Ellis Medicine - Board of Trustees
James W. Connolly - President & CEO

Ellis Medicine James W. Connolly is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ellis Medicine in Schenectady, NY, a hospital nationally recognized for quality of care. With more than 35 years of experience in the health care industry, Mr. Connolly is strongly credentialed with a proven track record of accomplishment in the areas of hospital unification, operations, physician relations, program development and information technology, among others.

Mr. Connolly assumed the top post at Ellis at a critical time -- when Schenectady's hospital system was undergoing state-mandated reform that required the closure of Bellevue Woman's Hospital and the downsizing and unification of Ellis and St. Clare's Hospitals. In his leadership role, Mr. Connolly oversaw the successful coming together of all three hospitals as Ellis assumed responsibility for the services of both Bellevue and St. Clare's within a remarkably short nine-month period in 2007 and 2008. During this time of great change and challenges, Ellis retained and kept in Schenectady more than 1, 110 skilled health care jobs from the other two hospitals, while preserving Schenectady's specialized women's health center and our community's safety net and maintaining a full range of quality health care services. The scope and rapid pace of this unification and restructuring of services is likely to be unprecedented in the hospital industry.

Mr. Connolly is a graduate of Hamilton College and he holds a master's degree in business administration from the Columbia University School of Business and a master's degree in public health from Columbia's School of Public Health, both located in New York, NY. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a member of the Regents Advisory Committee.

Mr. Connolly is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Visiting Nurses Association of Schenectady and Saratoga Counties. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Schenectady County Chamber of Commerce and on the Advisory Committee ofUnion Graduate college. Additionally, Mr. Connolly is a member of the Schenectady Rotary. He was honored with the 2009 Executive of the Year Award from the Schenectady County Chamber of Commerce for his leadership in developing a new era of health care in our region.

Ellis Hospital is a 438-bed community and teaching hospital, which employs more than 3,300 staff across its four campuses and at five additional locations, with an affiliated physician community of more than 600.

Board of Trustees

DeborahMullaney
Deborah Mullaney
Chair

Deborah Mullaney has been a member of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees since 2003 and currently ...[more]

 StephenPagano
Stephen Pagano
Vice Chair

Stephen Pagano is Vice Chair of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees. He has been a member of the bo...[more]
LauraSchweitzer, Ph.D.
Laura Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Secretary

Laura Schweitzer, Ph.D. is the secretary of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees. She has been a mem...[more]

 William B.Faubion
William B. Faubion
Treasurer

William B. Faubion is the treasurer of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees. He has been a member of...[more]
LindaBreault
Linda Breault

Linda S. Breault joined the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees in June 2006. She is the past chairman ...[more]

 Dr. Quintin B.Bullock
Dr. Quintin B. Bullock

Dr. Quintin B. Bullock joined the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees in June 2010. Dr. Bullock is t...[more]
CristineCioffi
Cristine Cioffi

Cristine Cioffi has been a member of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees since 2006. She is a past ...[more]

 MichaelCocca, C.P.A.
Michael Cocca, C.P.A.

Michael Cocca became a member of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees in June 2011. Mr. Cocca has...[more]
James W.Connolly
James W. Connolly
President & CEO

James W. Connolly is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ellis Medicine in Schenectady, NY, a h...[more]

 ThomasDonovan, C.P.A.
Thomas Donovan, C.P.A.

Thomas W. Donovan rejoined the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees in June 2012. He had served on the E...[more]
D. JosephGersuk
D. Joseph Gersuk

D. Joseph Gersuk has been a member of the Ellis Medicine Board since 2004 and served as Chair from 2...[more]

 MichaelIdelchik
Michael Idelchik

Michael Idelchik is Vice President of Advanced Technologies for GE Global Research, the centralized ...[more]
Carolyn M.Jones
Carolyn M. Jones

Carolyn Jones joined the Ellis Medicine's Board of Trustees in June 2009. Ms. Jones is the publis...[more]

 Patrick L.Kehoe
Patrick L. Kehoe

Patrick L. Kehoe became a member of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees in June 2008. Mr. Kehoe ...[more]
Robert J.Kennedy, M.D.
Robert J. Kennedy, M.D.

Robert J. Kennedy, M.D. joined the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees in January 2006. Dr. Kennedy ...[more]

 ErnestLee, M.D.
Ernest Lee, M.D.
Chief, Ellis Medical Staff

Dr. Ernest Lee, M.D. joined the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees in March 2012. Dr. Lee is the Chief...[more]
BrianMcDonald, M.D.
Brian McDonald, M.D.
Vice Chief, Ellis Medical Staff

Dr. Brian McDonald joined the Ellis Board of Trustees in March 2012. Dr. McDonald is the Vice Chair ...[more]

 Judith B.McIlduff
Judith B. McIlduff

Judith B. McIlduff has been a member of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees since June 2002. She is...[more]
Sarah J.Schermerhorn
Sarah J. Schermerhorn

Sarah Johnson Schermerhorn joined the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees in 1997. She is a past Vice C...[more]

 Raymond D.Sweeney
Raymond D. Sweeney

Raymond D. Sweeney has been a member of the Ellis Hospital Board of Trustees since June 2011. ...[more]
RichardToll, M.D.
Richard Toll, M.D.

Richard B. Toll, M.D. became a member of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees in June 2008. Dr. T...[more]

 BarbaraZittel, RN, PhD
Barbara Zittel, RN, PhD

Dr. Zittel served as Executive Secretary to the State Board for Nursing in Albany, NY. In this capa...[more]