Dodie McElmurray, FACHE, is CEO, Community Hospitals, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson.

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. McElmurray served as ACHE Regent for Mississippi from 2014 to 2017, on various ACHE committees and as president-elect for the Mississippi Healthcare Executives, an ACHE chapter, from 2013 to 2014.

Before joining the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2020, Ms. McElmurray was COO, West Jefferson Medical Center, Marrero, La., from 2017 to 2020, and COO, Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital from 2014 to 2017. Between 2003 and 2014, she worked at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, in various capacities: administrator, Clinical Support Services (2006 to 2014); assistant administrator (2005 to 2006); clinical director, Neurosciences and Orthopedics (2004 to 2005); and assistant director, Nursing (2003 to 2004). Earlier, she was a professional consultant, Beverly Enterprises, Fort Smith, Ark., from 2002 to 2003; director, Nursing, Beverly Healthcare, Searcy, Ark., from 2001 to 2002; director, Nursing/administrator-in-training, Walter B. Crook Nursing Facility, Ruleville, Miss., from 2000 to 2001; unit manager, Ruleville (Miss.) Healthcare, from 1998 to 2000; staff nurse, North Sunflower County Hospital, Ruleville, Miss., from 1999 to 2001; and staff nurse, Continue Care Home Health, Indianola, Miss., from 1997 to 1998.

In addition to her service to ACHE, Ms. McElmurray is a member of the Grenada Rotary Club and the Mississippi Hospital Association Board of Governors. Additionally, she serves as chair of the Mississippi Hospital Association’s Delta Council and its Committee on Quality.

She has received several awards during her career. In 2012, the Mississippi Business Journal named Ms. McElmurray as a finalist for “Business Woman of the Year,” and in 2011, included her on its “Top 50 Business Women” list. She also received the Service Award (2017) through ACHE’s Recognition Program and an Early Careerist Healthcare Executive Regent Award from ACHE in 2013.

Ms. McElmurray earned her MBA and a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Phoenix and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Delta State University, Cleveland, Miss.