Leadership

Chair:
Cris C. Daskevich, FACHE
CEO
CHRISTUS Children’s & SVP CHRISTUS Health
San Antonio

Learn more about Cris Daskevich

Chair-Elect:
Allen Harrison
North Texas Division President
Medical City Healthcare
Dallas

Immediate Past Chair:
Jim R. Kendrick, FACHE
CEO
Community Hospital Corporation
Plano

Learn more about Jim Kendrick

Secretary:
Cory Edmondson, FACHE
President/CEO
United Regional Health Care System
Wichita Falls

THA President/CEO:
John Hawkins 
President/CEO
Texas Hospital Association 
Austin

Marie Alvarez
Division President
Acadia Healthcare 
Franklin, TN

Lance Ames
CEO
South Texas Health System
Edinburg

Sam Bagchi, M.D. 
Executive Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer
CHRISTUS Health 
Irving

Donald Baker, CPA
President
Ardent Health – Texas Region 
Tyler

David L. Callender, M.D.
President/CEO
Memorial Hermann Health System
Houston

Edmundo Castaneda
Executive VP/Chief Operations Officer
Parkland Health
Dallas

Eric Hamon
President and CEO
Driscoll Children’s Hospital 
Corpus Christi

Gregory Haralson, FACHE
Central Texas Regional President
Baylor Scott & White Central Texas
Temple

Holly Holcomb, RN
Chief Executive Officer
Childress Regional Medical Center

Michael Lawson
Houston Market President
CHI St. Luke’s Health

Jorge Leal, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Laredo Medical Center

Peter McCanna
Chief Executive Officer
Baylor Scott & White Health
Dallas

Winjie Miao
SEVP & Chief Operating Officer
Texas Health Resources
Arlington

Daniel Miller
Chief Executive Officer
Methodist Healthcare San Antonio

Esmaeil Porsa, M.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Harris Health System
Houston

Chris Siebenaler
Executive VP, Network Hospitals
Houston Methodist

Pamela Stoyanoff, CPA, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Methodist Health System
Dallas

Debra (Debbie) F. Sukin, Ph.D., FACHE
President
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston

Nicholas (Nico) Tejeda, FACHE
Group Presiacdent – Western Group
The Hospitals of Providence
El Paso

Susan Turley, CPA
President
DHR Health
Edinburg

Russell (Russ) Weaver
Regional VP Mission/Community/Government Advocacy
Texas Health Huguley Hospital
Fort Worth South

Adam Willmann, FACHE
CEO
Goodall-Witcher Healthcare
Clifton

Council on Policy Development Chair:
James (Jim) Parisi, RN
President
CHI St. Luke’s Health
The Woodlands

Council on Policy Development Vice Chair:
James (Jamie) Youssef
CEO
Ascension Texas
Austin

Texas Healthcare Trustees Chair:
Lori Boyd, RN
Board Member
Palo Pinto General Hospital
Mineral Wells