Leadership

UnityPoint Health - Des Moines

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

Vice President and 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