WellLink's board of directors helps support Northeast Ohio hospital advocacy initiatives by focusing efforts on areas that benefit the healthcare community from a regional approach. The board is governed by community leaders and administrators from hospitals and healthcare systems in Northeast Ohio who meet quarterly and are responsible for all business of the association.
Meeting dates for WellLink's board can be found on the event calendar.
WellLink's 2026 Board of Directors
Chair
Jill Dietrich Mellon JD, MBA, FACHE
Executive Director & CEO
VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System
Vice Chair, WellLink Board
Julie Idoine, FACHE
Regional Vice President
Select Medical
President & Secretary
Brian Lane MSHSM, FACHE, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, CSCS
President & CEO
WellLink and The Healthcare Council
Chair, WellLink Health Alliance Board
Joy D. Johnson
Principal Owner
Dexterity Consulting Group
Vice Chair, WellLink Health Alliance Board
Bill Finn, MBA
President & CEO
Hospice of the Western Reserve
Chair, HealthComp, Inc. Board
Christopher McKenna
Managing Director
Carleton McKenna & Company LLC
Vice Chair, HealthComp Inc. Board
Sandeep Palakodeti MD, MPH
President and Founder
DSP Health
Chair, Finance & Investment Committees, Treasurer
Bill Chorba CPA, CGMA
CFO & VP of Finance, Benefits & Insurance
CBIZ, Inc.
Director
Marti Bauschka, MBA, MSN, NEA-BC
Vice President of Patient Care Services, Chief Nursing Officer
Southwest General Health Center
Director
Orion Bell, MBA
President & Chief Executive Officer
Benjamin Rose
Director
Pamela Budak, MSSA, LISW-S
Executive Director of Bluestone Child and Adolescent Hospital
Director
Christine Alexander-Rager MD
President & CEO
The MetroHealth System
Director
Valda Clark Christian JD, CHC, CHPC
Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
OhioHealth
Director
Teresa Dews, MD
President
Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital
Director
Ralph Dise
President
Dise & Company
Director
Shannon Fogarty Jerse, Esq.
General Counsel
Director
Michael J. Goar
President & CEO
Sisters of Charity Health System
Director
Kathleen Gorman MSN, RN, FAAN
Healthcare Executive
Director
Rolf Haarstad
Senior Vice President
CRGA Design
Director
Anne E. Nelson
Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Academic Programs
Cleveland State University Monte Ahuja College of Business
Director
Leonard Stepp, Jr., MBA
President & CEO
ARMC Healthcare System
Director
Allison Witt Poulios, MPA
Senior Vice President & Chief Government Relations Officer
The MetroHealth System
