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By CKPG Today

Northern Health

Northern Health announces new President and CEO

Jun 20, 2023 | 1:09 PM

PRINCE GEORGE — Ciro Panessa has been selected as the next President and CEO of Northern Health (NH).

Ciro, who was born in Prince Rupert and raised in Vancouver, will take over the role on September 5.

Since 2017, Ciro has served as Northern Health’s Northwest Chief Operating Officer in Terrace.

Ciro takes over from Cathy Ulrich whose last day will be September 1.

“After a thorough selection process, I’m thrilled to welcome Ciro Panessa as the next president and CEO of Northern Health,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. “Ciro brings a wealth of experience that will greatly benefit people in the north, and I look forward to working together to continue to improve the health-care services that people rely on. I would also like to thank Cathy Ulrich for her many years of exceptional dedicated service to the people of Northern B.C. and wish her well during her retirement.”

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The NH Board completed the search and selection process, which attracted an impressive pool of both internal and external candidates and included multiple interviews, testing and reference checking to ensure a strong candidate was selected to lead Northern Health into the future.

“The board is very happy with our selection of Ciro Panessa as the next President & CEO,” said Colleen Nyce, Chair of the Northern Health Board of Directors. “We are especially pleased that after the rigorous selection process we were able to find our next leader from within the Northern Health organization.”