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 Christopher O'Connor President and Chief Executive Officer Yale New Haven Health Term Expires: 06/2024	Vice Chairman and DNS Board Chairman Patrick Charmel President and Chief Executive Officer Griffin Health Term Expires: 06/2024
Immediate Past Chairman John Murphy, MD President and CEO Nuvance Health Term Expires: 06/2024	Treasurer Vincent Capece President and CEO Middlesex Health Term Expires: 06/2024
Secretary Jeffrey Flaks President and CEO Hartford HealthCare Term Expires: 06/2024	President Jennifer Jackson CEO Connecticut Hospital Association
At Large Thomas Balcezak, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer Yale New Haven Health Term Expires: 06/2024	At Large Donna Handley President Hartford HealthCare East Region Term Expires: 06/2024
At Large Kathleen Silard President & CEO Stamford Health Term Expires: 06/2024

Trustees
Thomas Balcezak, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer Yale New Haven Health Term Expires: 06/2024	Kurt Barwis President and Chief Executive Officer Bristol Health Term Expires: 06/2024
Judith Carey, RSM, PhD Term Expires: 06/2026	D. Montez Carter President and CEO Trinity Health Of New England Term Expires: 06/2026
Anne Diamond, JD President Bridgeport Hospital Term Expires: 12/2024	Donna Handley President Hartford HealthCare East Region Term Expires: 06/2025
Syed Hussain, MD Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer Trinity Health Of New England Term Expires: 06/2025	William Jennings President Hartford HealthCare Fairfield Region Term Expires: 06/2026
Kyle Kramer Chief Executive Officer Day Kimball Healthcare Term Expires: 06/2025	Bimal Patel President, Hartford and Northwest Regions Hartford HealthCare Hartford and Northwest Regions Term Expires: 06/2026
Lynn Ricci President and Chief Executive Officer Hospital for Special Care Term Expires: 06/2025	James Shmerling, DHA President and Chief Executive Officer Connecticut Children's Term Expires: 06/2026
Kathleen Silard President & CEO Stamford Health Term Expires: 06/2025	Pamela Sutton-Wallace Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Yale New Haven Health Term Expires: 06/2026
Deborah Weymouth Chief Executive Officer Eastern Connecticut Health Network Term Expires: 06/2024	David Whitehead Executive VP, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer Hartford HealthCare Term Expires: 06/2024
Ena Williams Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Yale New Haven Hospital Term Expires: 06/2024