MHA Announces New Board Members For 2026

At November’s Annual Business Meeting during MHA’s 103rd Annual Convention, several hospital leaders were selected to serve on the MHA Board of Trustees.  

Jeremy M. Fotheringham, J.D., MHSA, R.N., Academic, St. Louis & Southern Illinois regional president for SSM Health – St. Louis, was elected to serve as 2026 chair-elect, anticipating his role as MHA board chair in 2027. 

Karla Clubine, CEO of General John J. Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield, Mo., and Jason Shenefield, president and CEO of Phelps Health in Rolla, Mo., were elected to three-year terms. Three additional leaders were elected to serve one-year terms. Stephanie Meyer, R.N., MS-FNP, NEA-BC, executive vice president and chief nurse executive, and COO of acute care with Children’s Mercy Kansas City, will return to the board as the nurse executive. Darin Haug, D.O., FACOI, FACOP, chief medical officer and E.D. medical director with Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall, Mo., will serve as the physician trustee, and Dan Hegeman, past board member of both Heartland Regional Medical Center and Heartland Health Board of Directors, now known as Mosaic Health System Board of Trustees in St. Joseph, Mo., will serve as the hospital trustee member. 

The MHA Board of Trustees selected several board officers and at-large members to serve on the board’s executive committee. In 2026, Andrew J. Bagnall, MHA, FACHE, president and CEO of St. Luke’s Health Corporation in Chesterfield, Mo., will serve as secretary, and Tina L. Gillespie, CEO of Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany, Mo., will serve as treasurer. Max D. Buetow, president and CEO of CoxHealth in Springfield, Mo.; and Justin Davison, MBA, president and CEO of Saint Francis Healthcare System in Cape Girardeau, Mo., will serve as at-large members.  

A complete listing of the MHA 2026 Board of Directors is available online.