MIDLAND, MI — MyMichigan Well being President and CEO Diane Postler-Slattery and her husband, Don, died in a aircraft crash in northwest Florida Tuesday night, March 8.
Officers with the Midland-based well being system, previously MidMichigan Well being, introduced the information Wednesday, March 9.
“It is a nice tragedy for our well being system,” Greg Rogers, govt vice chairman and chief working officer, MyMichigan Well being, stated in an announcement. “Diane was a powerful, passionate and inspirational chief and was beloved by her household, buddies and colleagues. We ask that you just hold her household and buddies in your ideas and prayers, and that you just respect their privateness throughout this troublesome time.”
Rogers is appearing CEO for the well being system till additional motion is taken, in response to the information launch.
Postler-Slattery grew to become president and CEO of MyMichigan Well being in 2013. Previous to that, she served as president and chief working officer of Aspirus Wausau Hospital and senior vice chairman of high quality and prolonged providers for the Aspirus system in Wisconsin. Postler-Slattery held a doctoral diploma in schooling administration from the College of Wisconsin – Madison, in addition to a Grasp of Science in nursing/nursing administration and Bachelor of Science in nursing from the College of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.
“She was a visionary and below her management we enormously expanded our well being system, together with affiliations with our Medical Facilities in Alpena, West Department and most just lately Sault St. Marie,” Rogers’ assertion continued. “As a nurse herself, she was dedicated to affected person care and the very best stage of security and affected person satisfaction. In truth, the consolation for sufferers and their households was of utmost significance to her guaranteeing any new facility had a heat, homelike setting together with her favourite function – a comfy hearth.”
Postler-Slattery was energetic in {many professional} and civic organizations and was a Fellow of the American School of Healthcare Executives. She was a board member of Midland Middle for the Arts, Midland Enterprise Alliance, Michigan Baseball Basis, Michigan Well being & Hospital Affiliation, Affirmant Well being Companions, Alma School, and THRIVE (Reworking Healthcare Regionally In a Vibrant Economic system), the discharge states. She was additionally a member of the Midland 100 Membership and the Midland Enterprise Alliance Innovation Middle Advisory Committee. She was lead director of IncredibleBank’s board of administrators. She additionally served because the chair of the American Hospital Affiliation’s 2019 and 2020 Go Pink for Ladies marketing campaign.
Throughout her profession, Postler-Slattery obtained quite a few awards, together with a Lady of Imaginative and prescient, Athena, College of Wisconsin-Eau Claire President’s Award, State of Wisconsin Nurse Chief of the Yr, State of Wisconsin Champion in Ladies’s Well being, Nice Lakes Bay YWCA Lady of Achievement, and Junior Achievement Enterprise Corridor of Fame Laureate.
She and her husband are survived by their three kids and 5 grandchildren.
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