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VOL. 36 | NO. 2 | Friday, January 13, 2012
Nashville Area
Health care executive wins 2012 McWherter award
NASHVILLE (AP) — A health care executive has been named the 2012 Ned R. McWherter Leadership Award winner.
Dennis Vonderfecht, president and CEO of Mountain States Health Alliance, won the award for outstanding leadership and promoting improvement beyond his organization.
Officials said Vonderfecht has worked in Gov. Bill Haslam's Health and Wellness Task Force. He leads a network of 13 nonprofit hospitals serving a 29-county, four-state region: northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia, southeastern Kentucky and western North Carolina.
The award is named after the former Tennessee governor, who died last year. It will be presented Feb. 22 in Franklin, Tenn.