our leaders

Deborah A. Feldman
president and CEO

Chris Bergman, CPA
vice president and chief financial officer

Cindy Burger MS,RN
vice president, patient and family experience and chief experience officer

Jayne Gmeiner, MS, RN, NEA-BC
vice president of patient care services and chief nurse officer

Ben Goodstein
vice president, chief ambulatory officer, president of Dayton Children’s Specialty Physicians

Kelly Kavanaugh
vice president, chief strategy officer

Charles Kidwell
chief legal counsel

Adele Johnson-Kebe, MSML, PHR
vice president, human resources

Adam Mezoff MD, CPE
vice president, medical affairs and chief medical officer

Jena Pado, CFRE
vice president, chief development officer

Shehzad A. Saeed, MD, FAAP, AGAF
vice president and chair of pediatrics

2026 board of trustees officers

• Todd Pleiman, chair
• David Melin, vice chair
• Helen Jones-Kelley, secretary/treasurer
• David Taylor, assistant secretary/treasurer
• Michael McQuiston, immediate past chair

2026 board of trustees

Mamle Anim, MD
Five Rivers Health Centers

Michelle Bryant
McKinsey and Company

Rob Connelly
Henny Penny Corporation

Nicholas J. Endsley
Sebaly Shillito + Dyer

Deborah Feldman
President and CEO, Dayton Children’s

Helen Jones-Kelley
Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services

Gogi Kumar, MD
Chair, Dayton Children’s professional staff

Manoj Kumar, JD
Aspirations Partners

Andrea Kunk
Peerless Technologies

Cameron McGregor
Ms. Medicine

Michael McQuiston
The Connor Group

David Melin
PNC Financial Services Group

Adam Mezoff, MD
Vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer, Dayton Children’s

Todd Pleiman
RSM U.S., LLP

Patrick Prikkel, DC
The Chiropractic Health and Wellness Center of Dayton

Charlynda Scales
Entrepreneur

David A. Taylor
Dayton Early College Academy

Mark S. Shaker
Shaker Strategic Solutions

Gogi Kumar, MD
chair

Abiodun Omoloja, MD
chair-elect

Daniel Evans, MD
chair of medicine

Arturo Aranda, MD
chair of surgery