Franklin Community Health Network in Farmington, Maine, selected Miriam Leonard to serve as COO.
Here are four points:
1. Ms. Leonard serves as vice president of value improvement at Portland-based MaineHealth.
2. She previously served as vice president of special projects at Maine Medical Center in Portland, before joining MaineHealth.
3. The FCHN board appointed Ms. Leonard to the COO position as they recognized a need for a full-time executive responsible for day-to-day operations at the organization.
4. FCHN currently has an interim CEO, Timothy Churchill, who concurrently serves as CEO of Western Maine Health in Norway, a part of MaineHealth.
"We have made good progress working with Tim on setting a strategic direction for the organization, and it makes sense at this stage to keep some continuity and have Tim remain in this role," said Clinton Boothby, chair of FCHN's board of trustees. "But there is no doubt that we need an experienced executive leading the organization day-to-day, and we get that with Miriam's appointment."