2025-2026 Board of Trustees

Executive Committee

Chair

Scott Steiner, FACHE

President and Chief Executive Officer

Phoebe Putney Health System

 

 

 

Chair-Elect

Vicki Lewis, FACHE

President and Chief Executive Officer

Coffee Regional Medical Center

 

 

 

Immediate Past Chair, Delegate to AHA Regional Policy Board

Mary B. Chatman, PhD, RN

Executive Vice President of Acute Care Operations, Interim System Chief Nursing Executive

Wellstar Health System

 

 

 

Caylee Noggle

President & CEO

Georgia Hospital Association

 

 

 

 

Delegate to AHA Regional Policy Board

Kevin L. Bierschenk

Chief Executive Officer

Union General Health System

 

 

Governing Board Representative

Lee Lewis

Trustee

Appling Healthcare

 

 


At-Large Trustees

Delvecchio S. Finley, MPP, FACHE

President, Georgia Market 

Atrium Health

 

 

 


Bradley Talbert, FACHE

Chief Executive Officer

Memorial Health

 

 

 


Francine Witt, DNP, MBA, LNHA, RN

President and Chief Executive Officer

Effingham Health System

 

 

 


Bill Lee

Chief Executive Officer

Evans Memorial Hospital

 

 

 

 

    Heather Dexter, MSHA, MBA, FACHE

    President, Regional Hospital Division

    Emory Healthcare

 

 

 

 

    Billy Hayes

    Chief Executive Officer

    Northside Hospital Cherokee

 

 

 

 

Damien Scott, PT, MBA, MS, FACHE

CEO

Emanuel Medical Center

 

 

 

 

Stonish Pierce, FACHE

President and CEO

Trinity Health Georgia

 

 

 


 

Isaac Sendros

President and CEO

AdventHealth Georgia and AdventHealth Redmond

 

 


 

 

Ex-Officio Council Chair Trustees

Chair, GHA Post-Acute Care Council

Eric R. Crossan, MHA, OT

Chief Executive Officer

Rehabilitation Hospital of Augusta

 

 

 

 

Chair, GHA Behavioral Health Council

Sally Perry

Regional Vice President

Universal Health Services

 

 

 

 

Chair, GHA Rural Health Council

Angela Stiggins, MBA, RRT, RCP

Administrator

CHI Memorial Hospital Georgia

 

 

 

Governing Board Representatives

 

Maureen Yearta, Ed.D.

Trustee

Colquitt Regional Medical Center

 

 

 

 

Steve Rowe

Trustee

Union General Health System

 

 


 

GHA Past Chairs

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