Administration
Peter G. Jennings, President/CEO
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Peter Jennings joined OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group as its President & CEO in January 2003. Raised in Indiana, he began his career with OSF as the Manager of Corporate Planning and Marketing for the Corporate Offices of OSF Healthcare System in Peoria, Ill. He later served as Assistant Administrator in Rockford, Ill. and as Chief Executive Officer for the former OSF St. Joseph Hospital in Belvidere, Ill. He previously served as Corporate Director of Strategic Planning for Bronson Healthcare Group in Kalamazoo, Mich.; Director of Strategic Planning for Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Care Center in Dayton, Ohio; and Interim CEO at Rochelle Community Hospital in Rochelle, Ill. Earned a Master of Health Care Administration degree from Indiana University. Member and past chair of the Delta County Chamber of Commerce Board, member of the Delta County Economic Development Alliance Board, Upper Peninsula Healthcare Roundtable and Board of Directors for First Bank. |
David Lord, Vice President - Operations
| Escanaba native and 14-year veteran with OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group, Dave Lord serves as Vice President of Operations, responsible for management information systems, respiratory therapy services, community relations, laboratory services, medical imaging, rehabilitation services and plant operations. | |
James Wayne, Vice President - Finance
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Originally from Decatur, Ill., Jim Wayne moved to the Upper Peninsula in 1979 and joined OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group in 1985. He received his bachelor's degree in accounting and his master of business administration degree from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill., and worked in public accounting and the manufacturing industry before joining OSF, where he oversees financial services and physician practice operations. |
Patricia Savitski, Vice President - Patient Care Services
| A graduate of Northern Michigan University School of Nursing, Pat Savitski began her career working in Medical/Surgical Nursing in 1974. She worked at several acute care facilities in the Midwest before joining OSF in 1982 in the In-service Education Department upon completion of her Masters Degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She has held her current position with OSF since 1983. | |
Mark Povich, DO, Medical Director
| A family practice physician, Dr. Povich oversees all aspects of the OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group physician practices, including development and implementation of the strategic planning process, recruitment of new physicians, implementation of new programs and services, and overall direction of activities. On staff with OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group since 1994, Dr. Povich received his medical degree from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in E. Lansing, Mich. | |


Administration


