downard, M.D.
Norton Children’s Hospital

Mostafa O. El-Refai, M.D.
Norton Brownsboro Hospital

James M. Frazier, M.D.
Vice President
Chief Medical Officer

Tiffany M. Hannigan, M.D.
Medical Director, Norton Clark Hospital and Norton Scott Hospital
Ex Officio

David A. Hasselbacher, M.D.
Norton Brownsboro Hospital

Steve Heilman, M.D.
System Vice President
Chief Health Innovation Officer

Steven T. Hester, M.D., MBA
Senior Vice President
Chief Clinical and Strategy Officer

Robert Hooker, M.D.
Medical Staff President, Norton Audubon Hospital
Ex Officio

Gregory L. Juhl, M.D.
Medical Director, Norton Brownsboro Hospital and Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Ex Officio

Casie Kichler, DNP, APRN
Chair, Advanced Practice Professional Committee
Ex Officio

Muhammad Masroor, M.D.
Medical Staff President, Norton Clark Hospital
Ex Officio

Jeffery L. McAfee, M.D.
Medical Staff President, Norton Hospital

Mark J. McDonald, M.D.
Medical Director, Norton Children’s Hospital
Ex Officio

Oliver Montoya, M.D.
President-elect, Norton Clark Hospital
Ex Officio

Alan P. Northington, M.D.
Norton Brownsboro Hospital
Alternate Delegate

Vipul R. Panchal, M.D.
President-elect, Norton Brownsboro Hospital

Andrew P. Rochet, M.D.
Medical Staff President, Norton Brownsboro Hospital
Ex Officio

Katherine N. Rogers, DNP, APRN
Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Norton Medical Group and Norton Cancer Institute; Advanced Practice Professionals Committee

Gregory C. Schmieder, M.D.
Norton Audubon Hospital
Alternate Delegate

Maria R. Schweichler, M.D.
Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital

Mukul R. Shah, M.D.
Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Alternate Delegate

Bennie C. Slucher, M.D.
Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital

Derrick E. Tobias, M.D.
Norton Audubon Hospital
System Credentials Committee Chair

Gary C. Vitale, M.D.
Norton Hospital
Alternate Delegate

Kupper A. Wintergerst, M.D.
Norton Children’s Hospital
Alternate Delegate

Tiffany N. Wright, M.D.
Medical Staff President, Norton Children’s Hospital

Norton Audubon Hospital

Robert L. Hooker, M.D.
President

Erik Lundin, M.D.
President-elect

Allegra M. Saving, M.D.
Treasurer

Norton Brownsboro Hospital

Andrew P. Rochet, M.D.
President

Vipul R. Panchal, M.D.
President-elect

(Pending)

Secretary/treasurer

Norton Children’s Hospital

Tiffany N. Wright, M.D.
President

Kristina K. Bryant, M.D.
President-elect

Tyler C. McCambridge, M.D.
Secretary/treasurer

Norton Hospital

Jeffery L. McAfee, M.D.
President

Mladen Djurasovic, M.D.
President-elect
Secretary/treasurer

Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital

James P. Donovan, M.D.
President

Maria R. Schweichler, M.D.
President-elect

Bennie C. Slucher, M.D.
Secretary/treasurer

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