As West Shore regional president, Don McKenna sets the standard for operational excellence in the region and drives operations and growth for both Penn State Health Hampden and Holy Spirt Medical Centers.

Prior to joining Penn State Health, McKenna previously was the president and chief executive officer of Jupiter Health in Jupiter, Fla., where he oversaw the creation of a comprehensive stroke center with neuro-surgical and interventional services, the development of an open-heart surgery program and the opening of two new urgent care centers. He also managed more than $125 million in capital projects.

For 10 years, McKenna served as the president and chief executive officer of St. Mary’s Health Care System in Athens, Ga., where he led the acquisition of two hospitals and expanded the health system’s presence throughout northeast Georgia. 

McKenna earned a master’s degree in public administration and a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from Long Island University, Brookville, N.Y.

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As senior vice president and chief operating officer of Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, Kyle Snyder leads the medical center in delivering high-quality medical care to the community.

Prior to joining Penn State Health, Snyder served as the chief administrative officer for Geisinger Holy Spirit where he oversaw the operations of Holy Spirit Hospital, Holy Spirit Medical Group and Holy Spirit Emergency Medical Services. Snyder established the direction for clinical program growth at Geisinger Holy Spirit and guided its investment of capital, recruitment of physicians and staff, and transition from a community hospital to a regional referral center for south central Pennsylvania.

During his tenure at Geisinger Holy Spirit, Snyder and his leadership team facilitated multiple physician practice acquisitions and developed and executed numerous business plans for expansion of services, including its Advanced Endoscopic Ultrasound, Level II Trauma Center, pediatric inpatient unit and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Center. 

Previously, Snyder served as the associate vice president for surgery and anesthesia at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., administrative director of emergency medicine at WellSpan Health, York, Pa., and administrator of the division of nursing at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland.

Snyder earned a bachelor’s degree in health policy and management from Providence College, Providence, R.I., and a master’s degree in health administration from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. He also completed an administrative fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Sister Mary Joseph Albright, a Sister of Christian Charity, is the vice president, Mission Integration, for Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center.

In her role, Albright collaborates with the Sisters of Christian Charity and the Diocese of Harrisburg to maintain and strengthen the medical center’s Catholic mission and culture. As a member of the Ethics Committee, she offers advice on matters related to the adherence of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services in medical decisions and practices. She provides educational programs for all levels of leadership, physicians, practitioners and employees.

Previously, Albright served in the same role at Geisinger Holy Spirit from 2015 until joining Penn State Health. 

An educator, certified spiritual director and bereavement facilitator, Albright periodically presents topics to seminarians and offers days of reflection in parishes in multiple dioceses. She also participates in outreach programs in the greater Harrisburg area and south central Pennsylvania. 

She has been missioned in various places in the tri-state area, as well as in Quezon City, Philippines, where she cared for and educated disabled and blind girls and women. Albright taught in elementary schools for nearly 30 years and served as the director of hospitality at Quellen Spiritual Center in Mendham, N.J. 
 

As vice president of medical affairs and surgical director, quality and patient safety, for Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, Dr. Bret DeLone is responsible for data-driven medical quality initiatives, surgical quality and overall appropriateness of care. 

Prior to Penn State Health acquiring Geisinger Holy Spirit, Delone served as chief medical officer and interim trauma medical director where he helped establish the hospital as a Level II trauma center.

A board-certified general surgeon, DeLone has expertise in minimally invasive and advanced robotic surgery, with broad experience in abdominal wall hernias, gastrointestinal surgery and trauma care of critically injured patients.

As a board member and the immediate past president of Operation Medical, DeLone has participated in multiple medical mission trips to Asia, Africa and Central America. Delone was the host of “Medical Matters,” a talk radio program on NewsRadio WHP 580. He is a former member of the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine and the Pennsylvania Medical Political Action Committee.

DeLone attended Haverford College, earned his medical degree from Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and completed his residency at Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y., before joining Kunkel Surgical Group.

Randy Morris is the vice president and chief financial officer for Penn State Health, West Shore Region, which includes Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center and Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center. 

Morris served in a similar role for Geisinger Health and was responsible for the finance operations of Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital, Geisinger Holy Spirit Medical Group, Geisinger Lewistown Hospital and Geisinger Achieving Excellence. He served as associate vice president of finance and system reimbursement at Geisinger Medical Center. During his tenure, Morris directed the establishment of the system reimbursement group, implemented a new financial reporting system and assisted in the creation of the productivity reporting system.

Prior to joining Geisinger Health, Morris was chief financial officer for many community hospitals, president of a multispecialty group practice, and chief financial officer for a large home health agency. His experience includes information technology, materials management, revenue management and reimbursement.

Morris earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pa., and is a Healthcare Financial Management Association Fellow. He is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa.

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As vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer for Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, Gloria Santos leads patient care services for inpatient units, including critical care units, progressive care, the heart center’s cardiovascular and cardiovascular intensive care units, medical surgical unit, surgical services, behavioral health, emergency department, and inpatient/outpatient diabetes self-management training and medical nutrition therapy programs.  

Santos held the same position with Geisinger Holy Spirit prior to joining Penn State Health. During her tenure, the hospital achieved Level II Trauma designation and was recertified as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and Advanced Inpatient Diabetes Care by The Joint Commission. Under her direction, she decreased nursing turnover and use of agency nursing personnel, and increased the patient experience scores for several departments including the emergency department and inpatient nursing units.

Santos was vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer for AdventHealth Sebring in Sebring, Fla., where she led patient care services for three separate hospital campuses, managed three emergency departments and supervised all inpatient units, surgical services, pharmacy services, laboratory services, respiratory services, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen services, and clinical informatics. 

Earlier in her career, Santos served as vice president of patient care services for Adventist Health Feather River, Paradise, Calif., and administrative director of medical surgical nursing for Adventist Health Portland, Portland, Ore.

She is a member of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders (PONL) and South Central (Pennsylvania) Organization of Nurse Leaders. She also serves on the School of Nursing advisory boards at Harrisburg Area Community College and Messiah University.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., Santos completed a master’s degree in health and public policy and nursing health policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Nursing Practice Program at Messiah University.

As vice president of human resources for Penn State Health’s West Shore Region, Dick Welsh is responsible for strategic leadership of human resource operations at Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center, Penn State Health Holy Spirit and Life Lion LLC.

Welsh has served the health system for 17 years, taking on roles of increasing responsibility, including director of talent acquisition and senior director of human resources, talent acquisition and compensation. He played a key role in the organization’s transformation from a single academic medical center into a multi-hospital health system since 2015 by building a high-performing recruitment function and leading the human resource workstream for many acquisitions.

Welsh’s earlier career included serving as a recruiting superintendent for the U.S. Air Force in Bellevue, Neb., and as a recruiter for the former PinnacleHealth System.

An Air Force veteran, Welsh is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and an active member of the Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation’s health care task force.

In addition to earning a master’s degree in human resource management at American Century University in Albuquerque, N.M., Welsh holds a bachelor’s degree in human resource management from Bellevue University, Bellevue, Neb., and an associate’s degree in personnel administration from the Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter Annex, Montgomery, Ala.

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