Senior Leadership

Paul Kronenberg, MD
President and CEO

Kimberly Boynton
Chief Financial Officer

Derrick Suehs
Chief Quality Officer

Ron Stahl, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Mary Agnew
Chief Nursing Officer

Chris Farnum
Vice President, Clinical Services & Strategic Development

Bob Allen
Vice President, Communications & Governmental Affairs

Mike Dupuis
Vice President, Support Services

Carrie Berse
President, Crouse Health Foundation

Paul Kronenberg, MD
President and CEO

Dr. Paul Kronenberg is President and Chief Executive Officer of Crouse Hospital. He served as Chief of Medicine at Crouse for 20 years prior to his appointment as CEO in February 2004. Dr. Kronenberg is a board-certified internist and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse. In each of the years he has served as CEO, the hospital has beaten budget targets and in 2006 was named "Business of the Year" by the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce and "Employer of Choice" by the Central New York Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. In 2008, the hospital received the Optimas Award for General Excellence from Workforce Management magazine, the nation's leading human resources industry publication. Crouse is the first and only U.S. hospital to earn this award, the top one given by the magazine. Dr. Kronenberg is a 2009 recipient of the Post-Standard's Achievement Award, currently serves as chair of the University Hill Corp., and is on the board of CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity.

Kimberly Boynton
Chief Financial Officer

Kimberly Boynton has served as CFO of Crouse Hospital since 2004. In her role, she oversees an annual operating budget of $320,000,000. She also is responsible for the business office, health information management, materials management and engineering functions of the 506-bed hospital. Prior to her appointment as CFO, she served as VP of Finance for the hospital. Boynton holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Niagara University and is currently pursuing an MBA from Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management. Actively involved in the community, Boynton holds or has held leadership positions on numerous boards including the United Way of CNY, AAA of Western and CNY, American Red Cross and the McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Site, to name a few. A graduate of Leadership Greater Syracuse, Boynton is a past WTVH "Women in Leadership" honoree, MS Resources of CNY "Crusader for Care" award recipient and CNY Business Journal "Women in Business" honoree.

Derrick Suehs
Chief Quality Officer

Derrick Suehs has served as Chief Quality Officer at Crouse Hospital since 2002, having joined the hospital in 1998 as Director of Quality Improvement. In his current role he is responsible for the organizational transformation and cultural performance through oversight of the hospital's initiatives to improve quality outcomes, advantage human resources, reduce risks, create a learning environment, enhance the customers' experience and promote the mission, vision and values of the hospital. He has spoken at various national conferences on such topics as quality reporting and measuring real change, effective leadership and public reporting. Suehs holds a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University and an advanced degree in Business Administration from National University. He has more than 25 years in healthcare leadership positions.

Ron Stahl, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Ron Stahl, MD, serves as Chief Medical Officer for Crouse Hospital. He is responsible for all strategic and service aspects related to the hospital's medical staff, including development and physician recruitment/retention. Key priorities include enhancing physician relationships, building on physician loyalty, and strengthening the commitment of physician opinion leaders while aligning the physician culture with the hospital's mission, vision and values. Dr. Stahl, a member of the Crouse medical staff since 1993, also oversees approaches for continued cost, quality and efficiency projects involving the medical staff. Dr. Stahl earned his medical degree from University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and completed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Mary Agnew
Chief Nursing Officer

Mary Agnew, RN, MS, CNS, CNAA-BC, serves as Chief Nursing Officer for Crouse Hospital, where she is responsible for the scope and standards of all aspects of nursing services for the hospital. She also has leadership oversight for Chemical Dependency Treatment Services and the Crouse Hospital School of Nursing. Agnew holds a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nursing from Syracuse University and a bachelor's degree in nursing from the State University of New York at Buffalo. In 2010, she became a fellow of the Wharton School of Management for Nurse Executives at the University of Pennsylvania. She also has completed Cornell University's Executive Development Program at the Johnson Graduate School of Management. Agnew is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Advanced Nursing Administration and is a member of the clinical faculty at the College of Nursing at Upstate Medical University. She is also a member of the American College of Nurse Executives, New York State Nurses Association and the American Organization of Nurse Executives.

Chris Farnum
Vice President, Clinical Services & Strategic Development

Chris Farnum is Vice President for Clinical Services and Strategic Development at Crouse Hospital. In his current role he is responsible for implementation of physician/hospital joint ventures, directing the development of business plans relating to new programs and being responsible for the negotiations of all employed physician contracts. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, with an advanced degree in Public Administration and degrees in Healthcare Administration and Business from Springfield College and Providence College respectively. Farnum has more than 25 years in healthcare leadership positions.

Bob Allen
Vice President, Communications & Governmental Affairs

Bob Allen serves as Vice President of Communications and Governmental Affairs at Crouse Hospital, a position he has held since June 2007. Prior to that he served as Director of Communications for the hospital. Allen oversees all marketing communications, media relations, public relations, community relations and governmental affairs functions for the hospital. He is a member of the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development, the Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection Advisory Board, Thursday Morning Roundtable and the University Hill Corporation's Government Relations Committee. A graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, Allen is also a graduate of Leadership Greater Syracuse. In 2010, he received the Philip A. Hofmann Award for Best News Source from the Syracuse Press Club.

Mike Dupuis
Vice President, Support Services

Mike Dupuis, RPh, MHA, is Vice President of Support Services for Crouse Hospital. He has responsibility for all administrative aspects of a number of support and ancillary departments in the hospital including medical imaging, cardiac services, pharmacy, physical therapy, nutritional services, lab, patient transport, sleep services and respiratory therapy. Dupuis brings to Crouse a diverse background of clinical and operational experience as well as demonstrated leadership in hospital process improvement, patient-focused services and program development and planning. He has served as Vice President for Clinical and Support Services at Elliot Health System in Manchester, NH, and as Vice President for Clinical and Support Services for Optima Health in Manchester. A member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Dupuis is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and received his master's degree in Healthcare Administration from Bellevue University. He is also a graduate of the Wharton School's SKB Executive Management Program for Hospital Pharmacy Administrators.

Carrie Berse
President, Crouse Health Foundation

Carrie Berse is President of the Crouse Health Foundation, the fund-raising arm of Crouse Hospital. Since 1993, she has been responsible for the operations of the Foundation including the planning and implementation of fund-raising activities (annual, major, planned and capital giving); endowment fund oversight; special events, communications and development/donor services. Berse has more than 30 years of experience as a fund-raising executive, with 29 of those years spent specializing in healthcare. She has been a fellow of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy since 1991 and a Certified Fund Raising Executive since 1986. Berse holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Adelphi University, and is a graduate of the Leadership Greater Syracuse program.