Executive Management Team
Board of Directors
The Mutual Staff
Michael Harrington
President & Chief Executive Officer
Christopher Mertes
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President
Deepak Chandwani, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Renée Bernard, J.D.
Vice President, Patient Safety & People Operations
William Rietmann
Vice President of Claims
Kristi Kaiser
Vice President, Underwriting & Member Services
Mark Spiro, M.D., FACEP
Chief Medical Officer Emeritus
Kelli Westcott, M.D.
Chair of the Board
Vituity Physician Partner
Hanford Hospital, Hanford, CA
Seth Thomas, M.D.
Vice Chair of the Board
Vituity Physician Partner
Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael, CA
Philip Clarkson, M.D.
Secretary
Vituity Physician Partner
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, Midlothian, VA
Howard Friedman
Treasurer
Former President
Healthcare Professional Liability Group of ProAssurance Corporation, Baltimore, MD
Michael Harrington
Chief Administrative Officer
Vituity
Irena “Ren” Vitkovitsky, M.D.
Vituity Physician Partner
St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Las Vegas, NV
Sukhvir Singh, M.D.
Vituity Physician Partner
Mercy Medical Center, Aurora, IL
Gerald Yoshida, Esq.
Counsel to the Board
Honolulu, HI
Ariana Cannoy Padilla
Claims Coordinator
Sally Choy
Claims Manager
Jared Dodson
Accounting Operations Manager
Charlotte Evard
Claims Analyst
Matthew Eliaser
Assistant Vice President & Legal Counsel, Claims
Destiny Holder
Underwriting Specialist
Hien Huynh
Financial Reporting Manager
LaSaundra Johnson
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Shelbie King
Senior Underwriting Specialist
Earnesta Lewis
Member Services Specialist
Kelly Libert
Underwriting Operations Manager
Andres Morales
Underwriting Data Analyst
Mike Reynolds
Lead Member Services Specialist
Barby Salyer
Senior Claims Specialist
Daisy Sanches
Underwriting Specialist
Jessica Shannon, J.D.
AVP, Claims
Heather Weiss, PA-C, MSHS
Director of Patient Safety
William Warren
Administrative Project Coordinator
Sy Webster
Claims Specialist
Brendan Youngblood J.D.
Senior Claims Specialist