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About Saint Francis

Leadership Team


 

Dan McElligott , FACHE, FHFMA
President/CEO (2008)

 

Joined Saint Francis Medical Center:
1995

Prior Positions:
Controller, Parkview Community Hospital, Riverside CA; Corporate Responsibility Officer, Saint Francis Medical Center; Vice President for Finance/Chief Financial Officer, Saint Francis Medical Center; Chief Operating Officer, Saint Francis Medical Center

Education:
BS, Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha



Marie de Martinez , FACHE
Vice President for Business Development & Strategic Planning (1998)

 

Joined Saint Francis Medical Center:
1998

Prior Positions:
Healthcare Strategic Planning Consultant, Vice President for Strategic Planning and Business Development, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln

Education:
BA in Psychology/Biology, University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1978; MA in Organizational and Business Communication, University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1987; MHA candidate, University of Minnesota, 2008.



Dale Hartwig
Vice President for Ancillary Services

 


Michael Horn , M.D.
Vice President for Medical Affairs

 

Joined Saint Francis Medical Center:
1989

Prior Positions:
Instructor, Creighton University/St. Joseph Hospital; Staff Pathologist Creighton University/St. Joseph Hospital; Pathologist, Saint Francis Medical Center; Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, VA Medical Center, Grand Island

Education:
MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center; MS, Carnegie-Mellon University



Lee Elliott
Vice President for Human Resources and Fund Development

 

Joined Saint Francis Medical Center:
1981

Prior Positions:
Human Resources Director, Ring King Visibles, Muscatine, Iowa; Instructor, labor law, Muscatine Community College; Instructor, statistics, Iowa Wesleyan University; Instructor, MBA, University of Nebraska at Kearney; Director of Human Resources, Saint Francis Medical Center

Education:
MS, Fort Hays State University; Additional grad work at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, industrial psychology



Francine Sparby
Vice-President for Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer (2004)

 

Joined Saint Francis Medical Center:
2004

Prior Positions:
Director for Patient Services, University of Colorado Hospital, Denver; Director for Critical Care, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Duluth, MN; Director for Medical, Surgical, Intensive Care, and Staff Support, Immanuel Health Systems Inc., Omaha; Director of Nursing, Assistant Director of Nursing, House Supervisor, Head Nurse, and Clinical Nurse, Parkview Episcopal Hospital, Pueblo, CO; Clinical Nurse, Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD

Education:
BSN, Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD; MS Health Administration, College of St. Francis, Joliet, IL.



Donna Sanders
Vice President for Mission & Community Outreach (1998), Administrative Leader, Customer Excellence Initiative (1999) , Corporate Responsibility Officer (2003)

 

Joined Saint Francis Medical Center:
1977

Prior Positions:
Public Relations Director, Saint Francis Hospital; Commercial Copy Writer, KRGI Radio; Public Relations Coordinator, Marketing and Public Relations Director, Vice President for Mission and Planning at Saint Francis Medical Center

Education:
BA, Journalism & English, Hastings College; MHA, Healthcare Administration, University of Minnesota



Lisa Webb
Vice President for Finance/Chief Financial Officer (2005)

 

Joined Saint Francis Medical Center:
1993

Prior Positions:
Employed at a local public accounting firm; Reimbursement Accountant, Saint Francis Medical Center; Senior Accountant, Saint Francis Medical Center; Controller, Saint Francis Medical Center

Education:
BS, Business Administration and Accounting, Marymount College, Salina KS; MBA, University of Nebraska