Michele R. Martz, CPA, FACHE, is president, UPMC Western Maryland, Cumberland.

She also serves on the Board of Governors of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an international professional society of more than 49,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. With comprehensive programs in credentialing, education, career counseling, publications and research, ACHE works toward its goal of being the preeminent professional society for leaders dedicated to advancing health.

Board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow, Ms. Martz has served on various ACHE committees.

Prior to assuming her current role in 2021, Ms. Martz was senior vice president/CFO, UPMC Western Maryland and Western Maryland Health System, from 2019 to 2020, and before that, she worked at Western Maryland Health System in various capacities: vice president, Physician Enterprise (2012 to 2019); vice president, Financial Services (2002 to 2012); and director, budget and reimbursement (1992 to 2002). Earlier, she was budget and reimbursement specialist, Western Maryland Health System/Memorial Hospital from 1989 to 1992, and adjunct faculty, Business Administration, Allegany College, both in Cumberland, Md., as well as an accountant with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, Pittsburgh, from 1987 to 1989.

In addition to her service to ACHE, Ms. Martz is a member of the board of directors for Maryland Physician Care, the Allegany College of Maryland and the Cumberland Economic Development Corp. She is also a member of the Maryland Hospital Association Council on Financial Policy and the West Virginia Society of CPAs, and she serves as treasurer for the United Way of the Potomac Highlands.

Ms. Martz is also a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. She earned her master’s degree in professional accountancy and her bachelor’s degree in business administration, with honors, from West Virginia University, Morgantown. In addition, she completed the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, from 2018 to 2019, and ACHE’s Senior Executive Program in 2014.