Message from Marion Thomson Howell, Board Chair of St. Mary’s General Hospital, and Winnie Doyle, Interim President and CEO of St. Joseph’s Health System
Dear St. Mary’s General Hospital staff and community,
In follow-up to the email shared with you on March 30, 2022, we wanted to inform you that Lee Fairclough, President of St. Mary’s General Hospital, has resigned. Her departure from St. Mary’s is effective today.
Building on her extensive career in public service, Lee has decided to seek nomination in Etobicoke-Lakeshore’s provincial riding and run for political office in the upcoming Ontario election. Please join us in wishing Lee the very best with this exciting and noble next chapter.
We also wanted to take this opportunity to thank Lee for her courageous and compassionate leadership at St. Mary’s General Hospital. She did an outstanding job helping us navigate COVID-19, embracing our caring culture and deep history of excellence for our patients, families, staff, volunteers, and broader community. She also guided us on the creation of our new strategic plan, elevating St. Mary’s commitment to safe, high quality, compassionate, and equitable care. As importantly, she inspired a culture where people want to do their best, every day.
Thanks to the collective strength at St. Mary’s, we will continue forward on our exciting path and commitment to quality care.
Effective today, Sherri Ferguson is Acting President of St. Mary’s General Hospital. As Board Chair of St. Mary’s General Hospital and as Interim President and CEO of St. Joseph’s Health System, we will continue to work closely with Sherri and the senior leadership team to provide support.
In addition, plans are underway to begin our search for a permanent president. We will keep you posted on these developments. Ontario Health will provide information on the transition of regional lead responsibilities.
Again, please join us in wishing Lee well. Plus thank you, to all of you, for making St. Mary’s the extraordinary caring community that it is.
Sincerely,
Marion Thomson Howell
Board Chair
St. Mary’s General Hospital
Winnie Doyle
Interim President and CEO
St. Joseph’s Health System