Board of Directors
The Ohio KePRO Board of Directors guides our overall direction and philosophy. Our carefully chosen members share a common goal of improving healthcare in Ohio for Medicare beneficiaries and protecting the Medicare trust fund.
Dr. Donald E. Harrop, MD - Chairman of the Board and President of KePRO
Chairman Donald Harrop, MD is the President and Founding Director of KePRO, as well as the Chairman of HealthQuest, a KePRO company. Since 1985, he has overseen the expansion of the company's business lines, including the acquisition of HealthQuest in 1997. Dr. Harrop also serves as Chairman of the Board of Ohio KePRO, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for the State of Ohio. He is a vocal advocate of improving the overall quality of healthcare, and is active in many medical affairs initiatives. Dr. Harrop is a past president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, and past speaker of the Society's House of Delegates. He is an Honorary Life Member and past president of the Pennsylvania State Coroners Association, a member and past president of the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners, and a member of the American Society of Law and Medicine, to name a few of his affiliations.
Barbara Belovich - Executive Director of Health Action Council
Ms. Belovich assumed her current position as Executive Director of Health Action Council Ohio on July 1, 2003. She has almost 30 years in the employee benefits field. Before joining Health Action Council Ohio, Barb worked in consulting. She spent 15 years with Mercer HR Consulting in Cleveland and Chicago, working for many private and public sector clients in the Midwest, including the State of Ohio, Sears, Parker Hannefin, TRW, Lubrizol, Sherwin Williams, American Greetings and Diebold. Before consulting, Barb worked in human resources at the Quaker Oats Company and Ferro Corporation.
Joe Dougher, MBA - Treasurer of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of KePRO
Joe Dougher is the Chief Executive Officer of KePRO’s entire family of companies, including its commercial business, HealthQuest. As CEO, he directs and manages the organization to ensure the ongoing corporate viability, operational efficiency, customer satisfaction of high quality services, and profitable results. Mr. Dougher has been with KePRO for 14 years.
Teresa Koenig, MD – Sr. Vice President & Chief Medical Officer of SummaCare
Dr. Koenig is responsible for all medical aspects of the operations, contracting, and clinical policy development. She provides medical input to the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. A native of Ohio, Dr. Koenig received her Doctor of Medicine degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine and an MBA in Health Care at the joint Baldwin Wallace/NEOUCOM program. Dr. Koenig is board certified in internal medicine with added qualifications in geriatric medicine. She is also a fellow of the American College of Physicians, with advanced standing status in the American College of Physician Executives, and is a diplomat of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians.
Peter Lund, MD – Secretary
Dr. Lund is the current President of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, having served as a member for nearly 20 years. He is a past President of the Erie County Medical Society as well as the Northwest Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. He is a delegate from Pennsylvania to the American Medical Association, a member of the American Urological Association, and a member of the AUA’s Imaging Task Force. Dr. Lund is a board-certified urologist practicing in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he has served on several St. Vincent Health Center committees including Credentials, Infectious Disease, and Operating Room. He has also served as chairman of the Department of Urology, president of the Medical Staff, and member of the Board of Trustees. He currently serves as Saint Vincent’s perioperative director.
Jeffrey Lycan - President and CEO Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
Mr. Lycan has been with the Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (OHPCO) organization since 1998. He participates and provides leadership to the board in planning and implementing organizational goals and objectives. He also administrates and directs programs of OHPCO and its activities as formulated by the President and the Board. Furthermore, he also monitors legislative information and maintains liaisons with any health and professional organizations interacting with OHPCO and/or affecting hospice care in Ohio.
Joan Lawrence – Retired
Ms. Lawrence is a retired member of the AARP Ohio Executive Council, a former Director of the Ohio Department of Aging, and former Executive Director of the Family Service Council of Ohio. She also served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for more than 15 years. As a member of the Ohio KePRO Board of Directors, Ms. Lawrance brings valuable insight as both a former state leader and a current retiree.
Robert Steffel – Executive Director Health Bridge
In 1996, Mr. Steffel helped conceptualize and founded Health Bridge, a multi-stakeholder collaborative health information exchange for the Greater Cincinnati community. In 10 years as the Executive Director of Health Bridge, Mr. Steffen has grown the organization from an idea to a well established, highly utilized and financially successful operation. In over 25 years of healthcare management consulting and information systems experience, Mr. Steffel has headed up many large scale healthcare projects including hospital commissioning and mergers, multi specialty group practice formation, as well as, numerous technology and management engineering projects.
Peter Van Runkle – Executive Director of the Ohio Health Care Association
Mr. Van Runkle’s current position is as the Executive Director for the Ohio Health Care Association (OHCA), the Ohio affiliate of the American Health Care Association since November 1999. OHCA is Ohio’s largest statewide trade association representing nonprofit and for profit skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, and providers of services for people with developmental disabilities. Mr. Van Runkle is the chief staff executive with the association responsible for overseeing all programs, with particular concentration in Government Affairs. He also participates in numerous state government committees and workgroups relating to long term care and serves on the Executive Committee of the National Organization of State Health Care Association Executives.
Jon Wills – Executive Director of the Ohio Osteopathic Association
Mr. Wills is Executive Director of the Ohio Osteopathic Association, where he has been a member of the staff since 1975. He also serves as President of the Ohio Osteopathic Foundation, Executive Director of the Ohio Osteopathic Hospital Association, and Executive Director of the Ohio State Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. Nationally, he is a past President of the Association of Osteopathic State Executive Directors and the National Association of Osteopathic Foundations. He has also served on numerous committees and task forces of the American Osteopathic Association. In Ohio he represents the osteopathic profession before numerous state boards and commissions. He has served as a member and chair of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Advisory Committee, the Ohio Tobacco Control Resource Group, and the State Planning Committee for Health Education in Ohio. He recently chaired the Ohio Department of Health’s Rheumatic Diseases Coalition, was a charter member of the Health Department’s Preventive and Health Services Block Grant Advisory Committees from 1981 through 2002 and a member of advisory Board of the Health Policy Institute of Ohio.
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