The Regional Health Commission is an appointed body of individuals dedicated to ensuring the financial sustainability of the health care safety net in St. Louis, developing and sustaining an integrated health care system for those most in need, and serving as point-of-contact for State/Federal agencies regarding health care safety net issues.
Commission Officers
5 Members by the Community at Large
Patty Davis, LSCSW, LCSW, IMH-E(III)
Program Manager, Trauma Informed Care, Department of Social Work, Child and Family Therapy, Center for Community Connections, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Sharonica L. Hardin-Bartley, PhD, PHR
Superintendent of Schools, The School District of University City
3 Members by the St. Louis County Executive
Sheila Grigsby,
Ph.D., RN, MPH, APHN-BC
Dean’s Fellow for Community Engagement,
Assistant Professor
UMSL College of Nursing
Sidney D. Watson, J.D.
Jane and Bruce Robert
Professor of Law & Director of the
Saint Louis University School of Law’s Center for Health Law Studies
3 Members by the Mayor of the City of St. Louis
Simone Cummings,
Ph.D., MHA
(Treasurer)
Dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology
Webster University
Will Ross, MD
Associate Dean & Director of the Office of Diversity
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
2 Members by the RHC’s Provider Services and Community Advisory Boards
Fred W. Rottnek, MD, MACHM
(Chair, Provider Services Advisory Board)
Professor and Director of Community Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine
St. Louis University School of Medicine
1 Member by the RHC’s Patient Advisory Board (Co-Chairs)
Nia Sumpter
(Co-Chair, Patient Advisory Board)
2 Members by the Governor of Missouri
Kirk Mathews
Chief Transformation Officer
MO HealthNet Division,
Missouri Department of Social Services
2 Members by the Federally Qualified Health Centers
2 Members by the Local Hospitals
1 Member by the Local Medical Schools
David D. Limbrick, MD, PhD
T.S. Park Chair and Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Washington University School of Medicine