Board of Trustees, Officers and Administration
Board of Trustees and Officers
Nita Ahuja, MD
William J. Aseltyne, Esq., Associate Secretary
Thomas Balcezak, MD
Marna P. Borgstrom, CEO
Nancy J. Brown, MD
Vincent A. Calarco
Keith Churchwell, MD, President
Erik M. Clemons
Jocelyn Cunningham
Karen DuBois-Walton
James L. Elrod Jr.
Mary C. Farrell, Chair
William W. Ginsberg
Joni Hansson, MD
Aaron P. Hollander
Thomas B. Ketchum
Ann Kurth
Marvin K. Lender
Linda Koch Lorimer, Secretary
Julia M. McNamara, Vice Chair
Sister Rosemary Moynihan
Stephen C. Murphy
Peter Salovey
Michael E. Sproule
Vincent Tammaro, Treasurer
James P. Torgerson
Eugenia M. Vining, MD
Senior Management
Marna P. Borgstrom
Chief Executive Officer
Marna Borgstrom began her career at Yale New Haven Hospital over 37 years ago. Her varied roles have taken her from a post-graduate fellowship, to various staff and management roles, to her promotion in 1994 to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Yale New Haven Hospital. In 2005, she assumed the position of CEO of Yale New Haven Hospital and President & CEO of Yale New Haven Health and now serves as the CEO of both organizations.
Ms. Borgstrom chairs the boards of the Healthcare Institute and the Coalition to Protect America’s Healthcare and is the past chair of Vizient, a Dallas, Texas-based health care company. She serves on several other boards including the Connecticut Hospital Association and New Haven Promise.
Ms. Borgstrom has been the recipient of several awards recognizing her advocacy and community involvement including the AHA Grassroots Champion Award, the Anti-Defamation League Torch of Liberty Award, The Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Award and Business New Haven Business Person of the Year. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Quinnipiac University and Sacred Heart University and a Doctor of Business Administration by the University of New Haven.
Ms. Borgstrom received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and was awarded a Master’s of Public Health by Yale School of Public Health. She and her husband, Eric, have two grown sons.
Keith B. Churchwell, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
President
Dr. Churchwell joined Yale New Haven Hospital in 2015 as senior vice president of heart and vascular services before assuming the role of chief operating officer and executive vice president for the hospital in 2020. He previously served as executive director and chief medical officer of the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
After receiving his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Churchwell completed his postgraduate training in cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology at Emory School of Medicine.
Board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease, he is associate clinical professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. He serves on the National Board of the American Heart Association and is chair of the National Advocacy Committee for AHA through 2021. He sits on a number of local boards in the New Haven area including the New Haven Symphony, Columbus House and New England Donor Services.
Thomas Balcezak, MD*
Executive Vice President
Chief Clinical Officer
Michael D. Holmes
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
William J. Aseltyne, Esq.*
Senior Vice President
Chief of Staff and General Counsel
Richard Lisitano
Senior Vice President, Operations
Michael Loftus
Senior Vice President, Operations
Executive Director, Neurosciences, Musculoskeletal, Surgical and Anesthesiology Services
Francine LoRusso, RN
Senior Vice President, Operations
Executive Director, Heart and Vascular, Transplant, Medicine and Radiology Services
Patrick McCabe*
Senior Vice President, Finance
Kevin A. Myatt*
Senior Vice President
Chief Human Resources Officer
Vincent Petrini*
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
Chief Policy and Communications Officer
Lori Pickens
Senior Vice President & Executive Director, Oncology Services
Ian Schwartz, MD*
Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations
Chief Clinical Operations Officer, Yale New Haven Health
Cynthia Sparer*
Senior Vice President, Ambulatory Services
Executive Director, Women’s and Children’s Services
Lisa Stump*
Senior Vice President, Technology Services
Chief Information Officer
Vincent Tammaro*
Executive Vice President, Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Ena Williams
Senior Vice President, Patient Services
Chief Nursing Officer
Vice Presidents
Michael Angelini*
Chief Investment Officer
Treasurer, Yale New Haven Health
Angel A. Bruno
Vice President, Total Rewards, Compensation & Benefits
Stephen Carbery*
Vice President, Facilities Design, Construction
Thomas Donohue, MD
Vice President, Medicine Services
Robert B. Hutchison III*
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Maxwell Laurans, MD
Vice President, Surgical Services
Susan Maxwell, RN
Vice President, Digestive Health Services
Deborah Rhodes, MD
Vice President, Care Signature
Michael Schaffer
Vice President, Ambulatory Care
Mark Sevilla, RN
Vice President, Patient Services, Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital and Emergency Medicine
Kim Slusser, MSN, RN
Vice President, Smilow Cancer Hospital Patient Services, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Melissa Turner*
Vice President, Human Resources
Kevin F. Walsh
Vice President, Development
*YNHHS employees with significant YNHH roles