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Joe Natoli Named Executive Philip H. Ward, III

Vice President and Chief Re-Elected as Chair
Administrative Officer for of the Health Care District Board

Baptist Health South Florida The Health Care District of Palm Beach County’s Board of
Commissioners unanimously re-elected its Board Chair and offi-
Baptist Health South Florida has named Joe Natoli as its new cers: Philip H. Ward, III, as Chair of the Health Care District
executive vice president and chief administrative officer. Board, Brian R. Lohmann as Vice Chair, and Nancy C. Banner,
Natoli has vast experience in healthcare, higher-education, Esq. as Secretary. Ward was appointed to the Health Care Philip H. Ward, III
and media. Most recently, as senior vice president for business Joe Natoli District Board by Florida Governor Rick Scott in October 2011
and finance and chief financial officer for the University of Miami, he was responsible for and was re-appointed in May 2016. He also serves on the District’s Quality Patient Safety
finance and treasury, information technology, human resources, real estate and facilities, and Compliance Committee. Ward is president and managing partner of Ward Damon, a
research administration, campus security, supply chain, risk management and auxiliary multi-disciplined law firm which he co-founded in 1987. He is Chair of the county’s
operations. From 2013 to 2015, he also served as interim chief operating officer for the Infrastructure Surtax Independent Citizen Oversight Committee, the Vice Chair and
University of Miami Health System. Prior to joining the University of Miami, Natoli member of the Board of Trustees of BIZPAC, former Chair of the Palm Beach Business
worked for Knight Ridder, Inc., serving as chairman and publisher of The Philadelphia Development Board, as well as a member of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County.
Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News, president and publisher of San Jose Mercury
News, and president of The Miami Herald Publishing Company. He is a respected com-
munity leader who has chaired or co-chaired community-wide United Way campaigns Barbara LeBrun, SIOR of NAI/Merin
in Miami-Dade County, Silicon Valley and Philadelphia.
Hunter Codman, Elected to
Good Samaritan Medical Center Leadership Palm Beach County

Appoints Heather Schneider 2017-2018 Board of Governors
as Chief Financial Officer NAI/Merin Hunter Codman, Inc., Palm Beach County’s lead-
ing commercial real estate services firm, is proud to announce,
Good Samaritan Medical Center welcomes Heather Managing Director, Barbara LeBrun’s 2017-2018 elected
Schneider, DBA, as its new chief financial officer. Prior to appointment to Leadership Palm Beach County’s Board of Barbara LeBrun
coming to Good Samaritan, Schneider served in the same posi- Governors. Since 1983, Leadership Palm Beach County, a non-
tion at Tenet sister hospital Florida Medical Center, a campus profit organization, has brought together select leaders from the public, private and non-
of North Shore in Broward County. She also worked as the CFO profit sectors to deepen their civic commitment and awareness of diverse issues and indus-
at The Hospitals of Providence East Campus in El Paso, TX. Heather Schneider tries. “For over three decades, NAI/Merin Hunter Codman has been a leader in both Palm
Beach County commercial real estate and civic involvement. Our success is largely due to
the firm’s belief that only through civic leadership can NAI/Merin Hunter Codman’s part-
Genesis Community Health ners, brokers and staff gain a deep empathy and understanding of the community and
market in which they serve. Barbara LeBrun, SIOR encapsulates this belief. I congratulate
Welcomes New Director to Head Its Barbara and her accomplishment, it is an honor to work closely with someone of her cal-
iber, who is truly dedicated to the success of Palm Beach County“, stated Jordan Paul,
Social Services Department CEO of NAI/Merin Hunter Codman.

Genesis Community Health, Inc. recently welcomed Keisha
Henry as its new Director of Social Services. A licensed clinical Baptist Health South Florida
social worker, Henry joined Genesis in June. Henry was
drawn to social work after being advised by two different men- Names Todd Lengnick Director
tors – the chair of the Social Work Department at St. Leo
University, where she earned her B.A. in Public Keisha Henry of Care and Counseling
Administration, and a nun at Catholic Charities, where she
worked as a professional guardian before earning her M.A. in Social Work at Barry Todd Lengnick, a licensed clinical psychologist, has been
University. Henry changed paths after one year in law school.Prior to joining Genesis, appointed director of Care and Counseling, a comprehensive
Henry worked as a Youth Services Coordinator for the Palm Beach County Youth behavioral health program at Baptist Health South Florida.
Services Department and as a Casework Supervisor and Case Manager for the Palm Formerly known as Addiction Treatment & Recovery Center,
Beach County Human Services Department. Her career also includes working as an the program has provided behavioral health support to our
Inpatient Counselor for Palm West Hospital and a social worker I, MSW. community for more than 40 years. Lengnick was clinical Todd Lengnick
director of the STAR Program at Citrus Health Network-
Community Mental Health Center in Hialeah. His work experience includes conducting
psychological evaluations in crisis units and detention centers in Miami-Dade and
Broward counties to determine placement needs and develop recommendations.
35th Lengnick, who is an adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern University and Barry
University, is fluent in English and Spanish and competent in American Sign Language.
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GALA Palmetto General Hospital Appoints

C ELEB R O I T A N Leisha Peters as the Hospital’s
Compliance Officer

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Palmetto General Hospital has appointed Leisha Peters as
its new compliance officer. Peters has extensive experience
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