Catholic Health Association elects new officers and board members

Published: 2006-06-09

ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) -- Members of the Catholic Health Association, during their recent 91st assembly in Orlando, elected new officers and board members. Sandra Bennett Bruce, president and CEO of St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, was elected vice chairwoman and chairwoman-elect of the CHA board of trustees. Lloyd H. Dean, president and CEO of Catholic Healthcare West in San Francisco, was elected secretary/treasurer of the board for a three-year term. Chosen for a first three-year term as board members were: Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, founder and CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, La.; Bishop Robert N. Lynch of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Deborah A. Proctor, president and CEO of St. Joseph Health System in Orange, Calif.; Robert V. Stanek, president and CEO of Catholic Health East in Newtown, Pa.; Joseph R. Swedish, president and CEO of Trinity Health in Novi, Mich.; and Anthony R. Tersigni, president and CEO of Ascension Health in St. Louis. Elected to their second three-year terms were: David W. Benfer, president and CEO of St. Raphael Health Care System in New Haven, Conn.; Peter Maddox, senior vice president for business, strategy and corporate development at Christus Health in Irving, Texas; and Franciscan Sister Laura Wolf, president of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Health Care Ministry Inc. in Manitowoc, Wis.

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