Hospital Administration
John Lynch, MD, President
Jesse Arevalo, Vice President, Facilities and Support Services
Chuck Robb, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Paula Fessler, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-C, Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
Katie Henderson, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Paul Irovic, Vice President, Finance
Christina Longnecker, JD, MBA, BSN, RN, Vice President, Oncology Services
Jackie Martin, Jr., MD, MBA, Vice President of Perioperative Services
Angelleen Peters-Lewis, PhD, RN, FAAN, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Mary Spencer, MSN, Vice President, Neuroscience Clinical Program
Nicole Erter, Executive Director, Human Resources
2025 Board of Directors
Elizabeth Mannen-Berges, Managing Director-Investments, Mannen Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors
Bob Dubinsky, CEO, President, Waterway Gas & Wash Company
Susan Goldberg, Community volunteer
Mary Jo Gorman, MD, Former CEO and Founder, Hicuity Health (Advance ICU Care) and Inpatient Care Group (IPC-The Hospitalist Company)
Steven Harris, Partner in Charge, Entrepreneurial Services, RubinBrown LLP
Thomas J. Hillman*, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Board of Directors; Managing Partner, Lewis & Clark Holdings, LLC
Amy Kalishman, Assistant General Counsel/Director of Liability, Femwell Group Health LLC
Michael (Mike) Lefton, Chairman, CEO, Metal Exchange Corporation
John Lemkemeier, Co-Founder, Sage Capital, LLC
Kathryn Love, SVP and General Counsel, Capacity
Deborah Patterson, Retired President, Monsanto Fund
Rachel Seward, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & CSR, MiTek
Karen Sher, Vice President, Community Impact, The Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Henry Warshaw, President, Virtual Realty Enterprises
Ex Officio Board Members
Robert W. Cannon, President, Barnes-Jewish Hospital; Group President, BJC HealthCare
Mahendra Gupta, PhD, Chair, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Michael Lin, MD, President, Medical Staff Association, Barnes-Jewish Hospital; Association Professor of Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
John Lynch, MD, President, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
David H. Perlmutter, MD, Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and Dean, Washington University School of Medicine
Paul Scheel, MD, Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, Washington University School of Medicine
Beverly Wendland, PhD, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Washington University in St. Louis
Emeritus
Harold G. Blatt, Senior Counsel, Bryan Cave
John P. Dubinsky, President and CEO, Westmoreland Associates, LLC
Harvey A. Harris, Retired, The Stolar Partnership, LLP
John F. McDonnell, Retired Chairman of the Board, McDonnell Douglas Corp.
Alvin J. Siteman, Chairman, Site Oil Company
Craig Schnuck, Chairman Emeritus, Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Patrick T. Stokes, Former CEO and former Chairman, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Patient Care Quality & Safety Committee of the Board of Directors
Opeolu Adeoye, MD, Professor, Emergency Medicine Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, BJC HealthCare
Rachel Bardowell, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Sam Bhayani, MD, MS, Professor, Urologic Surgery, Chief Medical Officer, Faculty Practice Plan Co-Director of Robotic Surgery, Washington University Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Craig Buchman, MD, Lindburg Professor and Chair, Otolaryngology Washington University School of Medicine
Jennifer Carron, MSOM, CPXP, Patient Experience Officer, BJC HealthCare
John Chi, MD, MPHS, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Maxine Clark, Director Emeritus and Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc
Paula Fessler, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-C, Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Mary Jo Gorman, MD, Former CEO and Founder, Hicuity Health (Advance ICU Care) and Inpatient Care Group (IPC-The Hospitalist Company)
Mahendra Gupta, PhD, Geraldine J. and Robert L. Virgil Professor of Accounting and Management and Former Dean, Washington University Olin Business School
Katherine Henderson, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD, Andrew B. & Gretchen P. Jones Professor, Neurology Chairman, Department of Neurology Neurologist-in-Chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
John Lemkemeier, Former founder of Sage Capital, Former President of Contec
Michael Lin, MD, President, Medical Staff Association, Barnes-Jewish Hospital; Association Professor of Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
Christina Longnecker, JD, MBA, BSN, RN, Vice President, Oncology Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Siteman Cancer Center
John Lynch, MD, President Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Deborah Patterson*, Retired, President, Monsanto Fund
Sara Reid, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, BJC HealthCare
Rachel Seward, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & CSR, MiTek
Mary Spencer, MSN, Vice President, Neuroscience Clinical Program, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Melissa Wurst, Patient & Family Advisory Council Representative
*Chair