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Mercy Health CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, John M. Starcher is the Mercy Health's CEO. Mercy Health has 40,000 employees, of which 37 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Mercy Health executive team is 30% female and 70% male.
  • 69% of the management team is White.
  • 8% of Mercy Health management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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John M. Starcher

CEO / President

Father Joseph Cardone

Chief Mission Officer, Senior Vice President

Father Joseph Cardone's LinkedIn

As the chief mission officer and senior vice president of Mission and Values Integration, Father Joseph Cardone leads Mercy Health's initiatives to extend understanding about the organization's Catholic heritage and identity among Mercy Health associates, leaders and board members. Previously, Fr. Cardone served as the vice president of Mission and Value Integration for Mercy Health – St. Vincent Medical Center and Mercy Health – Children’s Hospital in Toledo. He also served within the Diocese of Toledo as the pastor for Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. His 17 years with Mercy Health Includes leading a variety of regional efforts addressing ethics, neighborhood revitalization, development of sacred spaces in Toledo region facilities and spiritual care education and accreditation. He holds a doctor of philosophy in moral theology from St. Louis University and a master’s degree from the Athenaeum of Ohio, Cincinnati. He graduated from Bowling Green State University with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education and teaching. He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Toledo in 1987.

Michael Bezney

Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel

Michael Bezney's LinkedIn

Michael A. Bezney joined Mercy Health in 2002 as senior vice president and general counsel. He has 20 years of expertise in healthcare law, with extensive experience in strategy, negotiations, acquisitions/divestitures, compliance and bond financing. Prior to joining Mercy Health, Bezney served as vice president and associate general counsel for Advocate Health Care, the largest nonprofit system in metropolitan Chicago. Before joining Advocate in 1996, Bezney was a partner in the healthcare law department of McDermott, Will & Emery, a Chicago-based law firm. He also served as an associate in corporate law with the Dallas, Texas-based firm of Johnson & Gibbs. Bezney earned his Doctorate in Jurisprudence from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Texas.

Sandra MacKey

Chief Marketing Officer

Sandra MacKey's LinkedIn

Specialties: Healthcare marketing executive specializing in branding, corporate identity, Web strategy and development and revenue generation.

Andrea Mazzoccoli

Brian Smith

President

David Cannady

Chief Strategy Officer

Don Kline

Chief Operating Officer

Jason Siegert

Chief Transformation Officer

Joe Gage

Chief Human Resources Officer

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John M. Starcher

CEO / President

Mercy Health leadership demographics

Mercy Health gender distribution in management team

  • The Mercy Health executive team is 30% female and 70% male.
  • Mercy Health is 71% female and 29% male company-wide.
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Company-wide: 29%
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Female
30%
Company-wide: 71%

Mercy Health executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Mercy Health executive officers is White.
  • 69% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Mercy Health's management is Black or African American.
  • 8% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 71% of employees are White.
  • 9% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 9% of employees are Black or African American.
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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2025
Pros of working at Mercy Health

Working for a nonprofit (an illusion, the Mercy Youngstown Physician PSC operates like most for-profit entities and places a heavy focus on administrator/management desires - NOT a physician-forward organization).

Cons of working at Mercy Health

Management is abusive, inflexible and causes such high turnover in the market that I witnessed 6 young physicians out of residency come and go the very instant their 3 year contract expired (several left prior to that and paid back nearly $100,000 in incentives... that should speak volumes about how much doctors truly hate being here). Older private practice doctors (truly stalwarts to the community hospital) were bought out and each retired within a year - I know and talked with them all, they never intended to retire, Mercy forced them out.

Mercy Health benefits

It is near my home and a nonprofit. I will slug along until PSLF but every single day I am looking for new opportunities elsewhere because professional growth within Mercy Youngstown Physician group is not possible for free thinkers that are focused on providing care for patients rather than operating on an assembly line because management read Toyota's LEAN. Further, they tend to carry the model of vertical integration which creates a giant vacuum sucking critical services from the local community hospital into the city of Youngstown itself. We have watched Bon Secours pillage since taking over what was once run by the Sisterhood.

What do you like best about Mercy Health's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing. Not a single redeeming quality.

How would you improve Mercy Health's culture?

Clean house of administrators / management and allow physicians / nurses to take over the organization along with the nuns.

How does your compensation at Mercy Health compare to the industry average?

They pay physicians SIGNIFICANTLY less than CCF / UH / Summa (though Summa is now for profit). You have to claw back every single wRVU that should be paid to you in the first place by jumping through their hoops. The juice is NOT worth the squeeze.

What's the diversity at Mercy Health like?

This is one of the most diverse organizations I have worked for - the many varying levels of incompetence and prevalence of Dunning-Kruger within management demonstrates Mercy's commitment to DEI initiatives.

What brings you the most joy at Mercy Health?

Leaving for home.

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A zippia user wrote a review on May 2023
Pros of working at Mercy Health

Worked for a great team @ chub oriely

Cons of working at Mercy Health

The disgusting abusive management 3rd floor at smith Glynn internal med

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2021
Pros of working at Mercy Health

Environment and staff are very nice and we have great team work here. I enjoy sharing my knowledge and skills with those who have not been in the medical field as long as I have!

Cons of working at Mercy Health

The only disadvantage to working at this clinical laboratory is that this is a new and start up facility. It has been wonderful to se the work load and environment grow. Busier is better!

Mercy Health benefits

I enjoy the PTO as other facilities stat PTO at unjustifiably low hours , in my opinion. I am not one to call in sick HARDLY EVER but do enjoy my time away to be with our grandchildren!

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A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2021
Pros of working at Mercy Health

Wonderful community in the corporate office. Huge, but feels like a family.

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