Kaleida Health CEO and leadership

Experienced Executive Vice President with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Healthcare Consulting, Customer Service, Medicaid, Strategic Planning, and Healthcare Industry. Strong business development professional with a Masters in Business Administration focused in Public Accounting

Cletis Earle are a VP/CIO at Kaleida Health and Chairman at College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. They have worked as VP/CIO at ST LUKE'S CORNWALL HOSPITAL. Cletis studied at COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE/THE.

After serving as senior vice president and chief clinical integration officer for Kaleida Health, David P. Hughes, MD, MPH, was named executive vice president and chief medical officer in June 2014. In this role, Dr. Hughes will focus on physician relations and business development as well as the organization's clinical strategies.

Dr. Hughes is an accomplished physician, business owner, entrepreneur and engineer. He has served as Kaleida Health's medical director for employee health, an attending physician in emergency medicine at Kaleida Health and ECMC, an assistant clinical professor in emergency medicine for the University at Buffalo (UB), as well the president of the Governing Board for the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) Faculty Practice Management Plan.

Dr. Hughes received his master's degree in public health from the Medical College of Wisconsin and his medical degree from UB. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Wake Forest University Medical Center in North Carolina. He received his bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Kettering University in Flint, Michigan.

Prior to entering medical school, Dr. Hughes was a process engineer at the General Motors Tonawanda Engine Plant.

Mary Lou Rusin is an EVP, Chief Human Resources Officer at Kaleida Health.

Shannon Bryant is a Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Kaleida Health.

Andras Vari is a VP, Chief medical Officer -Gates Circle Millard at Kaleida Health.

Cheryl Klass is an Executive Vice President - Chief Nurse Executive at Kaleida Health and is based in Buffalo, New York. She has worked as VP Womens Services /COO Sisters Hospital/ COO Mercy Hospital at Catholic Health, Staff Registered Nurse at The Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation, and President - Women and Childrens Hospital of Buffalo at Kaleida Health. Cheryl works or has worked as Senior VP for Operations Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute at Kaleida Health. She attended Niagara College between 1973 and 1977 and KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT between 1995 and 1997.