Meet our staff

Norman Gruber

President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: 503-561-5560
E-mail: norman.gruber@salemhealth.org

Laurie Barr

Vice President of Human Resources
Phone: 503-561-2440
E-mail: laurie.barr@salemhealth.org

Laurie Barr is responsible for ensuring that the hospital has high quality staff to meet the needs of the community it serves. This includes employment, employee relations, compensation, benefits, library, employee health and education services.

Beverly Bow

Senior Vice President for Kaizen
Phone: 503-561-5457
E-mail: beverly.bow@salemhealth.org

Beverly Bow is responsible for the development and implementation of the Salem Health Production System - our approach to continuous improvement based on principles that originated with the Toyota Production System in Japan. Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning continuous improvement.

Robert Brannigan

Vice President and Administrator of West Valley Hospital
Phone: 503-623-8301
E-mail: robert.brannigan@salemhealth.org

Robert Brannigan is the Vice President and Administrator of West Valley Hospital and oversees the day-to-day operations of West Valley Hospital and related clinics.

Jack Caynon

General Counsel
Phone 503-561-2281
E-mail: jack.caynon@salemhealth.org

Jack Caynon, General Counsel, is responsible for providing quality legal advice and services to all aspects of the organization. His areas of practice include health law, employment law, medical staff matters, tax exempt organizations, and corporate law.

Aaron Crane

Senior Vice President, Strategy and Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 503-561-5652
E-mail: aaron.crane@salemhealth.org

Aaron Crane is Senior Vice President, Strategy and Chief Financial Officer. He is also responsible for accounting, admitting, business office, health information management, supply chain, risk management, and facilities.

David Holloway, MD, CPE, FAAFP

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Phone: 503-561-5724
E-mail: david.holloway@salemhealth.org

In his role as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Holloway provides support and leadership to the practitioners privileged at Salem Hospital through Medical Staff Services. He encourages commitment and physician engagement as a means of enhancing a culture of quality. Specific areas of responsibility include medical staff services, physician services development, the performance improvement, quality review, and continuing medical education.

Ken Kudla

Chief Information Officer
Phone: 503-561-5655
E-mail: ken.kudla@salemhealth.org

Ken Kudla is responsible for information technology and telecommunication services.

Martin Morris, Ph.D.

Chief Development Officer and Vice President for Marketing & Communications
Phone: 503-561-5576
E-mail: martin.morris@salemhealth.org

Martin Morris is responsible for all fund-raising programs and fund distributions of the Salem and West Valley Hospital Foundations. Additionally, he is responsible for the marketing of the hospitals and their respective service lines and internal and external communications.

Cheryl Nester Wolfe, RN

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer
Phone: 503-561-5425
E-mail: cheryl.nesterwolfe@salemhealth.org

The Chief Nursing Officer is responsible for nursing care delivered throughout the organization. Areas reporting to her include medical/surgical units, emergency and trauma services, critical care, respiratory care, surgical services, women's and children's services, interpretive services, social services, care management and patient care support services.

Vice President of Patient Care Services

Vice President of Patient Care Services is responsible for patient care delivery on the inpatient nursing units.

Areas that direct report include med-surg services, critical care services (intensive care, progressive care, emergency services and respiratory care), perioperative services (operating rooms, PACU, prep and recovery and special procedures) and pastoral care.