Henry Ford Health System Senior VP Finance Takes Top Finance Spot at McLaren Health Care
FLINT, Mich., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Veteran Senior Vice President, Finance for Henry Ford Health System, David Mazurkiewicz has been named Senior Vice President and CFO of Flint-based McLaren Health Care. Mazurkiewicz will join McLaren in early October.
“We are excited to welcome David to our executive team,” said McLaren President and CEO, Philip A. Incarnati. “He has valuable experience in helping large health care systems grow strategically, while ensuring that the financial house remains solid. It was critical to find someone who could contribute to McLaren’s continued growth, as well as find new opportunities. I know he will be a valuable asset to our team.”
Mazurkiewicz will succeed McLaren Senior Vice President and CFO, Dennis Krzeminski, who is retiring October 9, 2009.
“We were privileged to have Dennis at McLaren, His financial leadership was key to the remarkable growth we’ve experienced,” Incarnati said.
Mazurkiewicz joined Henry Ford Health in 1983 as that system’s senior director of corporate assets and assistant treasurer, when it consisted of a tertiary hospital with $250 million in revenue. He was promoted to vice president, finance in 1989 and 10 years later, senior vice president. In that role, he was responsible for providing financial leadership for four of the system’s hospitals and the health services division that generates more than $1.3 billion in revenue.
Mazurkiewicz was also responsible for leading the development of the system’s strategy relative to treasury management, financial information systems and corporate insurance. He is credited with helping to engineer the acquisition of three hospitals, as well as the construction and opening of the 300-bed Henry Ford West Bloomfield. Mazurkiewicz managed more than $2 billion in investments, including pensions, endowments and cash; and also helped acquire several HMOs and the startup of two out-of-state insurance companies.
“I’m excited by the direction Philip Incarnati and his team have created for McLaren Health Care,” Mazurkiewicz said. “I believe that I can make a real contribution in moving them further down the path they’ve outlined, and I’m anxious to get started.”
Mazurkiewicz received his bachelor of business administration, accounting degree (cum laude) from Eastern Michigan University in 1976.
About McLaren Health Care: Recognized by Verispan as one of the top Integrated Health Networks in the nation, McLaren Health Care includes more than 150 locations, 15,000 employees and nearly 3,600 physicians. It includes eight regional hospitals: McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint; Lapeer Regional Medical Center; Ingham Regional Medical Center and Ingham Regional Orthopedic Hospital in Lansing; Bay Regional Medical Center and Bay Special Care Hospital in Bay City; Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center in Mount Clemens and POH Regional Medical Center in Pontiac in addition to the partial ownership and overall management of a ninth hospital, Doctors’ Hospital of Michigan in Pontiac. Visiting Nurse Services of Michigan, an award-winning home health provider, and McLaren Health Plan, a top-rated commercial and Medicaid HMO are also a part of the system. To find out more about how we’re changing the future of health care, visit www.mclaren.org.
SOURCE McLaren Health Care