Edward-Elmhurst Health leadership

Edward-Elmhurst Executive Council

• Mary Lou Mastro – System President & CEO
• Denise Chamberlain – System EVP, Chief Financial Officer
• Joseph C. Dant – President & CEO, Edward Hospital
• Pamela Dunley – President & CEO, Elmhurst Hospital
• Jonathan Goldberg – System EVP, CIO
• Annette Kenney – System EVP, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
• Susan Mitchell – System EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer
• Chris Mollet – System EVP, General Counsel
• Gina Sharp – President & CEO, Linden Oaks Behavioral Health
• Daniel Sullivan, MD – Chief Physician Executive- Edward-Elmhurst Health

Edward-Elmhurst Leadership

• Greg Arnold, VP, Revenue Cycle
• Lynn Cochran, System VP, Operations and CNO
• Chris Devereux, System Director, HR Business Partner
• Cheryl Eck, AVP, Strategy & Planning
• Mary Eckdhal, AVP, HR Benefits Compensation/HRIS
• Ahmed Elganzouri, Deputy General Counsel
• Laura Eslick, System VP, Operations
• Trish Fairbanks, AVP/CNO of Linden Oaks Behavioral Health
• Jeff Friant, VP, Finance
• Sherri Hill, System AVP, Quality & Patient Safety
• Doug Johnson, Patient Experience Officer
• Beckie Lopez, System AVP and CIO
• Jean Lydon, System VP, Operations and CNO
• Katie McGovern, VP, Medical Group Operations
• Robert Payton, MD, VP & Chief Medical Officer – Edward Hospital
• Yvette Saba, System VP, Operations
• Sheri Scott, AVP, Marketing, Communications & Creative Services
• Jacqueline Smith, AVP, Physician Recruitment and Medical Staff Relations
• Marianne Spencer, System VP, Operations
• Tom Vitro, VP, Talent Management & Development
• Phillip Williams, Pharm.D – AVP, Pharmacy Services

Edward-Elmhurst Health Board of Trustees

Edward-Elmhurst board members live or work in the communities we serve. Their personal and professional expertise provides valuable leadership support to our professional and administrative staffs.

• Rocco Martino, Chair
• Ronald Nyberg, Vice Chair
• David Atchison
• Liz Aquino
• Sean Chou
• Joe DePaulo
• Margaret Harrell
• Mary Kay Ladone
• Mary Lou Mastro
• Robert Platt
• Timothy Rivelli
• Ram Shivakumar
• Ron Schubel

Linden Oaks Behavioral Health leadership

• Gina Sharp – President & CEO
• Susan Ahmari, MD – Chief Inpatient Medical Director
• Sheryl Bates, LCPC – Director, Admissions and Utilization Management
• Marc Browning, RN, PsyD – Director, Linden Oaks Medical Group Counseling
• Kelly Bryant, RN – Director, Clinical Excellence & Nursing
• Trish Fairbanks, MSN, RN – Associate Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
• Vicki Freier, MSN, RN-BC – Director, Outpatient Mill Street and Nursing
• Maureen Kunz, MSN, RN-BC – Service Line Director, Outpatient Behavioral Health Services & LOMG
• Kelly Ryan, PsyD – Director, Social Services and Doctoral Training Program
• Amit Thaker – Director, Business Development & BCP
• Lekshmi Venugopal, MD – Chief Medical Director, PHP/IOP
• Walter Whang, MD – System Medical Director, Behavioral Health