GRMC Board Welcomes Two New Members

Grinnell Regional Medical Center’s governing board has elected two new members for 2016 appointments.

Ronald Collins, MD, of Grinnell Regional Internal Medicine, joined the GRMC board of directors as a voting member after serving as an ex officio member for two years as the GRMC medical staff representative. Kevin Emge, DO, GRMC anesthesiologist, joins the board as an ex officio member. He replaces Collins as the GRMC medical staff representative. 

The 2016 officers remain the same as 2015, as they serve two-year terms. Leading the board is Todd Reding of Grinnell. He is the President and CEO at Charrette Venture Group. GRMC board chair-elect is Wendy Kadner, owner of WSK Solutions, LLC, and Grandma’s House, Grinnell.

Bill Menner, also of Grinnell and the Iowa state director for rural development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, serves in the past-chair position. Dan Agnew, Grinnell, retired president of Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, will continue as the treasurer. Al Maly, Grinnell, retired manager AT&T/Bell Laboratories, is the board secretary.

Collins has started serving a three-year term on the board after serving for two years as the GRMC medical staff president. He began practicing internal medicine in Grinnell in 2011, after working at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill. He completed his residency at the same hospital, with the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria program. While there, he also served as an associate professor of medicine. He earned his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine, Portsmouth, Dominica.

Emge will serve a two-year term on the board as the GRMC medical staff president. He joined GRMC in 2008 as an anesthesiologist. He earned his medical degree from Des Moines University and completed residencies at Des Moines General Hospital; Chicago Osteopathic Medical Center, Chicago; and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

“Our board greatly values the provider perspective as we consider all of the opportunities facing our medical center,” says Todd Reding, GRMC board chair. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Emge and Dr. Collins engaged in the leadership of GRMC.”

The GRMC Board of Trustees includes the officers as well as Jodi Cahalan, PhD, West Des Moines; and these Grinnell residents: Laura Ferguson, MD; Ed Hatcher; Nicholas Kuiper, DO; Sarah Smith; and Dave Stoakes. Ex officio members of the board include Emge; Todd Linden, GRMC president and CEO; Rusty Jones, Grinnell State Bank; and Sally Lang, GRMC foundation board chair.

The GRMC board is responsible for overall governance of GRMC, a nonprofit, private medical center. Its primary roles include maintaining the mission and vision; strategic planning; appointing the medical and advanced practice providers; approving the annual budget and providing financial oversight; monitoring overall quality of services; and appointing the chief executive.