Palo Alto, Calif.-based Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health appointed Cynthia Brandt Stover, PhD, president and CEO, effective Sept. 4.
Here are four takeaways:
1. The foundation is the sole fundraising entity for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto and the child health programs at Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine.
2. Dr. Brandt Stover is currently campaign director at the Smithsonian Institution, a role she has held since 2013.
3. Formerly, she was vice president for institutional advancement at Mills College in Oakland, Calif.
4. She succeeds David Alexander, MD, who stepped down in March.