Title: Chief executive officer, HealthEast
Age, hometown: 54; born in Kent, Ohio; now lives in St. Paul.
Education: Bachelor of arts, Denison University in Granville, Ohio; master's of health administration, the Ohio State University.
Career: Spent the past 18 years at ThedaCare Inc., in Appleton, Wis., most recently as senior vice president and president of Appleton Medical Center and Theda Clark Medical Center; worked at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa; spent a year training at Hennepin County Medical Center after college.
About HealthEast: The health system has faith-based roots, founded by Catholics, Lutherans and Baptists. Today it is the state's 10th-largest hospital organization, concentrating in the eastern metro area. It operates 15 clinics as well as Bethesda and St. Joseph's hospitals in St. Paul, St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, and Woodwinds Health Campus in Woodbury.
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