The Fenway Health Board of Directors has selected Heidrick & Struggles to lead the process of finding a diverse slate of qualified candidates for consideration as the organization’s next CEO. A search committee led by Board members Lisa Paine, CNM, DrPH and Benjamin Perkins, MA, MDIV, will oversee the process. Additional representation on the Committee will include Board member Jonathan Matsui, PhD and former Board member, Joseph Castellana, PhD. Fenway Health staff on the search committee include Kimella Dixon, RN, and Tfawa Haynes, LICSW. In addition to serving as Co-Chair of The Fenway Institute, Jennifer Potter, MD, will also serve on the search committee, representing the medical and academic communities in her roles at BIDMC and Harvard Medical School.
“This is an important step forward for our organization and we’re confident that Heidrick & Struggles is the right firm to partner with us,” Perkins said. “We are committed to an inclusive hiring process and we will actively engage the input from our employees and the community that will result in the hiring of a dynamic and effective new leader.”
Heidrick & Struggles’ Education & Social Enterprise Practice has helped nonprofit and healthcare organizations around the world fill key leadership positions. The organization prides itself on providing sophisticated advice and counsel to some of the world’s most impactful institutions. Stuart Sadick from Heidrick & Struggles’ Boston office and Michael Loiacano from its Chicago office will run the search.
“This is an opportunity to think through what Fenway Health needs most right now, but also what the organization will need a decade from now,” added Paine. “In order to succeed and thrive, organizations like Fenway Health require leaders who are collaborative, inclusive, and purpose-driven. They also need to be able to influence and inspire other leaders throughout the organization.”
The search is expected to formally begin next month. Interim CEO Darlene Stromstad, who is an expert at leading healthcare organizations through periods of transition, will continue to lead the organization during the search process.
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