Leadership

UnityPoint Health - Des Moines

Board of Directors

  • John Schmidt, Chair     
  • Kasey Johnson Steen, Vice Chair
  • Sheldon Ohringer, Secretary/Treasurer
  • Kirk Abrahamson
  • Kim Bakey
  • Bishop Kennetha Bigham-Tsai
  • Brad Brody
  • Darwin Copeman
  • Bishop Amy Current
  • Doug Den Adel
  • DeDe Gorsche, RN, BSN, CCM
  • Clint Hawthorne, MD
  • Tom Houser
  • Bruce R. James, MD
  • Joseph Jones
  • Sid Juwarker
  • Anish Keshwani, MD
  • Angela Knoblauch, DO
  • José Laracuente
  • Greg Lin
  • Rose Mitchell
  • Dave Moench
  • David Stark
  • Tiffany Tauscheck
  • Shannon Winters
  • Daniel Zinnel

Executive Team

Medical Executive Committee

Members
  • Chief of Staff: Anish Keshwani, MD
  • Vice Chief of Staff: Clint Hawthorne, MD
  • Secretary: Andrew Stefani, DO
  • Treasurer: Zachariah Pederson, DO
  • Credentials Co-Chair (ILH): Stephen Forney, MD
  • Credentials Co-Chair (IMMC): Rebecca Lachenmaier, MD
  • At-Large Member: Amerlon Enriquez, MD
  • Chair, Medicine, IMMC: Amy Hughes, DO
  • Chair, Medicine, ILH: Nicholas Kluesner, MD
  • Chair, Surgery, IMMC: Carlos Pelaez-Gil, MD
  • Chair, Surgery, ILH: Parveen Prasad, MD
  • Chair, Family Medicine: Chris Champion, DO
  • Chair, Pediatrics: Julie Anderson-Suddarth, MD
  • Chair, Psychiatry: Leonard Richards, DO
  • Chair, Women's Health: Paul Gisi, MD