Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation
You make all we do possible.
Through your giving, you make a direct, positive impact on our community.
Your gifts help us provide exceptional medical care to your family, friends and neighbors right here in Lane County, close to home, in familiar and nurturing surroundings. Your generosity allows us to sustain medical programs and services that benefit hundreds of community members each and every day.
Each gift has the power to uplift our community. Thank you for entrusting us with your investment in the health of our community.
The Power of Community
Gifts from the community allow us to offer a helping hand to vulnerable patients when they need it the most—and that uplifts us all.
Your generosity embodies the power of philanthropy and the power of community to create greater hope and healing in the lives of our loved ones, neighbors and friends.
Support the Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation
Give Online
Your support of the foundation helps to ensure our continued ability to care for patients in this time of unprecedented need.
Honor Excellent Care
You can choose to honor a special physician, nurse, or caregiver who made a positive impact on your patient experience or that of a loved one.
Planned Giving
When you include PeaceHealth Foundations in your estate plan, your generosity supports good health, prevention and community well-being.
Children's Miracle Network
Locally, the Children’s Miracle Network program assists more than 4,000 infants and children annually.
Transforming Regional Neurosurgery and Stroke Care
With your partnership, we can make life-saving advancements in neurosurgery and stroke treatment possible.
Foundation Staff
Jennifer Svihus
Jennifer Svihus was named the Chief Development Officer for the PeaceHealth Oregon Network in 2022. Jennifer provides philanthropy leadership to the network development staff and the volunteer boards for PeaceHealth Sacred Heart, Cottage Grove, and Peace Harbor. Before joining PeaceHealth, Jennifer was the President and Chief Philanthropy Officer for Dignity Health Sequoia Hospital Foundation in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jennifer also held leadership roles with Sutter Health and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Jennifer earned her bachelor’s in communications from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, before receiving her master’s in healthcare administration from Chapman University in Orange, California.
Kim Johannsen
Board of Directors
Officers
Ronald Neumann
Shanna Hutton
Erik Parrish
Matt Sayre
Directors
Jon Anderson
Sudeshna Banerjee, MD
Michelle Cross
TJ Davis
Jeff Elder
Teri Giustina
Scott Goldstein
Courtney Griesel
Tina Guldberg
Ryan Lee
Douglas Leonard, MD
James McGovern, MD
A former hospitalist and experienced physician leader, Dr. McGovern has an eye on high-quality care and helped guide PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend to its first ever CMS 5-star rating while securing multiple Leapfrog A ratings. Dr. McGovern came to PeaceHealth from Wisconsin-based ThedaCare, where he served in several leadership roles including system vice president of medical affairs. He was recognized as a US News and World Report Top Doc while working in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. McGovern graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin and did his internal medicine residency at St. Vincent Hospital in Indiana.
Michelle Meador
Kevin Modeste, MD
Pam Russell
