Pillar | KCHC Board of Directors
Board Officers March 2024-March 2025:
Anita Rojas-Johnson
Board President
Company: AbbVie
Title: Director, US Research Operations – Neuroscience, Value & Evidence, Medical Affairs
Joined the Board: 2020
Board Officer Position(s): President-4/2024-3/2025; Vice President- 3/2021-3/2024
Reason for Volunteering: “I’m driven by a passion for health equity and a commitment to ensuring that quality healthcare is accessible to our community’s most underserved populations. I value community service because it allows me to use my knowledge and experience to make a positive impact on the community that helped make me who I am – it allows me to give back!”
Kate Trudell
Board Vice President
Company: MWH Law Group
Title: Associate Attorney
Joined the Board: July 2024
Reason for Volunteering: “I believe the work KCHC does in the community is amazing, and I want to see it thrive.”
Experience:After finishing law school in 2016, Kate worked in Racine and lived in Kenosha volunteering her time with ELCA Outreach, United Way, BGCK and many others. But her service goes back to 2010 when she met Anita Rojas Johnson, Board President, on the Family Selection Committee of the newly founded Habitat for Humanity – Kenosha.
David Geertsen, CPA, CGMA
Board Treasurer
Company: County Board
Title: Board Supervisor (Retired)
Joined the Board: 2023
Board Officer Position(s): Treasurer-3/2023-3/2025
Reason for Volunteering: “Great access to all for health care is critically important in Kenosha. I would like to help meet this need.”
Erin Ginn
Board Secretary
Company: Herzing University
Title: Sr. Director of Admissions, Midwest Region
Joined the Board: 2021
Board Officer Position(s): Secretary-4/2024-3/2024
Reason for Volunteering: “I would love the opportunity to be a part of a different segment that gives back and affects our community. I think it is extremely important to know as many aspects of our community as possible.”
KCHC Board Members:
Katherine Easthon
Board Member
Company: City of Hope Chicago
Title: Director of Operations and Business Development
Joined the Board: November 2023
Reason for Volunteering: “I would like to serve my community and continue my personal journey of continuous improvement and learning. I feel I could contribute to the KCHC board through my extensive operations background which has focused on patient experience”
Experience: Expanded access to critical care where patients had no access to oncology care. Expanded non-oncology service lines at City of Hope based on community need.
Marcus Jackson
Board Member
Company: Kenosha County Jail
Title: Director of Nursing
Joined the Board: May 2024
Reason for Volunteering: “I’m always looking for an opportunity to give back to the community. I believe my experience in healthcare could be an asset to the community and the Board.”
Experience: I worked as a firefighter/paramedic for 22 years from which I am now retired. I often volunteer my time teaching first aid and CPR to the community through the African American Club.
Tony C. Moore, M.S., CSAC, ICS, BC-HSP
Board Member
Title: Clinical Director/Supervisor
Joined the Board: April 2024
Reason for Volunteering: “I believe I could offer a community perspective from a former substance user and a clinical director and business owner.”
Experience: Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor, Independent Clinical Supervisor through the Wisconsin Department of Regulations and Licensing.
Dr. Stephen Neuberger, MD
Board Member
Company: Advocate Medical Group
Title: Pediatric Cardiologist
Joined the Board: November 2023
Reason for Volunteering: “I am fairly new to Pleasant Prairie, and now that I have a foothold in our community and have become more comfortable here, I would like to make a positive contribution.”
Experience: Pediatrician for 30 years and in pediatric cardiology for most of that time working in large private and public hospitals and outpatient clinic settings.
Julia Robinson
Board Member
Company: JFK, LLC
Title: Owner
Joined the Board: April 2024
Reason for Volunteering: “I am a strong advocate for people, and I have seen in many areas of my career the importance to access to medical, dental, and behavioral health services. KCHC is important for the community, and I am hoping to use my expertise/knowledge of both the community and the county’s health Department to promote collaboration and to promote excellent treatment in an efficient manner.”
Experience: Alderman for 10 years (including serving KCHC’s 22nd Site location); current President of Kenosha County Board of Health (on the board 5/17-Present), Clinical Director Psychiatric Program in IL; Social Worker at Hines VA Hospital.
Ronald Tatum
Board Member
Company: Kenosha Area Family and Aging Services, Inc. (KAFASI)
Title: CEO/Executive Director
Year Joined the Board: November 2023
Reason for Volunteering: “I have a passion for servanthood and helping others in the community. I want to be a part of something that impacts people and their best interest to improve their lives, as well as strengthen the community in which we live. My role in community services is a direct product of my belief in caring for humanity through doing.”
Experience: Executive leader in the non-profit sector for over 20 years.
Valena Dibba-Coleman
Board Member
Title: Nurse and Racine County Board Supervisor – District 1
Year Joined the Board: 2024
Reason for Volunteering: “I want to serve on the KCHC Board because I have been in customer service all my life, and I love to help and serve with a pure heart.”
Experience: Twenty one years in healthcare, LTACH, STAH, nursing homes, group home, hospice, home health, ER, psych-juvenile, retinal technologist, phlebotomy, CNA and nurse.
