Carol Aaron has been appointed chair of the PeaceHealth board of directors.
Ms. Aaron has been a member of the board since January 2021, according to an April 16 news release from the health system.
She retired in 2019 after more than three decades of healthcare experience, most recently serving as chief administrative officer and executive vice president at PeaceHealth, according to the release. She also served in leadership positions at St. Joseph Health (now part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence) and Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.
Ms. Aaron succeeds Karl Carrier, who was appointed chair in 2018, marking the first time in which the PeaceHealth board chair position was held by a lay leader. He has resigned from his appointment, according to the release from PeaceHealth.
PeaceHealth also announced the following new board appointments:
- Ione Adams, MD, who has served as chair for the PeaceHealth St. Joseph Community Health Board in Bellingham, Wash., since 2020
- Lorraine Arvin, who was vice president and treasurer for Portland, Ore.-based Reed College from 2014 until she retired in 2021
PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a nonprofit Catholic health system with approximately 16,000 caregivers, more than 3,000 clinicians, more than 160 clinics and nine medical centers.