Leadership
Board of Directors
- John Schmidt, Chair
- Kim Bakey
- Bishop Kennetha Bigham-Tsa
- Darwin Copeman
- Doug Den Adel
- Kasey Johnson Steen
- Anish P. Keshwani
- Angela A. Knoblauch
- Greg Lin
- Rose Mitchell
- Dave Moench
- Jon M. Rozenfeld
- John Schmidt
- Shannon Winters
- Daniel Zinnel
Executive Team
Jon Rozenfeld
Market President, UnityPoint Health – Des Moines
Jon is the Market President for UnityPoint Health – Des Moines.
He is a seasoned healthcare leader with more than 25 years of experience across several healthcare systems. Prior to joining UnityPoint Health in 2024, Jon served as CEO for Vista Health System in Waukegan, IL, where he focused on operational excellence, improvements in safety and quality performance, workforce recruitment and successful strategic growth efforts with physician partners.
Jon received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his master’s in business administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Erica Axiotis
Foundation President
David-Paul Cavazos
Rural President, UnityPoint Health - Grinnell
Denise Cundy, MS, RN, NE-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Tracy Ekhardt, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Tom Mathews
Chief Financial Officer
Joyce McDanel
Vice President of Human Resources and Education
Thomas P. Mulrooney, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Mike Namanny
Regional Vice President of Operations, Central Iowa, UnityPoint Clinic
Ashley Priaulx, DO
Vice President and Medical Director Central Iowa, UnityPoint Clinic
Cynthia Steidl Bishop
CEO, UnityPoint Health – Eyerly Ball Community Mental Health Services
Wendy Woods-Swafford, MD
Medical Director, Blank Children's Hospital
William Yost, MD
Chief Academic Officer
Medical Executive Committee
- Chief of Staff: Clint Hawthorne, M.D.
- Vice Chief of Staff: Andrew Stefani, D.O.
- Secretary: Clinton Rozycki, MD
- Treasurer: Sudhir Kumar, MD
- Immediate Past Chief: Anish Keshwani, M.D.
- At-Large Member: Lucas Groben, D.O.
- At-Large Member: Ryan Mertens, D.O.
- Chair, Hospital Medicine: Brad Halverson D.O.
- Chair, Emergency Medicine: Nicholas Kluesner, M.D.
- Chair, Surgery: Carlos Pelaez-Gil, M.D.
- Chair, Medical Specialties: Jennifer Thompson, D.O.
- Chair, Pediatrics: Julie Anderson-Suddarth, M.D.
- Chair, Women's Health: Christopher Johnson, D.O.
- Credentials Co-Chair: Stephen Forney, M.D
- Credentials Co-Chair: Rebecca Lachenmaier, M.D.
- IPPC - Surgery Co-Chair: Molly Gross, M.D.
- IPPC - Surgery Co-Chair: Nathan Schneider, M.D.
- IPPC - Medicine Co-Chair: Christopher Champion, D.O.
- IPPC - Medicine Co-Chair: vacant
- IPPC - Women's Health/Pediatrics Co-Chair: Julie Anderson-Suddarth, M.D
- IPPC - Women's Health/Pediatrics Co-Chair: Paul Gisi, MD