About Geauga

Administrative Leadership

Richard J. Frenchie, MBA, FACHE,
President and Chief Executive Officer

M. Steven Jones, MS
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Donald Goddard, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Peggy Kuhar, RN, MSN
Chief Nursing Officer

Paul Amantea, MBA
Director of Finance

Donna Goddard, MBA
Director of Business Development, Public Relations & Communications

Anne Marie Kollander
Senior Development Officer

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

Julie Novak, MBA
Director, Quality Center and Risk Management

Melody Obery
Manager, Human Resources

Medical Staff Officers and Leadership

Natalina Andreani, MD
Vice Chief of Staff

David Smith, MD
Vice-Chief of Staff

Anthony DiMarco, MD
Secretary/Treasurer

Robert Zimmerman, MD
Head of the Department of Medicine

George Kellis, 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.

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

Richard J. Frenchie, FACHE, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center

Linda Barnes Grimm
Secretary-Treasurer, G & E Tooling Company

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

James F. Patterson
President, Patterson Farms, Inc.