Roseann earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Hunter College/Bellevue School of Nursing and her Master of Science in nursing from Wagner College. She has been at Saint Peter’s since 2012.

Les was appointed in March 2017 as Interim CEO & President of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, having initially joined the organization as President in August 2015. Prior to joining Saint Peter’s, Mr. Hirsch served for seven years as president and CEO of Saint Clare’s Health System in Denville, New Jersey. He previously served as president and CEO of Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, Louisiana, and started at Touro in August 2005, just one week before New Orleans took a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina, the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history. Before joining Touro, Mr. Hirsch served as president and CEO of Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He also spent fourteen years in Camden, New Jersey, with The Cooper Health System beginning in 1988 as executive vice president and chief operating officer and became president and CEO in 1999. His career in health care administration spans more than thirty-five years.

Les currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board of Elijah’s Promise, New Brunswick, and has been a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives since 1991 and served as Chairman of the Board of the New Jersey Hospital Association for two consecutive years in 2015 and 2016. He also serves as a member of the American Hospital Association—Regional Policy Board for New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Linda joined Saint Peter’s in 1984 and has held a variety of leadership positions including director of medical surgical services, ambulatory and critical divisions, and director of professional practice/Magnet program director. Currently she is responsible for overseeing all inpatient nursing division operations, in addition to six adult communities in Monroe, two wound care centers, community mobile health services, pharmacy, laboratory, emergency departments, among other areas, and the Simulation Center for Interprofessional Learning Center. Under her leadership Saint Peter’s received its fifth Magnet designation (1 out of 5 hospitals in the world to receive this designation), Beacon Awards for Excellence in the adult intensive care unit (four times), cardiac progressive care unit, and the first neonatal intensive care unit in the state (recently, receiving its second consecutive award).