President & Chief Executive Officer

Dec 27

Mat-Su Health Foundation
Wasilla, AK

Anticipated Start Date: 4/2025

Description

Mat-Su Health Foundation (MSHF) seeks an experienced, relationship-based, and visionary leader to serve as its next President and CEO. The next leader has the opportunity to build upon a significant period of growth with expanded infrastructure and resources to deliver the next level of community impact and systems improvement.

The President and CEO will join a thriving, complex organization that is recognized at the local, state, and national levels for its innovative community partnerships and impact. They will lead MSHF’s systemic work that balances three primary areas of investment: staff expertise/capacity, grantmaking/community benefit, and hospital governance. The successful candidate will continue to foster a cohesive and highly skilled team, balance long-term investments with immediate community needs, and enhance communication while deepening collaboration amongst all stakeholders.

They will also have an opportunity to foster understanding and connection to MSHF strategic goals, stories of impact, and overall mission that improves the health and wellness of Alaskans living in the Matanuska Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough. The ideal candidate for this role will be a proven leader with a strong ability to build trust and inspire others in pursuit of a shared vision while living and working in the communities served.

Responsibilities

The President and CEO is responsible for the effective day-to-day leadership and management of all affairs of the Mat-Su Health Foundation. Taking direction from its Board of Directors, this person will also lead MSHF’s joint venture (JV) with MSRMC and participate in hospital governance on the Mat-Su Valley Medical Center (MSVMC) LLC Board.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Leadership

Foster a culture of collaboration; steward and cultivate relationships internally and externally to encourage innovative problem-solving and holistic approaches to community health challenges.
Provide leadership to MSHF staff; encourage and set tone for healthy workplace culture and staff development that enriches engagement; encourage feedback mechanisms to foster data-driven decisions for continued improvement; ensure that the mission and core values of MSHF are put into practice.
Hire, lead, support, coach, and elevate C-Suite in their respective roles and collectively in developing JV strategy, MSHF strategy and operational infrastructure to support strategic goals.
Integrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging principles into all aspects of MSHF’s work, from internal operations to community partnerships and grantmaking, ensuring alignment with programs, operations, and with the Board’s health equity goals.
Serve as the organization’s primary spokesperson; foster open, transparent, and regular communication channels internally and externally deepening trust, alignment, and a shared sense of purpose at all levels of engagement.
Lead on legislative and regulatory advocacy in pursuit of policies, statutes, and regulations that improve health and wellbeing outcomes.
Ensure robust fiduciary oversight through structures and staffing; ensure operating budget reflects organizational values and connects to strategic priorities; ensure JV capital investments meet community needs and uphold MSHF values.
Lead C-Suite in charting a path through challenging legal, risk, and compliance matters and preservation of MSHF’s 501(c)(3) status; improve and refine necessary structures to manage risk, including risk inherent to MSHF’s JV governance model.
Partner with key stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels to leverage outside resources and investments into the Mat-Su community.
Serve as the primary liaison with MSRMC CEO and with the officers of JV’s third-party manager, Community Health Systems (CHS).
Ensure evaluation of MSHF’s participation in JV and of third-party manager; ensure hospital compliance with 501R and ACA; ensure compliance with Operating Agreement Boards of Directors (MSHF and MSVMC)
Collaborate with MSHF Board to set strategic vision; draft and implement approved strategic plan(s)
Support MSHF’s high-performing Board and Committees by ensuring they are informed on strategic, political, and operational issues along with strategies for mission advancement.
Adhere to bylaws, implement policies, and manage risk and compliance for the Board.
Support development of the MSHF Board and Category A directors; aiding recruitment, ongoing coaching, and education on trends in hospital industry, governance, and compliance.
Represent MSHF and serve as a fiduciary on the MSVMC Board and other ancillary boards; ensure united voice and accountability to meet the acute healthcare needs of the community while meeting fiduciary duties to both organizations.
Ensure MSHF and LLC Boards sign off on CHNA and the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) and MSRMC and CHS support the plan forward.

Requirements

While no one candidate will embody all the qualifications below, the ideal candidate will possess many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences:

Attributes

A bridge-builder with a diplomatic communication style; able to engage in healthy discourse, break down barriers, and build consensus in challenging public environments.
A strategic systems thinker with the ability to grasp complex subjects and data and communicate information in ways that promote understanding and engagement.
A grounded, principled, and resilient person; able to learn quickly, adapt, and appropriately engage strategically, politically, and programmatically in a fast-paced environment.
Demonstrated emphasis on being an inclusive and empathetic leader who fosters a culture of belonging, empowers diverse voices, elevates others, encourages innovative thinking, and establishes trust at all levels.
A leader who energizes lasting commitment to people and projects with personal accountability and responsibility.
A lifelong learner; continuously studying, experimenting, and evolving as a means to advancing oneself and the larger work.
A personal commitment to living and working in the Mat-Su full-time.
Ability to hold the envisioned future for the organization over the long-term while making incremental progress and seizing new opportunities as they arise.

Skills and Expertise

A minimum of 8 years of experience of executive leadership, ideally in both nonprofit and for-profit environments.
Knowledge and experience in hospital or health systems operations and governance
Background and passion for community-driven, place-based strategies for population health
Demonstrated experience in leading organizational diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts and equity-focused strategies among key stakeholders (e.g., staff and Board).
Strong commitment to civic engagement evidenced by significant board and community service.
Superior written and verbal communication, sensitive to confidentiality and diplomacy required in communicating with broad and diverse audiences.
Proven ability to nurture and sustain relationships with employees, board members, elected officials, and nonprofit leaders to collaborate more effectively for shared outcomes.
Data-driven; able to use data and information as a catalyst for action with the team and in the community to advance new ideas that are built to last.
Alaska and Mat-Su knowledge and experience is strongly preferred.

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
Relevant areas of study include public administration, nonprofit and philanthropy leadership, healthcare administration, and business administration.

Salary Range and Employee Benefits

$275,000-$308,000

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