KEEPING UP

Presidents And Ceos

St. Louis-based Ascension has made these changes: Polly Davenport to senior vice president, Ascension, and ministry market executive for Ascension Illinois, from interim ministry market executive. Carol Schmidt to senior vice president, Ascension, and ministry market executive, Ascension Michigan. Schmidt was senior vice president, Ascension, and chief operating officer for Ascension Medical Group and Ascension’s clinical initiatives.

Facilities within CommonSpirit Health’s CHI Saint Joseph Health in Kentucky have made these changes: John Yanes to president of Saint Joseph Mount Sterling in Mount Sterling. He will continue as president of Saint Joseph London in London and Saint

Joseph Berea in Berea. At Mount Sterling, Yanes replaces Jennifer Nolan, who has accepted a position with CHI Saint Joseph Health, in addition to her role as president at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Flaget. In addition to Yanes, the leadership team for the Mount Sterling, London and Berea facilities will include Dr. Shelley Stanko, chief medical officer; Andrea Holecek, vice president of nursing; and Brady Dale, vice president of operations.

Theresa Guenther to chief executive of Avera Creighton Hospital in Creighton, Nebraska, from interim chief executive.

Administrative Changes

Joseph Mazzawi to vice president of mission of Bon Secours St. Francis in Green- ville, South Carolina. Dave Rigsby to executive director for Peace Harbor Medical Center Foundation of Florence, Oregon.

Grants

Saint Francis Hospital of Wilmington, Delaware, part of Trinity Health, has received a $1 million grant from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware’s BluePrints for the Community program. Saint Francis will use the funding to support The Healthy Village at Saint Francis Hospital. The Healthy Village is a model of care that aims to address social determinants of health. Saint Francis said in a release that it is among the first in the nation to apply the Healthy Village concepts. According to information from the World

Health Organization, Healthy Village concepts have evolved organically around the world and have to do with improving quality of life and enriching the vitality of neighborhoods while protecting their heritages, histories and residents by working with community-based partners whose services address the drivers of health.

Trinity Health’s St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, has received a $1 million gift from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation to support major equipment and software upgrades to the cardiac catheterization labs in the St. Mary Heart and Vascular Center. This gift is the single largest corporate donation to date to St. Mary Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Center campaign, according to a press release on the gift.

CHA VICE PRESIDENT, SPONSORSHIP AND MISSION SERVICES

The Catholic Health Association seeks candidates for the position of vice president, sponsorship and mission services.

The Catholic health ministry is the largest group of nonprofit health care providers in the nation. It is comprised of more than 600 hospitals and 1,600 long-term care and other health facilities. To ensure vital sponsorship and a vibrant future for the Catholic health ministry, CHA advocates with Congress, the administration, federal agencies, and influential policy organizations to ensure that the nation’s health systems provide quality and affordable care across the continuum of health care delivery.

CHA’s vice president of sponsorship and mission services plays a leadership role within the organization. The position reports directly to CHA’s president and chief executive officer and the vice president is a member of the president’s advisory council and senior management. This executive will be responsible for providing leadership and strategic vision in the design, development, implementation, evaluation and coordination of programs and services that advance CHA members’ Catholic identity and promote a vision and understanding of the Catholic health ministry as an essential ministry of the church.

The vice president will be responsible for the coordination of the association’s member services involving mission integration, theology and ethics, ministry formation and sponsorship. This executive will ensure CHA services in these areas enhance member value and align with CHA’s strategic plan. Duties include serving as a CHA spokesperson on sponsorship and mission issues in conjunction with the association’s president and chief executive officer and maintaining effective relationships with CHA members and leaders in other national organizations. Travel is required.

CHA seeks candidates who are practicing Catholics with a minimum of 12 years’ experience in a Roman Catholic ministry. The successful candidate will have broad knowledge of religious and lay sponsorship models and Catholic moral and social traditions and a working knowledge of health care and health system management. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in management including supervision of staff.

This position requires a master’s degree or Ph.D. in Roman Catholic theology or equivalent work experience.

Interested parties should direct resumes to:

Cara Brouder Sr. Director, Human Resources Catholic Health Association cbrouder@chausa.org

Further inquiries: 314-253-3498

To view a more detailed posting for this position, visit the careers page on chausa.org.

For consideration, please email your resume to HR@chausa.org