WINDSOR, Ont. – The board of administrators at Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) is proud to announce that Kristin Kennedy (pictured) will be a part of WRH as its president and CEO in April 2026. Kristin is well-known to the area following a number of years as president and CEO of Erie Shores Healthcare (2020 to current) and beforehand its Chief Nursing Govt (2018-2020).
She can be accustomed to WRH by way of her coordination as a neighborhood hospital accomplice but additionally as a earlier administrator at WRH (Director of Vital Care and Cardiology, 2017-18) and operations supervisor for the Neurosciences Program (2015-2017).
Kristin’s healthcare profession journey has additionally included administration roles on the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Youngsters’s Hospital of Michigan, and Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan.
She started her profession as a NICU registered nurse and registered flight nurse at Driscoll Youngsters’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Kristin additionally offers again to the healthcare sector as an educator, at present serving as an energetic part-time professor at McMaster College’s DeGroote College of Enterprise for its Grasp of Well being Administration Program.
“Kristin’s wealth of expertise and accomplishments will provide large management to WRH as we proceed to modernize and excel on our highway to a brand new acute care hospital which can open just a few years from now,” mentioned Ian McLeod, chair, WRH board of administrators. “We’re very lucky to have the ability to have Kristin be a part of our staff and we all know she’s going to hit the bottom working as our new president and CEO only a few weeks from now.”
“I’m humbled and excited to affix WRH and really a lot stay up for making a significant influence to its current and future, working with its devoted and proficient staff, and as we enter an period main as much as a brand new state-of-the-art acute care hospital for Windsor-Essex,” Kennedy mentioned.
“On the similar time, I wish to categorical my large due to the unimaginable staff at ESHC. My deep respect for this staff and my perception in ESHC’s mission won’t ever waver. I’m assured that ESHC’s finest days are nonetheless forward due to the individuals who present up daily with ability, integrity, and compassion I’m absolutely dedicated to supporting a easy transition and guaranteeing continued stability and success as an important well being care accomplice in our area.”
Present WRH president and CEO Karen Riddell will proceed to guide WRH and help with the CEO transition earlier than her well-deserved retirement in spring 2026.
“Karen has achieved a lot for WRH as our present president and CEO since taking the reins from David Musyj in 2024, and previous to that as chief nursing govt,” McLeod mentioned. “We are going to very a lot miss Karen’s dedication, management and dedication to your entire WRH staff and our group and we’re extraordinarily happy with her many accomplishments all through her profession, from frontline nurse to the CEO workplace. Nonetheless, we’re simply as excited for Karen as she embarks on a well-deserved retirement this spring after many many years of healthcare excellence.”
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