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    Executive Leadership Team

     
     
     
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    Ed Freysinger, MHSA

    Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

    Ed Freysinger joined St. Joseph's in November 2021 as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). 

    An experienced healthcare leader, Freysinger came to St. Joe’s from UP Health System - Portage, a Lifepoint facility in Hancock, Michigan, where he served as CEO. Prior to his position at UP Health System - Portage, Freysinger served as CEO at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center in Ketchikan, Alaska, and as CEO at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital in Hood River, Oregon.

    Freysinger holds a Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Eastern Michigan University. He has served on the Executive Committee for the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association, the Southeast Michigan Health and Hospital Council, and was past president of the Hospital Emergency Management Systems in Wayne, Michigan.

     
     
     
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    Aaron Poole, MBA

    Chief Financial Officer

    Aaron Poole is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at St. Joseph's, responsible for the fiscal operations of the hospital.  

    Before joining St. Joe's. Aaron was employed by Sutter Health, where he served as the CFO of Delta Medical Center and Eden Medical Center in Northern California. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years with Adventist Health. 

    Aaron graduated from Clarkston High School before attending and graduating magna cum laude from Walla Walla University for his undergraduate degree in Business Accounting. He earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Davis.

     
     

    Board of Trustees

     
     

    Angela Roth, M.D., Pediatrician, St. Joseph Regional Medical Group | Trustee

    Bill Flory, Farmer, Flory Farms | Trustee

    Cynthia Pemberton, Ed.D., President, Lewis-Clark State College | Trustee

    Ed Freysinger, MSHA, CEO, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center | Secretary

    Ella-Mae Keatts, MSN, RN, Professor, Lewis-Clark State College | Trustee

    Greg Dietrich, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon, St. Joseph Regional Medical Group | Trustee

    Joe Hall, Owner, Joe Hall Ford | Trustee

    Nathan Alford, Editor & Publisher, Lewiston Tribune | Trustee

    Nikoli Greene, Executive Officer, Nez Perce Tribe Enterprise | Trustee

    Seth Loofbourrow, DO, Emergency Physician, Sound Physicians | Chief of Staff

    Sister Patricia Rosholt, Vice President, Mission, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center | Trustee

    Steve Button, Retired Social Worker | Chair

    Tyler Buckley, M.D., Oncologist, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center | Trustee