Barbara Steed, Interim President & CEO 
Barb has been the Interim President and CEO of Stevenson Memorial Hospital since May, 2024.
She is a registered nurse by background holding progressive leadership positions at Royal Victoria Hospital, Baycrest, Trillium Health Partners, Oak Valley Health and Southlake Regional Health Centre.
Over the years, Barb’s leadership focus has been on clinical quality excellence, system collaboration and partnerships that maximize outcomes for people and their families. She believes in the value of forging strong relationships and strategic decision-making.
Barb has a Masters of Health Studies: Leadership. She is a graduate of the Advanced Healthcare Leadership Program and the Institute of Corporate Directors, ICD.D designation at the Rotman School of Management. She has a Canadian Health Executive designation with the Canadian College of Health Leaders.
Susan Woollard, Interim VP Clinical Services & Chief Nursing Executive
Susan is an accomplished healthcare executive with extensive experience leading a multi-site hospital with innovative, collaborative approaches to achieve strategic results.
Throughout her career, she has been a committed leader and educator, who is passionate about patient-and family-centred care, quality, safety, and interprofessional practice. She has successfully navigated a dynamic, complex system by collaborating and developing mutually-beneficial relationships. Susan has been an active member of numerous regional committees to achieve equitable access to care based on leading practices.
Most recently, she held the role of Vice President Clinical Services, Quality & Risk, Long Term Care & Chief Nursing Executive at North York General Hospital. Susan provided executive leadership to nurses and other health regulated professionals. She has held an Adjunct Clinical Appointment – Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto for over 15 years. She has consulted on numerous clinical and peer coaching reviews, along with independent assessments. Susan is a registered nurse with a Master of Education and Canadian Health Executive Certification.
Dr. Roger Musa, Chief of Staff
Dr. Musa left Ontario in 2001 to pursue a career in medicine. He became the Medical Director at AultmanNow Urgent Walk-In Clinic in Ohio and has since spent most of his medical career in Ohio at Aultman Hospital.
He became a Hospitalist in 2008 and has advanced his career to hold positions such as Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Vice Chair of the Department of Inpatient Medicine, and most recently, Executive Director of Medical Education.
Dr. Musa became a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant at Aultman Hospital and has an extensive educational background. He is a member of the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians, Physician Delegate to the American Academy of Family Physicians and is a Clinical Associate Professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University.
He has been recognized for his contributions to education and in medicine, having been awarded the Medical Staff Service Award in 2023 and Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, three years in a row from 2010-12, among many other awards and accomplishments.
Brian Edmonds, Interim VP Corporate Services and Chief Financial & Information Officer 
Brian Edmonds is a Chartered Professional Accountant/Chartered Accountant and holds a master’s degree in health sciences administration from the University of Michigan. His executive interests include strategic planning, fiscal accountability, the development of new funding models for health care, change management, performance improvement, and corporate governance.
Through his career Brian has provided interim executive leadership and strategic consulting advice to over 25 Ontario-based teaching and community, private and public health service providers as these organizations looked for performance improvement opportunities. Through these engagements, Brian worked extensively with the full Board and the Audit and Finance Committees of these organizations to develop appropriate governance processes and tools.
For seven years, Brian was the Vice President, Finance of the Trillium Health Centre where he was instrumental in the introduction of the Strategic Framework for Trillium, developing tools to enhance decision-making and fiscal accountability, and in leading performance monitoring projects such as the award-winning Performance Dashboard.
Brian has also worked with a variety of Ontario Ministry of Health and Joint Policy and Planning Committees including:
- Peer Review engagements of five major Ontario Hospitals (Sault Area Hospital, Hospital for Sick Children, The Ottawa Hospital, Hotel Dieu (Kingston) and Sudbury Regional) to recommend specific fiscal operating strategies to the hospitals and the MOHLTC
- Provincial Panel Reviews of Operating Plan submissions for four regions (80 hospitals) to recommend fiscal balancing strategies
- Designated Services Work Group - recommend funding rates for specific procedures
- Quality Based Procedures Funding Advisory Group and Rate Development Group
Brian has also served as a Board member of several not-for-profits including Casey House Hospice and CMHA York and South Simcoe Region.
