Leadership
Mercy
Lynn Britton - Mercy President/CEO
Lynn Britton has served as the president and chief executive officer of Mercy since January, 2009, after serving as senior vice president since 2004. Lynn has been with Mercy for 18-plus years, serving as vice president for Mercy’s supply chain operating division, Resource Optimization and Innovation (ROi) from 2000 to 2004. Prior to that, he served as executive director of materials management for St. John’s Mercy Health Care in St. Louis and director of materials management at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City.
Lynn holds a master's degree in business from Oklahoma City University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Abilene Christian University.
Michael McCurry - Executive Vice President/Mercy Chief Operating Officer - Regional President, East Communities
Mike McCurry has served the Mercy health ministry since 1988. Prior to his current position, he served as vice president/chief information officer and as and president of Mercy’s supply chain operating division, Resource Optimization and Innovation (ROi).
Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Southwest Missouri State University.
Randy Combs - Senior Vice President/Mercy Chief Financial Officer
Randy Combs has served with Mercy for over 25 years. He assumed his present responsibilities as senior vice president and CFO in March 2009. He has also been executive vice president, CFO and COO for Mercy’s operations in St. Louis and Washington.
Prior to joining Mercy, Randy served as vice president, finance, for Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He also held the position of senior accountant with Peat, Marwick Mitchell & Co.
Randy is a certified public accountant in the State of Missouri and holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Diana Smalley, FACHE - Regional President West Communities
Di Smalley has served with Mercy since 2007, when she was appointed president and CEO of Mercy’s services and hospitals in Oklahoma. Prior to that, she served in various leadership roles with Alegent Health, Omaha, Nebraska. While at Alegent, Di co-founded Avantas, an Omaha, Nebraska-based company nationally recognized for proven best-practice work strategies for the health industry.
Di holds a master’s in public health from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s in biology from Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Nebraska. Di is a graduate of the Nebraska Methodist School of Nursing, Omaha, Nebraska. She is a fellow and former regent of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
Kim Day - Regional President Central Communities
Kim Day has served in his current role as regional president, Mercy Central Communities (Springfield, Arkansas, and Joplin/Kansas), since December 2009. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of St. John’s Health System in Springfield, Missouri, (part of Mercy Health) from September 2005 to December 2009. He also served as executive vice-president/chief financial officer for St. John’s Health System from February 2000 to September 2005.
Before joining Mercy, Kim was affiliated with SSM Health Care in St. Louis for 24 years.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Rockhurst University and a master’s in business administration from Central Missouri State University.
East Communities - St. Louis and Washington, Missouri
John W. Hubert, MD - President, Mercy Clinic East Communities
In his role as president of Mercy Clinic East Communities, Dr. Hubert leads over 400 physician members of Mercy Clinic in St. Louis and Washington, Missouri. Before serving as Mercy Clinic president, he was chairman of the Division of Cardiology at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis.
Dr. Hubert attended Washington University Medical School and completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology. He still sees patients at his physician practice, Mercy Heart and Vascular.
Donn Sorensen - Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Mercy Clinic
Donn Sorensen has served as vice president/COO of Mercy Clinic since 2010. He was previously executive vice president with responsibility over Mercy’s hospitals and services in Springfield and surrounding communities. He has also served as senior vice president/COO for St. John’s Mercy Clinic.
Donn has more than 25 years of experience in health care including work with Premier Practice Management (a national practice operations organization), several specialty and multispecialty groups in Nashville, Tennessee, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He holds a master’s in business administration from Missouri State University. Donn is a member of the American Medical Group Association’s board of directors and is a former chair of the group’s CAO/COO council. He is a fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives.
West Communities - Oklahoma
Cullen Thomas, MD - President, Mercy Clinic West Communities
Dr. Thomas leads a team that has seen Mercy Clinic grow from 13 to 45 locations in Oklahoma. It has increased to 224 providers, up from 65, over a two-year period.
Prior to joining Mercy, Dr. Thomas spent 27 years in general surgery at Mercy Health Center, Oklahoma City. For 10 years, he served as president and chairman of the board of a 40-physician group in Oklahoma City.
Dr. Thomas is also a lawyer and member of the Oklahoma and Arizona Bar.
He is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City. He completed his internship and his residency in general surgery at St. Francis Hospital, University of Kansas, Wichita. Dr. Thomas is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Eric Pianalto - Chief Operating Officer, Mercy Clinic West Communities
Eric Pianalto has been COO of Mercy’s integrated physicians in Oklahoma since March 2010. Prior to that, he served 17 years with Mercy, working in the main Ministry Office supporting clinic operations in Rogers, Hot Springs and Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Eric has also been vice president of clinic operations for Mercy in Rogers, and director of clinic operations in Fort Smith.
He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Webster University and a bachelor’s degree in administrative management from the University of Arkansas.
North Central Communities - Springfield, Rolla, Joplin, Kansas and surrounding communities
Fred McQueary, MD - President, Mercy Clinic North Central Communities
Dr. McQueary has practiced at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, for 25 years. He has been part of St. John’s Clinic since its beginning in 1993 and served in various leadership roles with Mercy in the years since, including time as a member of the executive team of the Sisters of Mercy Health System.
He has served in his present capacity since January 2009.
Dr. McQueary received his medical education from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa, and a clinical fellowship in arthritis and joint reconstructive surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. He also holds a master’s degree in medical management (MMM) from Tulane University School of Public Health in New Orleans.
Stuart Stangeland - Chief Operating Officer, Mercy Clinic North Central Communities
Stuart Stangeland has served as COO for Mercy’s physician group in Springfield, Rolla, Joplin, Kansas and surrounding communities since October 2010. He previously served as senior vice president, clinical operations. He has been with Mercy for over 11 years, also serving as vice president of medical and surgical specialties.
Stuart holds a master’s degree in business from Illinois State University and a bachelor’s degree in health care financial management from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota.
South Central Communities - Northwest Arkansas
Stephen Goss, MD - President, Mercy Clinic Northwest Arkansas
Dr. Goss has served as president of Mercy’s integrated physicians in Northwest Arkansas since November 2003. In this role, he works with over 80 multispecialty physicians at 22 clinic locations.
Board-certified in pediatrics and internal medicine, Dr. Goss has practiced medicine since 1983. He earned his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, where he also completed his residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics.
Steven Hughes - Chief Administrative Officer, Mercy Clinic Northwest Arkansas
Steven Hughes serves as chief administrative officer for the Mercy Clinic physician organization in Northwest Arkansas, a position he’s held since March 2008. He is responsible for the overall management of 22 clinics.
Steven has over 25 years of medical practice management experience.
He holds a master of science degree in business, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration, from Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. Steven is also a certified medical practice executive with the American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE).
South Central Communities - Hot Springs
Marc Gunter, MD - President, Mercy Clinic Hot Springs
Dr. Gunter was appointed to his president position in 2008. As part of his service with Mercy, he also held a term as chairman of the division of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Dr. Gunter attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and completed his internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Wake Forest University's Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology.
Andy Runge - Chief Operating Officer, Mercy Clinic Hot Springs
Andy Runge has served as COO for Mercy Clinic Hot Springs since July 2008. He has been with Mercy for 10 years. From 2001 to 2008, he served at St. John’s Clinic in Springfield, Missouri, as operational vice president working with the Medical Specialty and Primary Care departments.
Prior to working for Mercy, Andy was a physician group practice executive in Central Florida.
He holds a master’s degree in health care administration from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University.
South Central Communities - Fort Smith
R. Cole Goodman, MD - President, Mercy Clinic Fort Smith
Dr. Goodman was named to his present position with Mercy Clinic Fort Smith in January 2010. Since that time, the clinic has grown from 26 physicians to 74.
Dr. Goodman also serves as director, Wound Management and Prevention, for Mercy Hospital Fort Smith. He has been on the plastic surgery staff of the hospital since 1978. He was chief of surgery at Mercy Hospital in 1985 and again in 1990.
He also practiced plastic and reconstructive surgery for Plastic Surgery Specialists in Fort Smith from 1978 to 2009.
Dr. Goodman attended the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. He also holds a bachelor of arts degree in English literature from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Matt Keep - Chief Operating Officer, Mercy Clinic Fort Smith
Matt has served as COO with Mercy Clinic Fort Smith since January 2008. Under his leadership, the clinic has grown to more than 80 providers and includes 200 co-workers.
Prior to joining Mercy, Matt was an executive in clinic-focused roles for two large integrated health systems.
He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Oklahoma City University and a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of Oklahoma. He is board certified by the American College of Medical Practice Executives.
