Deborah Addo was appointed interim chief executive officer on September 28, 2024. As interim CEO, Deborah Addo will maintain the system’s focus on growth, development and overall performance of the system, including its adult and pediatric acute care and specialty hospitals, as well as the continued expansion of Penn State Health Medical Group across the health system’s core counties of Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon and Lancaster.

As president and chief operating officer for Penn State Health, Deborah Addo provides oversight to the health system’s hospitals, clinical service lines and acute care facilities to ensure their operational excellence.

Addo has more than 30 years of leadership experience in health care operations and management. She previously served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Penn State Health, as well as interim president of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Prior to joining Penn State Health, she spent more than seven years as senior vice president of Inova Health System, first as CEO of Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Alexandria, Va., and as CEO of Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg, Va., where she developed a track record of leading hospitals and physician groups through times of transition. Before joining Inova, she was chief operating officer and senior vice president of Meritus Health in Hagerstown, Md., the largest health care provider in Western Maryland. 

She has been named multiple times by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “50 Great African American Leaders in Healthcare to Know.” Her areas of expertise include financial management, LEAN, organization reengineering, strategic planning, physician engagement and population health. 

Addo earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and a master's degree in public health from Walden University. Reverend Addo is also a licensed minister ordained through the Church of God.

Dr. Louis Borgatta is a cardiologist with Penn State Health Medical Group – Berks Cardiology, Wyomissing, Pa.

Board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases, Borgatta is a graduate of New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y. His postgraduate training included an internal medicine internship and residency at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Conn. He remained at the health center as chief medical resident and also completed his cardiovascular fellowship there prior to joining Berks Cardiology. Borgatta earned his undergraduate degree at St. John’s University, Jamaica, N.Y.

A founding member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Borgatta also is an active member of the American College of Physicians, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society.

Carl Botterbusch is the chief technology officer for CorWave SA, a Paris-based company that develops innovative heart pumps.

Prior to joining CorWave in 2011, Botterbusch was an independent consultant focused on product development, program management, business development and regulatory services for clients in the medical device field. Previously, he spent more than eight years as a senior research and development executive for Arrow International prior to and following its purchase by Teleflex Medical.

Botterbusch has served as a member of the board of directors of the United Way of Berks County, the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance, Goodwill Industries and the International Society for Mechanical Circulatory Support.

He completed both a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Business Administration at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.

Peter Carlino is chairman emeritus of Penn National Gaming Inc., a public company trading on the Nasdaq, as well as chair and chief executive officer of Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc., also a public company found on the Nasdaq.

For 20 years prior to the Penn National IPO, Carlino served as chair and president of Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, the predecessor of Penn National Gaming Inc. His real estate businesses have developed commercial and residential projects in eastern Pennsylvania and surrounding states.

Carlino and his wife, Marshia, have been instrumental in developing Penn State's Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center, with gifts to endow the chair position and three early career professorships. Through Penn National Gaming Inc., Carlino has provided leadership for an annual golf tournament that supports the IBD Center. The Carlinos have also provided significant support to further the professional careers of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center nurses through the Elizabeth Powers Carlino Nursing Excellence Award. The award is named in memory of Carlino's mother, who was a registered nurse. Penn National Gaming Inc. also made a leadership commitment to Penn State Health Children's hospital building campaign.

Carlino is a Penn State graduate.

Michael Duff is vice chair of Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center’s board of directors.

Duff has served Penske Transportation Solutions, Reading, Pa., as vice president of community engagement since 2021. After joining the company in 1991, he spent nearly 30 years in various positions within the legal department, including 14 years as senior vice president and general counsel and six years as senior vice president of government relations and chief compliance officer, before taking on his current role.

Duff was an associate attorney with Venable LLP, a Washington, D.C., firm, prior to joining Penske.

Active in several professional organizations, Duff currently serves on the boards of directors for several organizations, including Reading Symphony Orchestra, the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance, Alvernia University and United Way of Berks County. In 2014, he served as president of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

After earning a bachelor's degree in history from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Duff graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Father Robert Finlan is pastor of Church of St. Richard of Chichester Parish, Barnesville, Pa., and St. John XXIII Parish in Tamaqua, Pa.

Before becoming pastor at St. Richard’s and St. John’s, Finlan was pastor of Holy Guardian Angels Parish, Reading, Pa., and prior to that, Saint Joseph the Worker Parish, Frackville, Pa. He has served in Pennsylvania as president of Bethlehem Catholic High School and Holy Name High School, Reading, and was principal of Cardinal Brennan High School, Ashland. He also taught theology at Holy Name High School, Reading, and was assistant pastor at Saint Thomas More Parish in Allentown, Pa.

Finlan is a member of the Mission and Ministry Committee at Penn State Health St. Joseph.

He received his bachelor’s degree from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood, Pa.; Master of Divinity from Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md.; Master of Arts from Felician University, Rutherford, N.J.; and Master of Education from Regis University, Denver.

Robert Firely Jr. is senior vice president for Murphy McCormack Capital Advisors, an investment banking and corporate advisory firm located in Lewisburg, Pa.

In this role, he focuses on providing advisory services related to business sales, mergers, acquisitions, debt financing and select turnaround projects.

Firely has 35 years of experience in finance. Previously, he served in various leadership positions at Triose Inc., Wyomissing, Pa, and Herbein + Company, Reading, Pa.

In addition to serving on the board of directors of the Berks County Industrial Development Authority and United Way of Berks County, Firely was past chairman of the board of the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry and past president of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

A graduate of Penn State, he holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and is a certified public accountant.

Joseph Frank serves as regional hospital president for Penn State Health’s East Region, which includes Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center and St. Joseph Medical Center, located in Reading, Berks County.

He provides executive-level leadership for the two hospitals, driving operations, growth and coordination across each region. He also focuses on developing and maintaining strong relationships with local referring physicians in private practice. 

Prior to joining Penn State Health’s senior management team in 2018, Frank held a variety of very successful leadership roles in both publicly traded and private equity health care companies. He was CEO of The Heart Group, a Lancaster cardiology practice acquired by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, and CEO of Valley Forge Dental, where he developed and operated multispecialty dental practices in nine states. As senior vice president for Surgical Care Affiliates, Frank oversaw the company’s growth from a single surgery center in Lancaster to 79 facilities in 39 states.

Frank earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh. In addition, he holds a master’s degree from West Virginia University and a bachelor’s degree from Shippensburg University.

Jack Gombach is a government affairs consultant at McNees Strategic Solutions Group (MSSG). He supports clients in the Mid-Atlantic region, helping them navigate Pennsylvania's complex political landscape to achieve their advocacy goals.

Before joining MSSG, Gombach served in leadership roles for various nonprofits and ran his own political consulting firm. He also served as borough council president for the Borough of West Reading, Pa.

A graduate of Albright College, Reading, Pa., Gombach serves on the Reading Area Community College Board of Trustees. He also sits on the board of several Reading-based organizations, including the Berks County Municipal Authority, the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance, the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Olivet Boys & Girls Club.

Heidi Masano is chair of Penn State Health St. Joseph’s board of directors.

Masano has been a member of Masano Bradley since 1981. Her practice emphasizes commercial and real estate matters, including acquisitions, banking, corporate formation and operation and creditor rights, and estate and business succession planning.

For 29 years, Masano was assistant Berks County solicitor, assigned to the Berks County Planning Commission and Agricultural Land Preservation Board. In 1998, she became the first woman to serve as the Berks County solicitor.

Masano is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) and Berks County Bar Association, where she served as the first woman president in 1998. She has chaired the Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Commission and the PBA Insurance Fund and Trust Fund Board of Trustees, is a member of the PBA House of Delegates and Women in the Profession Committee, is a past president of the Law Foundation of Berks County and chairs the Berks County Bar Association Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee.

In 2011, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey appointed Masano to the Judicial Nomination Advisory Panel for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to review and recommend nominees for federal judgeships. She is a vice chair of the Foundation for the Reading Public Museum board of directors.

Masano earned a bachelor’s degree in government and international relations and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Notre Dame.

As chancellor and dean of Penn State Berks, Radha Pyati oversees all aspects of college administration, including the quality of academic programs, research, outreach, enrollment and financial aid, student affairs, strategic planning, budgeting, philanthropy, community and alumni relations, and diversity, equity and inclusion. 

Before joining Penn State Berks, Pyati was dean of the College of Sciences and Mathematics at West Chester University. In this role, she led nine academic departments and supervised university funds, a foundation portfolio and research grants. She also assisted with external relations and played a key role in building partnerships between the university and federal and state legislators. Pyati was awarded a Fulbright Specialist grant to share chemistry education expertise with the students and faculty at the University of Đà Nẵng in Vietnam.

Prior to West Chester University, Pyati served as director of the Institute of Environmental Research and Education at the University of North Florida. She was the principal investigator on the State of the River Report for the Lower St. Johns River Basin, for which she won the 2018 Jacksonville Environmental Protection Board Environmental Award of Merit.

Pyati holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from The Ohio State University and a doctorate in chemistry from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An accomplished researcher, she has authored more than 40 papers, book chapters and reports in chemistry and environmental science. She has participated in over 30 research projects as a principal investigator. 

Dr. Marc Rovito is a hematology and oncology specialist with Penn State Health St. Joseph, Reading, Pa.

In addition to serving as the medical director for both Penn State Health St. Joseph Cancer Center and its Cancer Risk Evaluation Program, Rovito is the section chief for medical oncology at St. Joseph Medical Center. Board-certified in medical oncology and internal medicine, he also serves as an assistant professor within the Hematology/Oncology Department at Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, Pa.

Rovito is chairman of St. Joseph’s Medical Records Committee, vice chair of its Credentialing Committee, chairman and cancer liaison physician for its Cancer Committee, and a member of the Medical Executive Committee, Professional Affairs Committee, Safety Committee, Institutional Review Board and the Penn State Health Cancer Network Council. He also serves on the Penn State Health Protocol Review Committee.

Rovito’s professional memberships include the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Society of Hematology.

After completing his undergraduate degree and a master’s degree in physiology at Penn State, Rovito graduated from Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia. He completed a residency in internal medicine, as well as a hematology and oncology fellowship, at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Dr. Kartik Shah is a board-certified interventional and diagnostic radiologist for Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center. In July 2023, he will begin a two-year term as president of Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center’s medical staff.

Prior to joining the health system in 2015, Shah worked for Lancaster Regional Imaging Associates, serving patients at both Lancaster Regional Medical Center and Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center, Lancaster, Pa.

A graduate of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, N.J., Shah completed an emergency medicine internship with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, and a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – University Hospital, Newark, N.J. He also completed a fellowship in vascular interventional radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Shah is an active member of the Radiological Society of North America, the American College of Radiology and the Society of Interventional Radiology.

As executive vice president and chief medical officer for Penn State Health, Dr. Kenneth Wood provides oversight of clinical care standards, scope of practice, medical staff credentialing and overall quality, safety and value of care across the health system.

A veteran health care administrator, educator and researcher, Wood has three decades of clinical experience across diverse settings, ranging from community hospitals to large, integrated academic medical centers. Most recently, he served as chief clinical officer for Lifespan, a comprehensive, integrated, academic health system with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. 

Wood also served the University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, as the associate chief medical officer, chief clinical officer for the University of Maryland Medical Center and director of the Maryland Critical Care Network. In addition, he was chief medical officer for Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pa., and held a number of leadership roles at UW Health, the integrated health system of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Board-certified in internal medicine and critical care medicine, Wood earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., before completing his medical degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia. He completed an internal medicine residency at Jefferson Abington Hospital, Abington, Pa., and a fellowship in critical care medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J.