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Samaritan Health Services is led by a highly experienced team of professionals who are committed to helping Samaritan achieve its mission of Building Healthier Communities Together.
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President & Chief Executive Officer, Samaritan Health Services
A Massachusetts native, Cahill attended the University of Oregon, where he received a bachelor’s degree in sociology, followed by a master’s in business administration with an emphasis in organizational behavior from Marylhurst University.
Cahill has worked for Samaritan Health Services since 2007. He previously served as director of physician relations, CEO of Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital, COO and then CEO of Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, and COO for Samaritan hospitals.
In his various leadership positions Cahill played a major role in implementing needed programs, navigating system changes as well as recruitment, retention and development of highly skilled health care teams.
Cahill helped implement Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital’s hospitalist program and oversaw the construction and operation of the Samaritan Early Learning Center.
In Lebanon, Cahill led the expansion of the hospital’s Emergency, Surgery and Same Day Care departments and developed a new primary and specialty care clinic and retail pharmacy facility, as well as the Best Western PREMIER® Boulder Falls Inn, 1847 Bar & Grill, Boulder Falls Center and the adjacent Japanese garden and pond.
He also helped raise funds to build a residential treatment center in Lebanon near the hospital, to address the growing issue of substance abuse in the Willamette Valley.
As COO for Samaritan hospitals, Cahill drove systemwide integration and alignment of operations across Samaritan’s five hospitals.
As CEO for Samaritan Health Services, Cahill will help the system navigate the many challenges and continual changes facing health care from the local, regional, state and national levels.
Vice President of Strategy & Planning, Samaritan Health Services
Balzer joined Samaritan Health Services in 2010, following service as junior financial planner at a wealth management firm in Oregon. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University in business administration with an emphasis in finance and a master’s in business administration in 2016 from Bushnell University. In her role as vice president of Strategy & Planning for Samaritan, Balzer leads the strategic planning process for the organization and also oversees systemwide initiatives and business planning operations for Samaritan.
She completed the American College of Healthcare Executives Executive Leadership training program in 2016.
Senior Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, InterCommunity Health Network & Samaritan Health Plans
Butler joined Samaritan Health Services in June 2019 to oversee health plans operations. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a master’s in business administration in finance from University of Chicago.
His previous roles include chief executive officer of Valley Health Plan, a county-owned managed care organization in San Jose, California, chief strategy officer for the University of California health care systems and chief underwriter for Presbyterian Health Plan in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He previously served on the board of directors of Ventures LLC, a Seattle-based nonprofit organization that provides access to business training, capital, coaching and hands-on learning opportunities for entrepreneurs with limited resources, the California Public Hospital Association and the New Mexico Health Insurance Alliance.
Chief Compliance Officer, Samaritan Health Services
Anne Daly is a registered nurse, health care attorney and compliance professional with work experience in all three disciplines across a variety of settings.
She earned her nursing degree from Palomar College in Southern California, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, and a juris doctor from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C.
Daly worked 16 years in nursing before earning her law degree and practicing health care law in Washington, D.C. After leaving law practice, she worked in compliance with Sutter Health, Banner Health and Children’s Hospital of Chicago Medical Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital.
She serves on the Advisory Council for the Northwestern University Regulatory Compliance program, where she formerly taught coursework on health care compliance. She holds CHC, CHRC, CHPC, CCEP certifications; bar memberships in Maryland and the District of Columbia; and a California registered-nursing license.
Vice President of Foundations Central Operations, Samaritan Foundations
Gilmour joined Samaritan Health Services in 2014, following service as director of operations for the Providence Alaska Foundation in Anchorage. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University and is a 2016 graduate of Leadership Corvallis. In her role as vice president of central operations for Samaritan Foundations, Gilmour oversees operations and fundraising efforts throughout the system. She was included on the inaugural Association for Healthcare Philanthropy 40 Under 40 list in 2018 and currently serves on the United Way of Benton & Lincoln Counties Community Impact Committee.
Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Samaritan Health Services
Jacobsen has served as Samaritan’s vice president and chief legal officer since 2014. In this role, he provides guidance on all aspects of health care law with a focus on regulatory matters and strategic and transactional projects, including affiliations, joint ventures and physician alignment initiatives. His responsibilities extend to the oversight, growth and development of several important areas of the organization, including legal services and corporate governance.
Prior to joining Samaritan as assistant general counsel in 2010, Jacobsen was a prosecutor with the Lancaster County Attorney’s Office in Lincoln, Nebraska. In addition to his work at Samaritan, he is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Health Lawyers Association and the Oregon Society of Healthcare Executives. He also serves on the board of directors of the Medical Legal Partnership of Oregon and the City of Corvallis Police Review Board.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from Hastings College and a juris doctorate from Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon.
Chief Executive Officer, Samaritan Health Services Valley Region Hospitals Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Samaritan Albany General Hospital, Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital
A national award-winning senior executive with more than 20 years of health care experience, Johnson brings deep expertise in strategic, operational and financial areas.
Johnson attended University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He earned a master’s in business administration from University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.
Johnson brings extensive health care leadership experience, most recently serving as system chief operating officer at Renown Health in Reno, Nevada, Northern Nevada’s largest health system. Before that, he spent several years in executive leadership roles at PeaceHealth, including serving in a progression of regional CFO, COO and CEO roles in Longview and Vancouver, Washington.
As the CEO for Samaritan hospitals in the valley region, Johnson drives the strategy for the region in alignment with the system’s vision, partnering with the governing board, clinicians and organizational leaders to translate the institution’s mission into financial and operational optimization.
Senior Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, Samaritan Health Services
Kaiser serves as the senior vice president and chief administrative officer for Samaritan Health Services. In this position, she leads the diversity, equity and inclusion and well-being strategies for the organization and focuses on aligning the various corporate functions of the system to meet the needs of the communities it serves.
Kaiser joined Samaritan Health Services in 1995 focusing on provider relations for InterCommunity Health Network. In 1999, she was named CEO of InterCommunity Health Network and then CEO of Samaritan Health Plans in 2005. She has also had executive responsibility for various Samaritan physician groups over the years.
Kaiser is the past chair of the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce and served on the Chamber’s Business Advocacy Committee. She is a past board member of the Rotary Club of Corvallis and serves on the Oregon State Credit Union board of directors, of which she is currently the chair. She is also a member of the Oregon Health Leadership Council and serves on its Health Information Technology Commons governance board. Kaiser also sits on the Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub board. Kaiser was named Junior First Citizen in 2008 by the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce for her contributions to the community.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in health care administration and master’s degree in health policy and management from Oregon State University.
Chief Nurse Executive, Samaritan Health Services Hospital Administrator, Samaritan Albany General Hospital
Keteri attended Finlandia University in Hancock, Michigan, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing. He followed that with a second bachelor’s degree in organizational communication from Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon, and then earned a master’s in health care leadership from Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Keteri has been in nursing for 33 years, nurse management for 30 years and executive management for nearly 18 years. He began his career as a travel nurse in Hawaii before accepting a position at PeaceHealth Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver in 1987. He joined Samaritan Health Services in 2015, when he was hired as the vice president of Patient Care Services at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.
As vice president of Patient Care Services, Keteri focused on improving patient experience, implementing resources and attaining several hospital recognitions.
Through his leadership, Samaritan Albany General Hospital was elevated from the 45th percentile to the 75th percentile in overall patient experience. LEAN methodology was applied in the Emergency Department and consistently exceeds national benchmarks for maximizing patient value through reduction of waste and wait time. Keteri also led a room privatization project, enabling all patients the privacy of single-occupancy rooms.
In addition, he oversaw the establishment of Sarah’s Place, the only 24/7, freestanding sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) center in Oregon.
Keteri’s duties now include executive leadership of Samaritan Albany General Hospital and its associated primary and specialty physician clinics. He and his team have been recognized as a certified Primary Stroke Center, a certified total hip and knee replacement program and a five-star hospital, awarded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Chief Executive Officer, Samaritan Health Services Coastal Region Hospitals Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital & Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital
Dr. Ogden serves as chief executive officer for Samaritan’s two critical access hospitals on the central Oregon Coast. Previously, she served as chief operations officer at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital and as interim CEO at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital and worked clinically as an emergency and urgent care clinician.
Dr. Ogden is residency trained and board certified in emergency medicine and has more than 10 years of clinical and leadership experience. She received her medical degree from Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and completed her emergency medicine residency at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. In addition, Dr. Ogden received her master’s degree in business administration from The Citadel, South Carolina, and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Troy State University, Alabama. Dr. Ogden previously served as president of the medical staff of Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital and currently serves as a trustee on both the North Lincoln Hospital Foundation and the Pacific Communities Health District Foundation boards. She championed new replacement hospital building projects in both Lincoln City and Newport and the innovative, efficient and state-of-the-art hospital facilities opened in 2019 and 2020.
As a member of the Lincoln County coastal community, Dr. Ogden is an active Rotarian in Lincoln City and served as club President in 2016 and 2017. She serves on the board of directors of the Economic Development Alliance of Lincoln County as well as the Oregon Coast Community College Foundation board.
Chief Operating Officer, Samaritan Medical Group
Julie Osgood joined Samaritan Medical Group in 2023. As chief operating officer, she collaborates with leaders across the Samaritan system to ensure efficient and effective operations of the medical group.
She comes to Samaritan most recently from University of Washington Medicine Valley Medical Center where she served as vice president of the clinic network. There, she was responsible for operations, quality and performance improvement, patient safety and population health. Previously, she spent 19 years at a large integrated health care system, MaineHealth, overseeing clinical integration and population health programs to help improve care and patient outcomes in Maine and New Hampshire.
Osgood holds a master’s degree in health policy and management from the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine and a doctorate in public health leadership from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
In her free time, Osgood enjoys cycling, hiking, skiing and scuba diving.
Chief Pharmacy Officer, Samaritan Health ServicesHospital Administrator, Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital
Dan Rackham earned his doctor of pharmacy degree from Oregon State University College of Pharmacy and Oregon Health & Science University, following a bachelor of science from Oregon State University.
His career with Samaritan started in 2003 as a volunteer in the inpatient pharmacy at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. He later became a pharmacy technician there and interned throughout his pharmacy school education. After completing a residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Rackham returned to Samaritan in 2009 as an anticoagulation pharmacist at Samaritan Health Clinic – Lebanon Medical Plaza.
Rackham then joined the faculty at Oregon State University College of Pharmacy, balancing his academic and clinical responsibilities. In 2014, he transitioned to the role of pharmacy manager at Lebanon Hospital and was promoted to be Samaritan’s chief pharmacy officer in 2020. He is grateful for Samaritan’s commitment to career development opportunities as he has grown in clinical responsibility and leadership through the organization.
In 2024, Rackham stepped into executive hospital leadership and now also serves as the hospital administrator for Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, Rackham provides strategic direction and collaborates with the governing board, clinicians and organizational leaders to ensure the hospital fulfills its mission and achieves its financial and programmatic goals. He also chairs the Institutional Review Board for Samaritan Health Services overseeing the organization’s research activities and is an active member of the Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Council of the Oregon Society of Health System Pharmacists. He has served as president of the Oregon Society of Health System Pharmacists as well as chair of the Council on Therapeutics and Oregon Delegate for the American Society of Health System Pharmacists.
Vice President of Human Resources, Samaritan Health Services
Russell serves as the vice president of Human Resources for Samaritan. In this position, he oversees the human resources functions serving more than 6,000 employees. The Human Resources function is comprised of the following: Compensation Benefits & Technical HR, Employee Health & Safety, Employee & Labor Relations, HR Operations, Learning & Development and Talent Acquisition.
He spends his time helping Samaritan recruit, train and retain employees, working to improve the employment experience so Samaritan employees may best serve patients and the community.
Russell received an associate degree in general studies-communications from Ricks College, now known as Brigham Young University – Idaho, and a bachelor’s degree in marriage, family and human development from Brigham Young University in Utah. Russell is a member of and active in local and state chapters of Society for Human Resources Management.
Russell joined Samaritan in June 2006 as a staff recruiter which led to a variety of other HR-related roles, including assistant department manager, Labor Relations director and Employee Relations director. He transitioned to the vice president role in April 2023. Russell’s professional journey illustrates Samaritan’s commitment to career development opportunities.
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Samaritan Health Services
Sapra joined Samaritan in 2021 as chief information officer and senior vice president, assisting SHS leadership develop and implement strategy for information services and systems.
With more than 18 years in the field, Sapra’s previous positions included senior vice president/chief information officer for University of Louisville Health, an academic medical center and Level I trauma center with more than 15,000 employees. He also spent 10 years in a similar role at Tuality Healthcare in Hillsboro, had a project leadership role at Seattle Children’s Hospital and worked for four years with Cerner Corporation, a major developer of electronic health record systems.
Sapra is a member of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, a member of Health Information and Management Systems Society. He is a certified healthcare chief information officer and has been awarded Best Hospital IT Team and earned a Forty Under 40 award by the Portland Business Journal.
Sapra earned a bachelor’s degree from Middlesex University, United Kingdom, and an executive master’s in business administration from the University of Oregon.
Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Samaritan Health Services
Schauer leads Samaritan’s systemwide Marketing & Communications team, supporting strategic engagement with employees, providers, patients, partners and consumers.
Before joining Samaritan in 2022, Schauer served at Asante, a community-based not-for-profit health system in Southern Oregon, where she spearheaded infrastructure development to support digital and traditional marketing, business development and communications efforts. Under her leadership the department earned eight national and international recognitions in 2021. Prior to that, she directed system marketing at PeaceHealth, a $3 billion health system serving three states in the Pacific Northwest, and led marketing, public relations and communications at other regional nonprofits and health care organizations.
Schauer earned a bachelor’s degree in English and journalism from Auburn University and a master’s in business administration from Pacific University.
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Samaritan Health Services
Smith joined Samaritan Health Services in 1992. He has served the system in various capacities, including controller and chief financial officer for Samaritan Albany General Hospital and then vice president and corporate controller for Samaritan’s corporate operations. In 2012, Smith was named chief financial officer and then in 2018, added senior vice president to his responsibilities.
Smith is a certified public accountant in Oregon and a fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from California State University, Chico, and a master’s degree in business administration from George Fox University, Portland, Oregon.
Senior Vice President & Chief Physician Executive, Samaritan Health Services
Dr. Turngren brings decades of experience in clinical leadership to his role. He led the formation of Samaritan Medical Group in 2018 to align the work and organizational culture of more than 600 employed physicians and advance practice clinicians. In addition to establishing a clinician-led governance structure for the medical group, Dr. Turngren provides guidance and oversight for ongoing initiatives such as increasing access to care and moving the group towards a value-based care model. He also works with leadership of Samaritan Health Plans to foster integration of health care delivery and improve population health outcomes.
He oversees Samaritan departments and initiatives including Clinician Wellness, Patient Experience and Graduate Medical Education. He also provides oversight for quality improvement and Samaritan’s efforts to become a highly reliable organization with a focus on safety and zero harm for patients and staff.
Dr. Turngren earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and completed family medicine residency at Southern Illinois University, Decatur. He earned a master’s in business administration from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He practiced family medicine for 16 years at the Carle Clinic in Urbana, Illinois.
During his time at Carle, he held various leadership positions including six years on the Clinic Board of Governors with two years as board chair. Subsequent leadership roles included vice president of Centegra Primary Care in Crystal Lake, Illinois, and president of the Meriter Medical Group in Madison, Wisconsin.
Dr. Turngren strives to create an environment where clinicians and staff thrive.
