Steven C. Bjelich, MHA

Steven C. Bjelich is President and CEO of Saint Francis Healthcare System. Bjelich has 25 years of extensive healthcare experience at the senior management level, previously serving as President and CEO at Saint Francis Hospital and Healthcare Services (Wilmington, DE); Executive Director at Wyoming Valley Health Care System (Kingston, PA); Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital (Louisville, KY); and Executive Vice President/Chief Operation Officer at Medical Center of North Hollywood (North Hollywood, CA).

Bjelich has a Master's Degree in Health Administration from Indiana University School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Mr. Bjelich is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Edmond B. Cabbabe, MD, FACS

Dr. Cabbabe is a plastic surgeon in private practice in St. Louis since 1980. He is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at St. Louis University School of Medicine and Chief of Plastic Surgery at DePaul Health Center and St. Anthony's Medical Center. Dr. Cabbabe is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He also holds a certification of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand.

Dr. Cabbabe is a past president of Missouri State Medical Association, National Arab American Medical Association, St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society, St. Louis Area Society of Plastic Surgeons, and Missouri Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is a member of American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons (Fellow), American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and American Association for Surgery of the Hand.

Joseph W. Crossett

Mr. Crossett is the Administrator of Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri. Mr. Crossett graduated from William Jewell College with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and from the University of Missouri, Kansas City with a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration. Mr. Crossett joined Liberty Hospital in 1976 serving in various administrative roles including Director of Personnel, Assistant Administrator, Associate Administrator, serving as Administrator since 1988. Mr. Crossett serves on the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Hospital Association, serving as Chairperson in 2004, and as the Kansas City Area Health Council president in 2001 and currently serves on the American Hospital Association’s Regional Policy Board.

S. Gordon Jones, Jr., MD

Dr. Jones graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. He practices family medicine with the Ferguson Medical Group, Sikeston. Dr. Jones is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Health Quality Association and the Missouri State Medical Association. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Practice and the National Board of Medical Examiners.

Daniel Landon

Daniel Landon is Senior Vice President of Governmental Relations for the Missouri Hospital Association (MHA).  He joined MHA in August 1993.  His responsibilities include managing the association’s federal and state advocacy functions and performance measure programs.

Becky Miller, MHA, CPHQ, FACHE (ex-officio member)

Ms. Miller is the Executive Director of the Missouri Center for Patient Safety. As Executive Director, she is responsible for the leadership, development and management of the Center. Ms. Miller holds a Bachelor's Degree in Management and a Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is a Certified Healthcare Professional and a Certified Healthcare Executive. Having worked in health care for over twenty years, Ms. Miller's experience includes leadership of organization-wide quality and risk management programs, customer service, safety and security and medical staff services. She also has experience in the area of health care policy, most recently as Vice President for Quality and Regulatory Advocacy at the Missouri Hospital Association.

H. Jerry Murrell, MD

Dr. Murrell received his medical degree from the University of Texas-Galveston. He practices radiation oncology at Capital Region Radiation Therapy-Jefferson City, Boone Hospital Center – Columbia, Missouri Cancer Associates and the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Murrell is board certified by the American Boards of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine.

Paula F. Nickelson, M.Ed.

Ms. Nickelson serves the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services as Prevention Services Coordinator and has extensive experience in public health and health care policy, management, strategic planning, quality improvement and systems development. Her career spans the fields of vocational and medical rehabilitation, as well as public health with active involvement at the national and state level. Most recently, Ms. Nickelson served as Missouri's chronic disease director and maternal-child health director.

Richard A. Royer, MBA

Richard A. Royer currently serves as chief executive officer of Primaris. Mr. Royer graduated from the University of Akron, Ohio, with a BS in Accounting, from Cleveland State University with an MBA, and from the Advanced Management Program of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. He has 27 years of medical business experience and has been Chief xecutive Officer at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, General Hospital; Executive Director of Columbia Regional Hospital; and founder and president of Avalon Development, a medical financial consulting firm.

C.C. Swarens

C.C. Swarens is Executive Vice President of the Missouri State Medical Association. He has been with the MSMA since 1972. He also serves as Treasurer of the MSMA Health Education Foundation, Treasurer of the Missouri Medical Political Action Committee and on the Board of the MSMA Insurance Agency.

Coreen R. Vlodarchyk

Ms. Vlodarchyk is Vice President, Patient Care Services/Chief Nurse Executive of Barnes Jewish Hospital and Barnes-Jewish Extended Care in St. Louis. Vlodarchyk has extensive experience in change process, team building, strategy development and continuous quality improvement. As Vice President, she is responsible for patient care services for a 1,270 bed university affiliated and adult tertiary care hospital and 110 bed extended care facility. Her leadership responsibilities include clinical services within the emergency department, patient placement, case management, education and research, obstetrics, oncology, psychiatry, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, quality and compliance, spiritual care and nursing support. Ms. Vlodarchyk is currently serving as interim dean of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital College of Nursing & Allied Health and previously served as Vice President, Patient Care Services at Detroit Medical Center: Harper University Hospital and Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan. Ms. Vlodarchyk is a Registered Nurse and holds a BSN degree from Wayne State University, a MSA from Central Michigan University and is a Johnson & Johnson Wharton Fellow in Management for Nurse Executive.

Joseph M. Yasso, Jr., DO, FACOFP

Dr. Yasso graduated from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine. As a Captain in the U.S. Army, he also served as Division Flight Surgeon at Fort Hood, Texas. He is Medical Director, Clinical Operations and Associate Professor, Family Medicine for Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He is board certified in family practice.