Waterbury Hospital says it has named a former senior health care executive from Maine as its president and CEO.
Darlene Stromstad will join Waterbury Hospital in her new role in early July, the hospital announced Thursday. Stromstad currently serves as president and CEO of Goodall Hospital in Sanford, Maine, where she has spent the past six years.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Darlene Stromstad to the Waterbury Hospital family,” Carl Contadini, chairman of the Waterbury Hospital board of trustees, said in a statement. “This is a critical juncture in determining the region’s ability to meet its health care needs, and we are confident that Darlene will uphold the hospital’s mission to continue providing the highest quality care to our patients well into the future.”
During Stromstad’s tenure at Goodall, the hospital implemented an aggressive outpatient strategy, recruited numerous physicians, improved its quality scores and built a reputation as a caring business in the community, Waterbury Hospital officials said.
Stromstad is a board member of the Sanford-Springvale Chamber of Commerce, the Maine Hospital Association and the community’s Growth Council. She is also a past board member of the York County United Way and has chaired the American Heart Association’s Red Dress campaign for York County.Â
Before becoming Goodall’s CEO in 2005, Stromstad was senior vice president at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., a 320-bed community and tertiary heart hospital.
