Administrative Leadership

M. Steven Jones, MS
President 

Donald Goddard, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Peggy Kuhar, RN, MSN
Chief Nursing Officer

Paul Amantea, MBA
Director of Finance

Richard J. Frenchie, FACHE, MBA
Chief Development and Community Relations Officer, University Hospitals

Patricia Ljubi, RN, MBA
Director of Clinical and Perioperative Services

Lou Ann Marx, RN
Marketing Manager

Julie Novak, RHIA, MBA
Director, Support Services & Compliance Officer

Melody Obery
Manager, Human Resources

 

Medical Staff Officers and Leadership

Natalina Andreani, MD
Chief of Staff

Anthony DiMarco, MD
Vice-Chief of Staff

Jennifer Williams-Reid, MD
Secretary/Treasurer

Robert Zimmerman, MD

Head of the Department of Medicine

Maria Madden, MD
Head of the Department of Surgery


 

Board of Directors

 

University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center is governed by a progressive Board of Directors comprised of volunteer members who serve without compensation. Members represent the geographic constituencies of the Greater Geauga County Region and are elected to staggered, three-year interval terms.

M. Steven Jones, MS
President 

David M. Ondrey, Chairman
Principal, Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan, LPA

George W. "Tim" Taylor, Vice-Chairman
Executive Director, Geauga County Job and Family Services

Gregory Robinson, Treasurer
President and Chief Executive Officer, Custom Materials

James Kamer, Secretary
Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Plans, Inc.

Natalina Andreani, MD
Chief of Staff, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center

Robert A. Forino
Chief Executive Officer, JANNX Capital Asset Management

Edith Lerner, PhD
Associate Professor, Vice Chair, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, CWRU

James F. Patterson
President, Patterson Farms, Inc.