Trustees
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees
Wilfredo Fernandez
Members of the Board:
Michael Armstrong, MBA
Donna Boles, MBA
Bernadette Countryman
Sr. Ellen Dauwer, SC
Dean Emmolo
Kathleen Fagan, PhD, APN, WHNP-BC
Ronald Garner, CPA
Msgr. George Hundt
Talia Griep, CPA
Sr. Karen Helfenstein, SC
Alfred Lee, CPA
Michael Mainero, MD
Gualberto Medina
William O’Shaughnessy, Esq.
Jai Parekh, MD
Robert Paz
Dustin M. Riccio, MD
Sr. Rosemary Smith, SC
Roberto Solis, MD
Sr. Maureen Sullivan, SC
Liaison to St. Joseph’s Health
Seton Ministries Inc. Trustee:
Sr. Noreen Neary
Executive Team
Dustin M. Riccio, MD – President and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Alwell – Vice President/CFO Physician Enterprise
Janine Begasse – Vice President, Quality & Safety
Lisa Brady – Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
Robert Budelman, III – Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer
Michael Cairoli – Vice President, Wayne Site Administrator
Tom Casey – Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations
Joseph Duffy, MD – Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Sister Patricia Mennor, SC – Vice President, Mission
Kenneth M. Morris, Jr. – Vice President, External Affairs
Linda A. Reed – RN, MBA Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance and Digital Information Officer
Caswell Samms – Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Deborah Smith, MSN, RN, NEA-BC – Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing and Patient Care Officer
Anthony Tesoriero – Vice President, Facilities Operations
Padmaja Upadya, MD – Interim Vice President, Physician Services
Pia House Walker – MSL, Senior Vice President, Chief People, Culture and Diversity Officer
Medical Staff Leadership
St. Joseph’s Health Medical Staff Officers
President – Roberto Solis, MD
Immediate Past President – Michael Mainero, MD
Vice President – Otto Sabando, DO
Secretary/Treasurer – Aiman Rifai, DO
System Medical Board Members
Anesthesiology – Stephen Winikoff, MD
Dentistry – Hillel Ephros, DMD, MD
Emergency Medicine – Nilesh N. Patel, DO
Family Medicine – Shideh Doroudi, MD
Medicine – Roberto Solis, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology – Roger Kierce, MD
Ophthalmology – Swati Parekh, MD
Orthopedics – Arash Emami, MD
Pathology – Amer Akmal, MD
Pediatrics – Michael Lamacchia, MD
Psychiatry – Carlos Rueda, MD
Radiology – Frank Yuppa, MD
Rehabilitation Medicine – Priscilla Kaszubski, DO
Senior VP and System CMO – Joseph Duffy MD
Member-at-Large – Mark Ruoff, MD
Member-at-Large – Patrick Michael, MD
Member-at-Large – Megan Wannamaker, DO
Member-at-Large – Melissa Warta, MD
Member-at-Large – Yana Cavanagh, MD
Member-at-Large – Mourad Ismail, MD
Member-at-Large – Franz Yanagawa, MD
Member-at-Large – Oren Bernheim, MD
Member-at-Large – Khaled Hassan, MD
Bylaws Committee Chair – Hillel Ephros, MD, DMD
Cancer Committee Chair – Elias Obeid, MD
Credential Committee Chair – Aiman Rifai, DO
Infection Control Committee Chair – Jin Suh, MD
Medical Education Committee Chair – Otto Sabando, DO
Medical Records Committee Chair – Robert Rizzo, MD
P&T Committee Chair – Alan Sori, MD
Tissue Committee Chair – Amer Akmal, MD
