Advisory Board

Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, Chair Emeritus (1917-2015)
John Burchett, Chair, Washington, DC
Michael Hansen, Vice Chair, Fort Lauderdale, FL
David Gaus, M.D, MPH & TM, Executive Director
Juan Esteban Baus, New York, NY
James Conway, M.D., Madison, WI
Mayra Mendoza Dillon, M.D., San Diego, CA
Jim Dunn, Milwaukee, WI
Rachel English, M.D., Milwaukee, WI
Mike Flores, Michiana Shores, IN
Peter Gottsacker, Milwaukee, WI
Alphonse Harding, M.D., South Bend, IN
Michael Heisler, M.D., MPH, Sioux Falls, SD
Tara Kenney, Boston, MA
Rev. Paul Kollman, CSC, Notre Dame, IN
Molly Madden, Chicago, IL
Laurie McKeon, Mansfield, OH
Louis M. Nanni, Notre Dame, IN
Maureen Hesburgh Ryan, Chicago, IL
Matt Smith, Milwaukee, WI
Jenny Grantham Stein, Madison, WI
Kyle Thompson, University of Notre Dame
Timothy S. Van Kirk, Watersound, FL
Brian Willis, New York, NY

Emeritus Advisory Board Members

Michael Breslin, Scottsdale, AZ
Barnett Cline, M.D., MPH, Ph. D., San Antonio, TX
Carlos del Salto, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alan Gianotti, M.D., San Francisco, CA
Paul O’Hop, Washington, D.C.
Julius Richmond, M.D., Boston, MA
John C. Rudolf, Seattle, WA
Mary Runger, Lisle, IL
Mike Stephan, Godfrey, IL
Beth Toomey, Seattle, WA
Peter J. Urbain, Chicago, IL
Timothy J. Willis, Notre Dame, IN

 

United States’ Operations Management

David Gaus, M.D., MPH/TM, Executive Director, Milwaukee, WI
Pablo Martinez, US Director, South Bend, IN
Alicia Acker, Development Assistant, Madison, WI

Ecuadorian Foundation Board of Directors

David Gaus, M.D., MPH & TM, Milwaukee, WI
Diego Herrera, M.D., Santo Domingo, Ecuador
Maria Elena Andrade, Quito, Ecuador
Dan Gaus, Quito, Ecuador
Laura Brown, Madison, WI
John Burchett, Washington, D.C.

News

Spring 2026 News

Over the years, many people have asked what it’s like to manage a hospital in a place like Ecuador, particularly in the countryside. Is hospital administration different here than in the United States? The answer is, as you might expect, complicated.

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