
The Crescent Community Health Center Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Collins as Crescent Community Health Center’s CEO, effective June 24. Gary’s appointment is a clear reflection on the current state of the health center as they are energized and excited to move to the new facility, expand services, and serve more patients in the community!
Mr. Collins has nearly eight years of Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) experience in c-suite roles in both urban and rural settings. He has a proven success record managing budgets exceeding $20M, enhancing health center hospital affiliations, 340B management, 403B administration, benefits, IT, HR and experience working with diverse health centers.
“FQHC's serve such an important population and our ability to balance the budget while keeping employees engaged, patients healthy and happy, and quality outcomes and measures ahead of target is a primary goal of my work,” stated Mr. Collins.
“As a board, we are thrilled with Gary’s unique experience and success in managing FQHC’s, and look at the opportunities his appointment brings to grow our organization – helping Crescent and our staff to meet the health needs of our community and achieve even greater levels of quality and success,” said Mary Rose Corrigan, Crescent Community Health Center Board Chair.