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Baptist Health Medical Group North Names Lee Health’s Michael Nachef
Marcella Gravalese, MBA-HSA, Vice President Named Vice President of
Marcella Gravalese, MBA-HSA, has been appointed vice Government Relations
president of Baptist Health Medical Group North.
Gravalese brings more than 20 years of experience in Michael Nachef has been named vice president of gov-
the healthcare industry, most recently serving as assistant ernment relations for Lee Health. Before being appointed
vice president of operations at HCA Physician Services to his new position, Nachef served as Lee Health’s system
Group – East Florida Division. She began her career in director of government relations.
Detroit, MI, where she served in various healthcare roles Nachef has been with Lee Health since 2016 when he
before relocating to South Florida. She possesses extensive joined the organization as director of government rela- Michael Nachef
experience in healthcare operations settings, including tions. Prior to his role at Lee Health, Nachef spent more
ambulatory care, emergency medicine, urgent care, inpa- than six years working for the State of Florida. He served as a legislative assistant with
tient, surgical and graduate medical education. the Florida Senate.
Gravalese earned a master’s degree in health services Nachef earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Florida Gulf Coast
administration from Nova Southeastern University and a Marcella Gravalese University. He is a graduate of College Leadership Florida and an active member of
bachelor’s degree in health promotion and disease preven- the Leadership Florida organization.
tion from Michigan State University. She also completed the Leadership for Senior
Executives program through Harvard Business School.
Debra Wilson Appointed as Lee
Health’s Vice President of Oncology
Subscribe to... oncology experience, Debra Wilson, RN, MSN, OCN, has
With more than two decades of extensive and dedicated
been tapped to serve as Lee Healthís vice president of
SOUTH FLORIDA HOSPITAL NEWS & oncology.
Wilson comes to Lee Health from Roper St. Francis
HEALTHCARE REPORT today! Healthcare in Charleston, SC, where she served as system
associate vice president of oncology services and chief
Subscribe online at administrative officer for Roper St. Francis Mt. Pleasant Debra Wilson
www.southfloridahospitalnews.com Hospital.
She also worked at Deaconess Health System in Evansville, IN for 19 years, five of
or call 561-368-6950 which she served as the director of oncology services.
Wilson attended the University of Southern Indiana where she earned her bache-
lorís degree in Nursing and her masterís degree in Nursing Management and
Leadership.
North Broward Hospital District Board
of Commissioners Elects Officers
The North Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners, which oversees
Broward Health, elected its 2021-2022 slate of officers at the July board meeting.
Stacy Angier was elected Chairwoman, Marie Waugh was elected Vice Chair and
Christopher Pernicano was elected Secretary/Treasurer. Former Chair Nancy
Gregoire will continue to serve on the board as a commissioner.
Chairwoman Angier replaces former Chair Nancy Gregoire, who led the first all-
female slate of officers in the system’s history. Angier was appointed by Governor
Rick Scott to the North Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners. The
Margate resident and school principal at Abundant Life Christian Academy was
appointed to fill a vacant seat and served as Vice Chair in 2021.
Waugh is the past chief human resources officer for APTIM, an engineering and
program management corporation specializing in infrastructure, power and environ-
mental services. Prior to her work with APTIM, Waugh served as senior vice presi-
dent of human resources for SUEZ in North America. Waugh served as
Secretary/Treasurer in 2021.
Pernicano has more than 20 years in the FinTech space, with experience in all
aspects of small, medium and large company operations, including executive man-
agement, technology, operations, human resources and sales. He is the Vice President
of Engineering and IT with Netsmart. Previously, he served as Chief Operating
Officer of Tellus, LLC.
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