Board of Trustees

The CHA Board of Trustees is the principal policy-making body for the Association. Its members are elected by the CHA Assembly at the Annual Meeting. About two-thirds of the members are healthcare institution chief executive officers. The balance includes hospital trustees, physicians, and other senior healthcare leaders.

Executive Committee

Chairman
Jeffrey Flaks
President and CEO
Hartford HealthCare
Term Expires: 06/2028

Vice Chairman and Secretary
Kathleen Silard
President & CEO
Stamford Health
Term Expires: 06/2028

Immediate Past Chairman
Patrick Charmel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Griffin Health
Term Expires: 06/2028

President
Jennifer Jackson
CEO
Connecticut Hospital Association

Treasurer
Vincent Capece
President and CEO
Middlesex Health
Term Expires: 06/2028

DNS Board Chairman
Christopher O’Connor
Chief Executive Officer
Yale New Haven Health
Term Expires: 06/2028

At Large
Donna Handley
Senior Vice President
Hartford HealthCare
President
Hartford HealthCare East Region
Term Expires: 06/2027

At Large
Pamela Sutton-Wallace
President
Yale New Haven Health
Term Expires: 06/2027

 

Trustees

Andrew Agwunobi, MD
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs
UConn Health
Term Expires: 06/2028

Kurt Barwis
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bristol Health
Term Expires: 06/2027

Robert Blenderman
Executive Vice President
Yale New Haven Health
President
Greenwich Hospital
Term Expires: 06/2029

Judith Carey, RSM, PhD
(Unaffiliated)
Term Expires: 06/2029

Anne Diamond, DBA, JD
Executive Vice President
Yale New Haven Health
President
Bridgeport Hospital
Term Expires: 12/2027

Donna Handley
Senior Vice President
Hartford HealthCare
President
Hartford HealthCare East Region
Term Expires: 06/2028

Katherine Heilpern, MD
Executive Vice President
Yale New Haven Health
President
Yale New Haven Hospital
Term Expires: 06/2027

William Jennings
Senior Vice President
Hartford HealthCare
President
Hartford HealthCare Fairfield Region
Term Expires: 06/2029

MaryEllen Kosturko, DNP
Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Hartford HealthCare
Term Expires: 06/2028

R. Kyle Kramer
Chief Executive Officer
Day Kimball Health
Term Expires: 06/2028

Bimal Patel
Executive Vice President, COO
Hartford HealthCare
President
Hartford HealthCare Northwest Region
Term Expires: 06/2029

Michelle Robertson
Market President
Northwell Health
Term Expires: 06/2027

Robert Roose, MD
President, Hospitals
Trinity Health Of New England
Term Expires: 06/2028

Shannon Sullivan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Connecticut Children’s
Term Expires: 06/2029

Pamela Sutton-Wallace
President
Yale New Haven Health
Term Expires: 06/2029