LEWISTON — Christopher Chekouras, president and chief executive officer at St. Mary’s Health System in Lewiston, will be the featured guest speaker at the LA Rotary from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 13.
CHEKOURAS joined St. Mary’s in October 2015. Previously he served as Senior VP of Post-Acute and Community-Based Services at Virtua, a comprehensive Marlton, N.J., healthcare system with three hospitals. Prior to his work at Virtua, Chris held several senior leadership positions at Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, Md., as part of the MedStar Health System, a 10-hospital health system in the Washington, DC and Maryland region. Before joining MedStar, Chris spent 14 years with the bio-medical division of the American Red Cross in the Washington, D.C,. and Baltimore, Md., areas.
Chekouras has broad leadership skills, including strategic planning, business development, physician and board relations, philanthropy, marketing, finance and operations. He has a proven history of achieving desired results through effective collaboration, transparent communication, and personal accountability. Chris received his Bachelor of Science degree in child and adolescent development from Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pa. He earned a Master of Business Administration at Loyola University.
Reservations are not required to attend the Rotary meeting. Lunch is available for $10 in the Fusion Restaurant at Ramada Inn, 490 Pleasant St. For more information on future Rotary speakers, contact President-Elect and Program Chair Monica Millhime, 753.9040 or emailmmillhime@wmca.org.