Leadership Team

Executive Management Team

Deborah Howell

Chief Executive Officer

Cary Wheeler

Chief Medical Officer & Physician

Jenine Saunders

Chief Financial Officer

Samantha Guthman

Chief Operations Officer

Steven Ghidinelli

Chief Quality Officer

Erika Werelius-Laniohan

Director of Human Resources

Amy Brom

Director of Behavioral Health

Kevin Garvin

Dental Director & Dentist

Kirsten Tellez

Director of Development

Alexander Valley Healthcare is an FTCA deemed facility. AVH is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n). This health center receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.