For Immediate Release
CHICAGO, March 23, 2020—Carrie Owen Plietz, FACHE, executive vice president and COO, hospital division, WellStar Health System, Marietta, Ga., has been elected the 2020–2021 Chairman-Elect of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
As Chairman-Elect, Owen Plietz will serve the first part of a three-year term followed by serving as Chairman and Immediate Past Chairman.
Board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow, Owen Plietz served on the ACHE Board of Governors from 2016 to 2019. She also served as the ACHE Regent for California—Northern & Central from 2013 to 2016, as president of the California Association of Healthcare Leaders, an ACHE chapter, and on numerous ACHE committees throughout the years. In 2010, she received the Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year.
In addition to her service to ACHE, Owen Plietz is a member of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health Administration Alumni Committee and the Executive Committee of the Healthcare Executives Study Society. Previously, she served on the boards of the California State March of Dimes and the Sacramento (Calif.) Rotary.
For more information about Owen Plietz, visit ache.org/Leadership.
About the American College of Healthcare Executives
The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 48,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE’s mission is to advance our members and healthcare management excellence. ACHE offers its prestigious FACHE® credential, signifying board certification in healthcare management. ACHE's established network of 77 chapters provides access to networking, education and career development at the local level. In addition, ACHE is known for its magazine, Healthcare Executive, and its career development and public policy programs. Through such efforts, ACHE works toward its vision of being the preeminent professional society for leaders dedicated to improving health. The Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives was established to further advance healthcare management excellence through education and research. The Foundation of ACHE is known for its educational programs—including the annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which draws more than 4,000 participants—and groundbreaking research. Its publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on health services management including textbooks for college and university courses.
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