Kristi Olson is Chief Executive Officer at St. Thomas More Hospital. She is a proven healthcare leader with more than 20 years’ experience in healthcare administration and operations. She joined Centura Health in 2011 and has led high performing teams in physical therapy, rehabilitation and home health across our connected ecosystem.

Kristi graduated Magna Cum Laude from the U.S. Naval Academy and served as an anti-submarine warfare officer as well as an administrative officer for the National Naval Medical Center. With a passion for advancing her education, she earned her Master of Science, also Magna Cum Laude, in physical therapy from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

Kristi’s leadership nurtures the incredible work being done by the caregivers and physicians at St. Thomas More Hospital. She is an asset to the community she serves and Centura as a whole.

Jim has had an extensive career with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (KFHP) of Colorado. He started with the company as a Senior Accountant, working his way up to General Accounting Manager and then Director of Financial Planning. In 1999, Jim took on the role of Senior Director of Financial Services at KFHP. He remained in this role until he became Director of Financial Planning and Decision Support in 2003. Five years later, Jim received the title of Senior Director of Business Intelligence. His most recent position at KFHP was Strategy and Financial Performance Director, where he designed and implemented Business Performance Management approach for Strategy Execution.

Jim earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Economics from the University of Northern Colorado in Greely, Colorado. He also holds a CPA license and pursued professional development through a Management Development Series and Advanced Leadership Series. Jim is eager to take his extensive experience in healthcare finance to Centura and join in our mission to nurture the health of the people in our communities.

Beth provides leadership and is accountable for the daily operations of the hospital by working through directors and other health care team members providing patient care. She has an active leadership role with the Community Board, Senior Leadership, Medical Staff and with leaders in the hospital and throughout Centura Health.

Beth began her health care career 35 years ago as a Level III NICU nurse. Over the course of her career, she has had the opportunity to gain experience in many positions such as clinical educator, employee health nurse, Workers' Compensation case manager, infection preventionist, certified lean facilitator and quality leader for 13 years.

Most recently, Beth held the position of Director of Quality for Centura Health’s Denver Metro Group. In this role, she provided mission-focused leadership and oversight for quality and patient safety in the Denver Metro Group hospitals. She supported Denver Metro quality leaders in developing standardized streamlined, efficient and effective work flows to support our hospitals in maintaining continual regulatory readiness and improving quality care and patient safety. Some of her contributions to Centura Health as the Director of Quality include:
Continued overall improvement in outward facing quality metrics.
The implementation of the standardized tiered safety huddle, pivotal in transforming the patient safety culture toward transparency, continuous improvement, and deference to expertise.
The development of aligned, standardized, and data driven Quality and Patient Safety Committee meetings at each entity, ultimately reporting to each board. 
Innovative approaches to quality staffing to ensure cost effective, high quality outcomes.

Beth is a proud and passionate nurse, with a desire to lead nurses in providing the best care possible, while seamlessly integrating the provision of care with multidisciplinary clinical experts. 

Beth holds her RN, BSN, and Master of Science degree in Psychology with a focus on organizational psychology. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and was certified in infection control and epidemiology for 10 years. Amplifying her impact on those who look to her for leadership, she has been a certified mediator trained in the resolution of work-related conflicts for the past 25 years.

She and her husband Matthew are proud of their two children and five grandchildren. In her free time, Beth enjoys singing, playing guitar and hiking with her dog.

Steve Simerville, MD, serves St. Thomas More Hospital as Director of Medical Affairs. Dr. Simerville has dedicated more than 12 years of his career to Centura Health and the Southern Colorado Family Medicine Residency Clinic (SCFM). Dr. Simerville is a member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Chairman of the Ethics committee, Chairman of the Quality and Patient Safety Committee and Chairman of the Graduate Medical Education Committee at St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center, where he also serves as Director of Medical Affairs.

His dual role includes participation in the planning, organizing and administration of the medical system in clinical quality, assurance and quality improvement, medical staff services, medical education and physician relations. Dr. Simerville also serves as a liaison between the physicians and hospital administration while supporting and advising care coordination services as needed.

We are grateful to have such a strong leader come from within our Centura family. Dr. Simerville knows our incredible people and has proven excellence in his field and compassion for our patients.