Columbia St. Mary's Leadership

Leo P. Brideau, FACHE
President & CEO, Columbia St. Mary’s, Inc.
Ministry Market Leader
Milwaukee, WI

Leo Brideau is President and Chief Executive Officer of Columbia St. Mary’s, Health System in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Columbia St. Mary's is a multi-hospital system which includes three acute care hospitals, a rehabilitation hospital and a joint venture orthopedic hospital. Columbia St. Mary’s operates 66 physician clinics in four counties as well as a major ambulatory care center and four urgent care centers. Mr. Brideau also serves as a Ministry Market Leader for Ascension Health providing leadership and direction to their hospitals and other health facilities in Missouri and Wisconsin.

Previously, he served as President of Strong Health Regional Network in Rochester, New York, and CEO of Strong Memorial Hospital, the academic medical center hospital of the University of Rochester. He also served as Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Mr. Brideau has served in many state and national leadership roles in healthcare. He chaired the board of the Health Care Association of New York State and served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association (AHA). He was a member of the AHA Executive Committee and served on the AHA Commission on Workforce for Hospitals and Health Systems. He currently chairs the AHA’s Task Force on Payment Reform as well as the Wisconsin Hospital Association’s Health Reform task force. He was appointed by NY Governor Mario Cuomo to the NY State Public Health Council where he served for seven years. He was appointed by NY Governor George Pataki to serve on the noted Commission on Health Care Facilities in the Twenty-First Century.

Mr. Brideau has served as a board member of the WHA and as chair of WHA Future Physician Work Force. He serves as a Board member of the Milwaukee Healthcare Partnership, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce and the Greater Milwaukee Committee.

Mr. Brideau is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He received a BS Degree in international economics from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and a Master’s Degree in Health Services Administration from the Medical College of Virginia.

Columbia St. Mary's 2009-2010 Board of Directors

• Christopher L. Doerr, Chair; Passage Partners LLC
• George H. Hoff, Vice Chair; Sargento Foods Inc.
• Linda T. Mellowes, Secretary/Treasurer & Immediate Past Chair
• James B. Wigdale, Vice Chair; Marshall & Ilsley Bank
• Leo P. Brideau, President and CEO, Columbia St. Mary's
• Tina Chang, SysLogic
• Kevin Goniu, MD; Columbia St. Mary’s Physician
• Michael Grebe, Quarles & Brady
• David Hoogerland, MD; Columbia St. Mary's Physician
• Robert Lyon, MD; Columbia St. Mary's Physician
• R. Bruce McDonald, Johnson Controls, Inc.
• Randall M. Perry, Cross Creek Partners, LLC
• Mason G. Ross, Community Volunteer
• Sister Theresa Sullivan, DC; Daughters of Charity - Mater Dei Provincialate
• Robert J. Venable, CFA; Robert W. Baird & Co.

Columbia St. Mary's Foundation Board of Directors

• Michael M. Grebe, Chair
• Jill Pelisek, Vice Chair
• Joseph A. Schlidt, Treasurer
• Thomas A. Zabjek, Secretary
• Lisa A. Froemming, President & CEO
• Jonathan Berkoff, MD
• Richard S. Bibler
• Jeff Cameron, MD
• Margadette Demet
• Claire Hackmann
• Patricia Hepburn
• Donald Levy
• Daniel F. McKeithan, Jr.
• Edwin Montgomery, MD
• Lynn Nicholas
• Randall M. Perry
• Susan Pfeifer
• Sr. Mary Polutanovich, DC (2007-10)
• C. James Rater, MD
• Richard Uihlein

Columbia College of Nursing Board of Trustees

• Claire Hackmann, Chair
• Dorothy Stadler, 1st Vice Chair
• Thomas Schmid, 2nd Vice Chair
• Richard S. Bibler, Secretary/Treasurer
• Marilyn M. Bradley
• Leo P. Brideau
• Cristina D. Hernandez-Malaby
• Douglas D. Klink
• Mary McCormick
• Jill Pelisek
• Martha M. Valerio
• Jill Winters

Honorary Trustees

• Nancy L. Carpenter
• Charles W. Parker, Jr.
• Polly H. Van Dyke

Columbia St. Mary's Executive Leadership

• Leo P. Brideau, President & CEO
• Karol Marciano, Executive VP of Business Development & Chief Strategy Officer
• Rhonda Anderson, Executive VP of Finance & Chief Financial Officer
• Deborah G. Friberg, Executive VP of Columbia St. Mary’s, Inc. and President of Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee and Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Institute
• David A. Olson, Executive VP of Columbia St. Mary’s, Inc. and President of Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Ozaukee
• Bruce McCarthy, MD, Executive VP Columbia St. Mary's, Inc. and President of Columbia St. Mary’s Physician Division
• Connie Bradley, VP of Patient Care Services & Nurse Executive, East Side Hospitals
• Lisa A. Froemming, VP of Institutional Advancement
• Bill Hart, VP of Operations East Side Hospitals
• Cheryl Hill, VP of Human Resources
• Amy Marquardt, VP, General Counsel & Corporate Responsibility Officer
• Mary Paul, VP & Chief Information Officer
• Sue Sanicola, VP of Columbia St. Mary's Community Physicians
• David Shapiro, MD, VP of Medical Affairs/Chief Medical Officer
• Gerri Staffileno, VP of Hospital Operations, CSM Hospital Ozaukee & Chief Nursing Officer
• Paul Westrick, VP of Mission Integration & Advocacy