LHA Board of Trustees

Board Officers

Chair

Mary Ellen Pratt, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
St. James Parish Hospital

Chair-Elect

Rene J. Ragas, FACHE
President & CEO
Woman's Hospital

Treasurer

Michele Kidd Sutton, FACHE
President/CEO
North Oaks Health System

Secretary

Paul A. Salles
President & CEO
Louisiana Hospital Association

Immediate Past Chair

Gregory C. Feirn, CPA
Chief Executive Officer
LCMC Health

District Trustees

Acadiana

Vacant

Bayou

Phyllis L. Peoples
President & CEO
Terrebonne General Health System

Central

Chris Karam, FACHE
Sr. VP of Group Operations
CHRISTUS Health

New Orleans

Peter November, CPA, JD
Chief Executive Officer
Ochsner Health

Northeast

David Caston
Chief Executive Officer
Reeves Memorial Medical Center

Northshore

Joan M. Coffman, FACHE
President and CEO
St. Tammany Health System

Northwest

David C. Jones
Administrator & CEO
North Caddo Medical Center

Southeast

Edgardo J. Tenreiro, FACHE
President & CEO
Baton Rouge General

Southwest

Traci Thibodeaux, CMPE
Chief Executive Officer
Beauregard Health System

At-Large Trustees

Stuart Archer, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Oceans Healthcare

Jaf Fielder
President & CEO
Willis-Knighton Health System

Chris Fox
Division President-Facility Based Services
LHC Group

Devon Hyde
President and CEO
Lake Charles Memorial Health System

Dionne Viator, CPA, FACHE
President and CEO
Iberia Medical Center

Kristin S. Wolkart, RN, FACHE
Executive VP/System Chief Nursing Office
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System

Ex-Officio Members

Jason E. Cobb, FACHE
Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations
Willis-Knighton Health System

Charles D. Daigle
Regional CEO, Ochsner
Baton Rouge and Lake Charles

Phyllis L. Peoples
President & CEO
Terrebonne General Health System