Mike Cafasso serves as Chief Executive Office at St. Thomas More Hospital. He is dedicated to ensuring employees have the support they need to provide compassionate, high-quality care to the community of Canon City. He also serves as CEO of St. Mary-Corwin Hospital. Prior to joining healthcare leadership, Mike served as Colorado President for the American Bank of Commerce.

He also led Pueblo Bank and Trust as President and CEO with their expansion into several Colorado markets. Mike has an extensive background in customer service programming and developing innovative practices. He has completed programs at Disney Institute, Ritz Carlton, Nordstrom’s, Lands’ End, and the Center for Creative Leadership. He is a current board member for the Association for Managers of Innovation.

As an active supporter of Colorado communities, Mike has served on Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation Board, co-chaired Access Denver, Girl Scouts of Colorado and Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado Boards.

A Massachusetts native, Mike relocated to Colorado to attend Colorado State University-Pueblo (formerly University of Southern Colorado) where he received a Bachelor of Science degree. He attended and completed Graduate School of Banking at Colorado

Dr. Wendy Girard serves as Chief Medical Officer of St. Thomas More Hospital. She earned her Doctor of Medicine from the American University of the Caribbean. She then earned her MBA in Healthcare Administration from the University of Northern Colorado. She is board certified in Family Medicine. For nine years, she was the sole proprietor of an independent Family Medicine clinic that she founded.

As a physician, she has served in multiple roles including Chief of Medicine, Medical Director of High-Risk Breast Care, Physician Director of Informatics, St. Mary-Corwin Hospital board member, and Colorado Academy of Family Physicians board member.

She is also a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons where she received training in advanced oncoplastic breast surgery. In 2014, she founded Pueblo’s first high-risk breast clinic, which serves patients across Southern Colorado and as far away as Guam.

Prior to medicine, she had a career in Information Technology. Dr. Girard is a native Spanish speaker and is also fluent in English and speaks Italian.

Jennifer Gabel-Adney is the Chief Nursing Officer at St. Thomas More Hospital. She is on a mission to support a thriving work environment.

Jenn started her nursing career as a Certified Nursing Assistant before earning her RN. She then went on to become the director of Acute Care Services, and director of Nursing Services to encompass clinical and non-clinical areas.

Jenn earned her bachelor’s and master’s degree in nursing. She is Board Certified as a Nurse Executive Advanced (NEA-BC).

She is dedicated to being involved in teams that provide excellent patient care, as well as a flourishing work environment for members of the care team. She has more than 30 years of health care experience growing through the roles as she progressed in school.

Andrew Burbidge serves as the Chief Financial Officer for St. Thomas More Hospital. On a mission to make other people’s job easier, Andrew has served in numerous finance roles at CommonSpirit Health since 2014, first as a Net Revenue Analyst.

Throughout his tenure with CommonSpirit, Andrew has gained financial expertise both at the Enterprise level and within St. Anthony North Hospital and Avista Adventist Hospital.

Most recently, Andrew served as Finance Director for St. Anthony North Hospital and Avista Adventist Hospital. While there, he collaborated with executive, clinical, and non-clinical leadership on financial and operational tasks including departmental productivity, staffing, service line analysis, operational efficiency, budget creation, financial systems, and capital processes.