Mount Nittany Health will be seeking a new president and CEO. Steven Brown, who has led the organization since 2010, announced his retirement effective Nov. 1.
Board of Directors Chair James Thomas said Brown will assist the board in the search for his successor. Thomas added that an executive search firm will be hired and will work with a search committee.
“This has been a dream job for me,” Brown said. “My 40 years in healthcare, and especially the last six years here in State College, have been richly rewarding and deeply fulfilling on both a personal and professional level. Working together, our board, employees, medical staff and volunteers have pursued a unique vision of what community healthcare can be when we focus on the patient, and have created a model organization based on that, as a leading healthcare provider for our region.”
Brown has helped Mount Nittany grow from a hospital to a health system serving more than 500,000 people in six counties. During his tenure, Mount Nittany Medical Center a new and expanded emergency department, shared services building, cancer pavilion and a new main entrance.
Mount Nittany also has added a practice on Blue Course Drive, the Sieg Neuroscience Center, a new Penns Valley medical practice, and offices in Mifflin County, Lock Haven and Clearfield have, as well as the Mount Nittany Health Children’s Advocacy Center during Brown’s tenure.
Under Brown’s leadership, the health system also has partnered with Penn State Hershey on a joint venture for cancer care and with the Penn State College of Medicine to bring academic medicine to State College.
“In Steve Brown, we have a great and trusted friend, but also a healthcare leader who has spearheaded Mount Nittany Health through a tremendous period of growth,” Thomas said. “His leadership has enabled us to accomplish what most hospitals and health systems have only dreamed about. At the same time, we are extremely pleased that Steve has agreed to assist the Board with the national search for the next executive of the health system.”
A native of Mechanicsburg, Pa., Brown is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a graduate of Thiel College and received his Master of Public Administration degree in Health Services Administration from Penn State. Prior to joining Mount Nittany Health in 2010, Brown served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Evergreen Health in Kirkland, Wash.
