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

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

2025 board of trustees officers

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

2025 board of trustees

Mamle Anim, MD
Five Rivers Health Centers

Rob Connelly
Henny Penny Corporation

Carly Cox
JJR Solutions, LLC

Deborah Feldman
President and CEO, Dayton Children's

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

Anthony Kenney
retired, Speedway, LLC

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

Manoj Kumar, JD
Aspirations Partners

James B. McGregor
The McGregor Metalworking Companies

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

Leslie C. Miller
Heidelberg Distributing Company

Todd Pleiman
RSM U.S., LLP

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

Shehzad Saeed, MD
Chair, department of pediatrics, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Charlynda Scales
Entrepreneur 

David A. Taylor
Dayton Early College Academy

James D. Whalen
Hartzell Industries

Gogi Kumar, MD
chair

Abiodun Omoloja, MD
chair-elect

Daniel Evans, MD
chair of medicine

Arturo Aranda, MD
chair of surgery