{"id":2666,"date":"2024-11-19T11:37:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T16:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concordia3.wpenginepowered.com\/south-hills\/blog\/concordia-announces-leadership-changes\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T11:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T16:37:40","slug":"concordia-announces-leadership-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/blog\/concordia-announces-leadership-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Concordia Announces Leadership Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leonard Quimby, Director of Facility-Based Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leonard Quimby, NHA, was recently appointed director of facility-based operations at Concordia Lutheran Ministries. A graduate of Slippery Rock University, Quimby has worked in the healthcare industry for 26 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As director of facility-based operations, Quimby will work in collaboration with Concordia\u2019s chief operating officer to support the overall operations and services within Concordia\u2019s Continuing Care Retirement Communities while fostering additional synergy with Concordia\u2019s home and community service agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the people at all levels that make Concordia a special place to work and thrive, and I quickly realized that the moment I walked through the doors,\u201d he said. \u201cI should have made the journey here years ago. The mission statement and values of this organization are well known, respected and honored.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quimby lives in New Castle, Pa., with his wife Amy and three children, Ross, Raygan and Reese. They are members of St. Vitus Church in New Castle, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen McCreary, Chief Nursing and Innovation Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen McCreary, MBA, BSN, RN, CPC-A, was recently named chief nursing and innovation officer of Concordia Community Support Services, the managing company for Concordia\u2019s home and community services. McCreary has worked in the healthcare industry for over 35 years and has held various clinical and leadership roles at Concordia since 2006. She served as the chief operating officer from 2014 \u2013 2019 and, most recently, the director of special projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In her new role, McCreary brings her expertise in technology and dedication to enhancing the quality of care, increasing efficiency and improving clinical services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am passionate about nursing and eager to explore new opportunities in emerging technologies that can advance healthcare delivery, enhance quality, reduce costs and improve patient and clinician satisfaction at Concordia,\u201d McCreary said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCreary lives with her husband, Tom, in Butler and has two grown children, Jonathan and Haley. She is a member of St. Mary Catholic Church-Saint Francis Assisi Parish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laura McGraw, Concordia Visiting Nurses Executive Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura McGraw, RN, was recently named executive director of Concordia Visiting Nurses. McGraw has worked for Concordia for 18 years, most recently serving as the Cabot and Monroeville branch manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As executive director of Concordia Visiting Nurses, McGraw will manage day-to-day operations and activities of the agency, which has three office locations in western Pennsylvania and serves over 19,000 people every year with high-quality home health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has been a blessing and honor to be a part of this agency\u2019s growth and development,\u201d McGraw said. \u201cI look forward to helping my team grow. Concordia is a family, and we treat those who entrust us with their care like family, too.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGraw lives in Sarver with her husband Casey and two children, Adalynn and Preston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to learn more about Concordia’s career opportunities! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Founded in 1881, Concordia Lutheran Ministries is a faith-based, CARF-accredited Aging Services Network and recipient of the inaugural Pennsylvania Department of Aging Excellence in Quality Care Award. As one of the largest nonprofit senior care providers in the country, the organization serves 50,000 people annually through in-home care and inpatient locations. Concordia offers a lifetime continuum of care that includes adult day services, home health care, hospice, medical and rehabilitation services, memory care, personal care, assisted living, respite care, retirement living, skilled nursing\/short-term rehab, spiritual care and medical equipment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leonard Quimby, Director of Facility-Based Operations Leonard Quimby, NHA, was recently appointed director of facility-based operations at Concordia Lutheran Ministries. A graduate of Slippery Rock University, Quimby has worked in the healthcare industry for 26 years. As director of facility-based operations, Quimby will work in collaboration with Concordia\u2019s chief operating officer to support the overall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,49,25,68,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about","category-careers-at-concordia","category-concordia-blog","category-in-the-news-events-news","category-the-concordia-family-concordia-blog-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/concordialm.org\/south-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}