Leadership
Mount Nittany Health is led by a board of directors with representation from Mount Nittany Physician Group, Mount Nittany Medical Center, The Foundation for Mount Nittany Medical Center, physicians and community leaders.
Board of Directors, Mount Nittany Health
Board Officers
Carl A. Anderson, III, Chair
James B. Thomas, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Thomas J. Harris, Secretary
Thomas F. Brown, Treasurer
Board Members
Steven E. Brown, FACHE
Jonathan Dranov, MD
James E. Freije, MD
Carl M. Raup
Wayne J. Sebastianelli, MD
Board of Trustees, Mount Nittany Medical Center
Board Officers
Carl A. Anderson III, Chair
James B. Thomas, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Thomas J. Harris, Secretary
Thomas F. Brown, Treasurer
Board Members
Richard D. Allatt, MD
Patricia Best, D. Ed.
S. Diane Brannon, Ph.D.
Steve E. Brown, FACHE, President and CEO
Jonathan Dranov, MD
Eugene M. Kephart, D.Ed.
Philip I. Park
Wayne J. Sebastianelli, MD, Chief of Medical Staff
Karen P. Shute
Paul Suhey, DO
Charles L. Witmer
Board of Directors, The Foundation for Mount Nittany Medical Center
Board Officers
Jonathan Dranov, MD, Chair
John Dutton, Ph.D, Vice Chair
Tom Brown, Secretary
Richard Wisniewski, CPA, Treasurer
Board Members
Edward R. Book, Director
Steve Brown, FACHE, President and CEO
Mimi Barash Coppersmith, Director
Richard H. Dixon, MD, Director
R. Riggs Griffith, Director
Donald W. Hamer, Director
Dorothy B. Huck, Director
Barbara R. Palmer, Director
Karen P. Shute, CLU, CHFC, CFP, Director
Philip H. Sieg, Director
Eileen W. Leibowitz, Director
Board of Directors, Mount Nittany Surgical Center
Board Officers
Carl A. Anderson, III, Chair
James B. Thomas, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Thomas F. Brown, Treasurer
Thomas J. Harris, Secretary
Board Members
Steven E. Brown, FACHE, Director
Ken Pasch, Director-at-Large
Janet M. Schachtner, Director
Updendra Thaker, MD, Medical Director
Richard J. Wisniewski, Director
Board of Directors, Mount Nittany Physician Group
Board Officers
Pete Roy, III, MD, Chair
Steven E. Brown, FACHE, Secretary
Paul Guillard, MD, Treasurer
Craig Collison, MD, Vice Chair
Board Members
Patricia Best, D.Ed
Thomas F. Brown
Mount Nittany Health Executive Leadership
Steven E. Brown, FACHE
President and CEO
Debbie Linnes
Chief Operating Officer
Tom Charles, MHA, MBA
Senior Vice President,
System Development and Chief Strategy Officer
Wayne Thompson, MS
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Richard Wisniewski, CPA
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Jeffrey A. Ratner, MD
Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs
Janet Schachtner, RN, MSN
Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services
Anthony Cardell, MD
Executive Director and
Chief Medical Officer,
Mount Nittany Physician Group
Lou Brungard, MBA
Vice President, Facilities and Plant Services
Gerald Dittmann, SPHR
Vice President, Human Resources
Maureen Karstetter
Vice President, Marketing/Communications
& Community Outreach
Linda Kuhlman, RN, MSN
Vice President, Professional and Clinical Services
Gail A. Miller, RN, MS, CPHQ
Vice President for Quality
Patty Watson, RN, MSN
Vice President, Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer
Medical Staff, Mount Nittany Medical Center
Officers
Wayne J. Sebastianelli, MD, Chief of Medical Staff
Richard D. Allatt, MD, Assistant Chief of Medical Staff
Anthony Cardell, MD, Secretary
Paul Suhey, DO, Treasurer
Members at Large
Franklin Berkey, DO
John C. Coppes, MD
John Vankirk, MD
Department Chairs, Mount Nittany Medical Center
Upendra Thaker, MD
Anesthesia Department
Theodore Ziff, MD
Emergency Department
Sheldon Henry, MD
Medicine Department
Theodore Hovick, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department
Raymond Vautour, MD
Pathology Department
Kristie Kaufman, MD
Pediatrics Department
Timothy Derstine, MD
Behavioral Health Services
Ari Geselowitz, MD
Radiology Department
James S. Martin, MD
Surgery Department