Summa Health Complex Care Institute Leadership Council

Founded in 2015 as the Senior Health Leadership Council, the council expanded in 2023 to include palliative care, senior health, pastoral care, pain stewardship and the Summa Health Complex Care Clinic. The new structure is designed to meet the needs of patients throughout the continuum of care.

Membership 

Volunteer Chair: Mark Allio

Physician chair: Melissa Soltis, M.D.

Members

• Virginia Abell
• Cynthia Browning
• Karen Budd, Ph.D.
• Laurel Burkhardt Luff
• Lou Ciraldo
• Patrick Clevidence
• Karen Daverio
• Marie Mirro Edmonds
• Laurajeanne Fligor
• Ellen Franks 
• William Ginter
• Merle Griff, Ph.D.
• Marty Kaiser
• Stephen Kaiser, D.O.
• Mark LaRose
• Jennifer Lile
• Paul Luff
• Jeannine Marks
• Patricia Miktarian Spencer
• Barbara Palmisano
• Froncie Repetti
• Sandra Smith
• Terry Wegryn

List current as of January 23, 2025.

For more information: Contact Nancy McCann at Summa Foundation at 330.375.7485 or mccannn@summahealth.org.

Members in the News

• The late William D. Smucker, M.D., named 2024 Summa Health Distinguished Physician
• Women’s Circle announces 2023 grant recipients, approaches decade of impactful women's health philanthropy
• Q&A with Ginnie Abell: Getting to know The Circle’s new chair
• Hamlins honored with Boniface DeRoo Award for Philanthropy