Board of Directors

Comprised of community leaders with diverse talents and expertise, Bayhealth's Board of Directors is an all-volunteer group of professionals in the education, real estate, financial services, small business and healthcare fields who serve without pay.

Bayhealth's Board devotes substantial time to direct Bayhealth's strategic plans and goals to meet the needs of our community.

The Bayhealth Board includes Bayhealth's President and CEO and Bayhealth's President of the Medical Staff. Board members serve four-year terms. At least 25 percent are members of the Active Medical Staff, including at least two who practice primarily at Bayhealth Kent Campus and at least two who practice primarily at Bayhealth Sussex Campus.

The Bayhealth Board of Directors

Standing, left to right: Melisa M. Edler, MD, Charles C. Rodriguez, Cedric T. Barnes, DO, Rebecca B. Kidner, Esq., Jeffrey A. Young, Esq, Robert C. MacLeish, Sr., Gertrude Findley-Christian, MD, Terry M. Murphy. Sitting, left to right: Gregory V. Moore, Kathleen S. Matt, PhD, Scott R. Brown, Vice Chair, Kevin M. Baird, Esq., Chair, Sharad C. Patel, MD, William J. Strickland, Stephen G. Manifold, MD. Members not present: Beth W. Cooper and Ramesh K. Vemulapalli, MD.

 

Kevin M. Baird, Esq., Chair
Managing Partner, The Baird Firm, LLC
Elected November 2021

Sharad C. Patel, MD, Vice Chair
Physician, Dover Family Physicians, PA
Elected January 2014

Scott R. Brown, Vice Chair
Managing Partner, Savant Wealth Management
Elected Jan 2024

Rebecca B. Kidner, Esq., Secretary
Owner, Rebecca Batson Kidner, PA
Elected March 2018

Cedric T. Barnes, DO
Family Medicine, Southern Delaware Medical Group, PA
Elected January 2022

Beth W. Cooper
Executive Vice President and CFO, Chesapeake Utilities
Elected January 2023

Melisa M. Edler, MD
Physician, Bayhealth Women's Care
Elected July 2024

Gertrude Findley-Christian, MD 
Physician, Nephrology Associates, PA
Elected January 2019 

Robert C. MacLeish, Sr.
President, Lighthouse Construction, Inc.
Elected January 2018

Stephen G. Manifold, MD
Physician, First State Orthopaedics
Elected in Jan 2024

Kathleen S. Matt, Ph.D
Former Dean, College of Health Sciences at University of Delaware
Elected January 2016 

Gregory V. Moore
Vice President, Becker Morgan Group
Elected March 2015

Terry M. Murphy, FACHE
President and CEO, Bayhealth
Elected October 2009

Charles C. Rodriguez 
Owner, R & R Commercial Realty, Inc.
Elected January 2016

William J. Strickland
President, L & W Insurance
Elected January 2015

Ramesh K. Vemulapalli, MD 
Physician, First State Infectious Diseases, LLC
Elected March 2015

Jeffrey A. Young, Esq.
Partner, Young and McNelis
Elected January 2014