Leadership
UnityPoint Health - Dubuque
Executive Team
Carol Cross
Vice President of Finance
Jennifer Havens, RN, FACHE
Market President, UnityPoint Health - Dubuque
Jennifer Havens, RN, FACHE is the Market President for UnityPoint Health – Dubuque and the Dubuque Visiting Nurses Association.
Havens, who has worked in healthcare for over 30 years, started her career as a bedside nurse in an academic medical center caring for children with cancer. For
the last 15 years, she has been a part of UnityPoint Health most recently serving as President for Grinnell Regional Medical Center for the last five years. Prior to her leadership role in Grinnell, she was the Vice President of Operations at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown and President at Grundy County Memorial Hospital.
Havens, who has worked in healthcare for over 30 years, started her career as a bedside nurse in an academic medical center caring for children with cancer. For
the last 15 years, she has been a part of UnityPoint Health most recently serving as President for Grinnell Regional Medical Center for the last five years. Prior to her leadership role in Grinnell, she was the Vice President of Operations at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown and President at Grundy County Memorial Hospital.
Bryan Pechous, MD
Vice President of Medical Affairs
Karil Walther
Chief Nursing Officer
Board of Directors
- Susan Farber, Chair
- Kevin J. Lynch, Past Chair
- Jennifer Havens, RN, FACHE, Secretary; Market President, UnityPoint Health - Dubuque
- Carol Cross, Treasurer
- Bill Arnold
- Kathy Buhr
- Roy Buol
- Mark Dickson
- Sue Freeman
- Michael (Mike) Jansen
- Nicole Jedlicka, DPM
- Jason Knockel
- Kathleen Nacos-Burds
- Ryan Peterson
- Kiesharlia (Kiesha) Sainci
- Charlie Skemp
- Lori Thielen
- Nick Thompson
- Laura Witthoeft, MD
VNA Board of Directors
VNA Board of Directors
- Jennifer Havens, RN, FACHE, Market President
- Kari Lammer, Chair
- Patrice Lambert, Vice Chair
- Susan Davison, Secretary Treasurer
- Shea Chapin
- Cpl. Michael McTague