Several community members were recently appointed to St. Peter’s Hospital Board Committees, announced Board Chair Maria Braman, M.D.

Joining the Community Relations committee are Cindy Zipperian, New West Health Services Public Relations and Outreach Manager, and Tory Pescosolido, Allegiance Provider Relations Manager.

New additions to the Quality Committee include:  Kelly Parsley, Chair of Carroll College’s Health Sciences Program, and retired nurse Rita Charles.  Loren Brown, Senior Vice President/Cashier at Mountain West Bank, is joining the Finance Committee.

Also joining the Planning Committee are:  Will Carroll, Principal at Deloitte Consulting; Kelly Creswell, Student Assistance Foundation Vice President, Chief of Foundation Activities; Nick Hopkins, Business Unit Director at Montana State Fund; Tom McCarvel, Carroll College Vice President of Institutional Advancement; Jim Stanger, owner of Helena Auto Center; and Rajeev Pillai, health care consultant.

The new members join Community Relations members Betsy Baumgart, Dewey Bruce, Candace Cain, Kathy Carrick, Rick Hays, Merry Lunde, Jim McHugh, Judy Reddy, Gayle Shirley, Roger Stone, and Mark Taylor; Quality members William Batey, M.D., John Flink, Kris Godlewski, M.D., Michelle Griffin, Tom Strizich, M.D., Kathleen Trudnowski, and Pat Walton, M.D.; Finance members Guy Almquist, Tim Curtin, Sheila Hogan, Brian Matz, Bill Northey, Mick Robinson, and Ryan Screnar; and Planning members Tanya Ask, Maria Braman, M.D., John Flink, John Galt, M.D., and Ed Stofko.

The primary responsibility of St. Peter’s committee members is to follow the Hospital's mission.  St. Peter’s is an independent, community-based organization.