Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
As a true not-for-profit health system, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital is operated by a volunteer board drawn from the community it serves. They serve without pay, volunteering time and expertise. They set policy, create goals, evaluate management’s performance, and ensure Phoebe operates in the best interest of the community. Below you can learn more about our volunteer governing board members for Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Marvin Laster | Chairman
Marvin Laster currently serves as CEO for Boys & Girls Clubs of Albany.
He formerly served as chair of the local school governance team and was recently inducted into the board of trustees at Deerfield-Windsor School and board of directors of the Albany/Dougherty Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the executive committee for Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Society for African-American Professionals. He has one son.
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Karen Iler | Vice Chairwoman
Karen Iler is a business partner at Woodford Plywood, Inc. and is a former member of the SB&T Board of Directors.
She has served on Deerfield-Windsor’s board, finance committee and executive committee. She is the mother of three children.
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John “Buck” Davis, MD
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Derek Heard, MD
Derek Heard, MD has been a part the medical community in this area for 16 years.
He currently is a primary care physician and the Phoebe Physicians Medical Director of Primary Care. He served as the Chairman of the Southwest Georgia Diabetes Coalition and was named the 2017 Phoebe Physician of the Year.
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Pamela Jackson
Pamela Jackson is the Community Plans and Liaison Officer at Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany.
Founder and CEO of The Youth Becoming Healthy Project, Inc., she is involved in many community organizations, including executive board member of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, past president of Turner Job Corps Center Community Relations Council, past Strive to Thrive board member and volunteer tutor for Lee County Minority Female Mentoring Program.
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Jay McAfee, MD
Jay McAfee, MD is a board-certified radiation oncologist and partner with Radiation Oncology Associates.
He is Medical Director of the department of radiation oncology at the Phoebe Cancer Center, where he serves as Cancer Liaison Physician for the Commission on Cancer. Jay was born at PPMH and raised in Albany.
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Jeretha Peters
Jeretha Peters is the Branch Manager of Wells Fargo Advisors in Albany, GA.
She also serves on numerous boards and committees, including the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, Albany Community Together, Inc., and Leadership Albany. She also supports her community by volunteering in the local school system and facilitating financial literacy workshops. She is a devoted mother of two daughters.
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Jenny Savelle
Jenny Savelle is CEO of Bishop Clean Care, Inc.
She currently serves on the board of AB&T. In the past, she has served as Chair of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce and Treasurer of the Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission. She and her husband, Jud, have three children.
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Scott Steiner
Scott Steiner joined the Phoebe family in March, 2019.
He previously served as CEO of four Tenet hospitals in Detroit, MI. He began his career in healthcare administration as Director of Physician Network & Development for a hospital in East St. Louis, IL in 1992. Scott and his wife, Tracy have two daughters. Scott is a member of the Phoebe Health System, Phoebe Hospital, Phoebe Sumter, Phoebe Worth, Phoebe Health Ventures and Phoebe Physicians Boards.
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Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb has been farming in Leary, Georgia since 1986, and has been involved in the southeastern as well as the national agriculture industry.
He currently serves on many agricultural boards across the country, including Flint River Water Planning and Policy Center as treasurer, Georgia Delegate to the National Cotton Council, UGA Dean’s Advisory Council, Georgia Cotton Commission and others. Currently he is Vice-Chair of the Cotton Board.
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Chinyelu Ofodile, DO
Chinyelu Ofodile is a Hospitalist at Phoebe Inpatient Medicine Specialists.
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