LMH Health Senior Leadership
Russ Johnson, President & Chief Executive Officer
Johnson joined LMH Health as President and Chief Executive Officer on August 1, 2016. His 37-year career in healthcare includes senior leadership in hospitals and health systems from large cities to rural communities. He came to LMH Health from Denver, Colorado, where he served as Senior Vice President at Centura Health, a 13+ hospital system based in Denver, Colorado.
Russ grew up just 30 miles east of Lawrence in Merriam, Kansas, and still has strong family ties to the area. He has found Lawrence to be a wonderful community to live in and LMH Health to be a remarkable community hospital. He feels so fortunate to work with the Board of Trustees and excellent employees, physicians and providers at the hospital.
He began his healthcare career in 1984 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, working with a newly developed network of 12 hospitals. He then returned to the Kansas City area in 1989 to be the assistant administrator of operations for Saint Luke’s Northland, a member of Saint Luke’s Health System. After eight years, he became a Chief Operating Officer for Edinburg Regional Medical Center, a 169-bed hospital in Edinburg, Texas, from 1997 to 2000. He then served as the CEO for San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center in Alamosa, Colorado, for 13 years.
Johnson is active in many professional, civic and community organizations. He served 12 years on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Hospital Association and was a board member for the American Hospital Association for three years. In 2007 he received the American Hospital Association’s national recognition for his accomplishments as a small or rural hospital leader. He also received the Rural Healthcare Excellence Award from the Colorado Rural Health Center in 2007.
Russ received a bachelor’s degree in management and economics from the University of Tulsa, and a master’s degree in health care administration from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. He and Isabel have been married for 37 years and have three children.
Ron Baker, Senior Vice President of Operations and Clinic Enterprise
Baker has over 25 years of healthcare management and leadership experience. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas and a Masters of Health Administration from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Prior to coming to LMH Health, he served as Vice President of Physician Services for Advent Health in Overland Park.
Rob Chestnut, Chief Financial Officer
Chestnut is a familiar face at LMH Health, having served on the Board of Trustees for 12 years and chairing the Finance committee for six years. Trustees oversee the organization, assuming ultimate responsibility for quality of care, patient safety, and the financial soundness and success of LMH.
In addition to his work as a Trustee, Chestnut previously served on the Lawrence City Commission. He was elected to a four-year term from 2007-11, serving as mayor from 2009-10.
Chestnut earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Kansas. He is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Kansas School of Professional Studies.
Sheryle D’Amico, Senior Vice President/Strategic Integration
D'Amico oversees the strategic integration efforts at LMH Health. She joined LMH Health in 1999 as Director of Rehabilitation Services, having previously worked as Director of Rehabilitation Services at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe and Manager of Outpatient Rehabilitation Services at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. She holds a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from Simmons College in Boston and a master's degree in health administration from the University of Kansas. A 2005 Leadership Lawrence graduate, D’Amico was honored with the 2004 Wellspring Professional Award and has served on the Douglas County VNA, Health Care Access, Lawrence Children’s Choir, Independence Inc., and Lawrence Chamber of Commerce boards.
Marc Scarbrough, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Information Officer
Dr. Marc Scarbrough is the Chief Medical Information Officer for LMH Health. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical and bioengineering from Kansas State University. He went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Scarbrough worked as a hospitalist at LMH Health from 2006 until 2022 and is now a primary care internist at Reed Medical MDVIP Affiliates. He has served on the LMH Board of Trustees and was LMH Chief of the Medical Staff from 2018 to 2020. He is board-certified in internal medicine and clinical informatics.
Kirk Sloan, MD, Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Kirk Sloan is the Chief Medical Officer for LMH Health. A United States Army veteran, Dr. Sloan graduated from Wichita State University with an undergraduate degree in psychology and earned his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and is a member of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians.
Rebecca Smith, Vice President/Strategy & Communications; LMH Health Foundation Executive Director
Rebecca Smith is the executive director of LMH Health Foundation and provides executive oversight of LMH Health's marketing, communications and community engagement as vice president of strategic communications. She joined LMH Health in April 2017, after serving as the executive director of communications and advancement at KU Libraries for more than 10 years. A communications strategist, she has led efforts in marketing, communications, and media relations, annual giving and major gifts at KU and in roles at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Nebraska Foundation. She has experience in constituent relations, branding, communications planning and crisis communication. Rebecca holds a master's degree in strategic communication from UW-Madison and an undergraduate degree in advertising from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Jan Wiebe, Chief Nursing Officer
Wiebe has worked in nursing for 35 years, with 18 years in a management role. She came to LMH Health in 2017 as the Emergency Department director and recently filled the role of interim Chief Nursing Officer. Prior to joining LMH, Wiebe worked for Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics for 28 years.
Wiebe earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Kansas and a Master’s of Science in Nursing with an emphasis in Healthcare Administration from MidAmerica Nazarene University. She is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Leaders and the Emergency Nurses Association.
Michael Williams, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Michael Williams is Vice President and Chief Information Officer for LMH Health. Driven by his passion for technology in healthcare, he takes pride in providing LMH Health with the best technology possible. As the CIO, his goals include making it easy to be a patient at LMH Health and improving our clinicians' and providers' experience.
Williams, an enthusiastic technology evangelist, has been an adjunct professor and lecturer at the University of Kansas in the School of Business and an adjunct professor at Johnson County Community College in its Health Information Technology program.
In addition to being a CIO, Williams is also a member of several professional, civic, and community organizations, including the College of Healthcare Information Executives and Infraguard, an IT security collaboration between law enforcement and industry. He is also a member of the Jayhawk Breakfast Rotary Club and has served on the boards of the American Red Cross of Douglas County, the Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health board, and the Junior Achievement of Douglas County board.
Williams is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, holding a bachelor's degree in computer science and a master's degree in business administration. When he unplugs, he is an avid reader and enjoys hiding in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He’s a proud father and loves spending time with his wife, two kids, and two pups.
