1/13/10 - Healthcare Pro John Frank Joins CDM


(Charleson, SC) - January 13, 2010 - Charleston-based Corporate DevelopMint is proud to announce that we’re beginning the new year by adding one of the region’s most accomplished healthcare professionals to our team. With decades of experience in the industry, John Frank has both the management experience and the “insider’s perspective” on the challenges facing hospitals and the healthcare industry that will combine to offer our clients invaluable counsel.

John Frank comes to Corporate DevelopMint after 15 years with the prestigious Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. John served as the Healthcare Division Director of this $500 million foundation, the majority of whose assets are dedicated to improving healthcare programs in North Carolina through grants, direct special initiatives and outreach activities.

Among these special initiatives were assistive technology for the disabled, medication assistance, medical equipment purchase assistance, hurricane relief, diabetes management (Project IDEAL) and a chronic disease prevention program (Project SELF Improvement). Project IDEAL and Project SELF Improvement gained state a national attention.

Prior to his work with the Reynolds Trust, he was the president of Lexington Memorial Hospital in Lexington, NC. This 94-bed acute/general hospital was also home to a large home-care agency, retail drug store, several medical practices and a thriving foundation. In John’s eight-year tenure of leadership, the Hospital’s active medical staff was increased from 28 to 45, and the Hospital added an outpatient diagnostic and surgical center, expanded surgical suites and began a large satellite clinic. Lexington Memorial was lauded for its exceptional service, receiving a score of 99% from the Joint Commission on accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, even as it enjoyed continued growth and an 8-10% operating margin. Under John’s leadership, then, the hospital thrived from both a quality and an efficiency standpoint.

Throughout his career, John’s aim has always been to ensure exemplary healthcare service to the people of North Carolina. He did so as Assistant Administrator at Alamance County Hospital in Burlington and as Administrator at Davie County Hospital in Mocksville and at Mercy Hospital South in Charlotte, where he served for seven years.

His experience will serve Corporate DevelopMint’s healthcare clients well. He understands what transforms a good hospital into a great one, what drives hospital staff to pursue the very highest levels of care, and how philanthropy can often be the key toward creating a superior healthcare experience.

John’s dedication to the healthcare industry does not end with his employment. He sits on the boards of a number of professional organizations including the NC Medical Society Foundation, and the NC Institute of Medicine, and Team Scholarship Funds. John has also been honored for his service to his industry; he received the Ronald H. Levine Legacy Award for Public Health and the NCHA’s Award for Meritorious Service.

John is a graduate of Wake Forest University’s MBA program and has a degree in accounting from Benjamin Franklin University in Washington, DC. A veteran, John received his honorable discharge from the US Navy Hospital Corps in 1968.

Corporate DevelopMint is thrilled to welcome John onto our team and we are certain that our clients will find his experience and counsel extremely valuable.

About Corporate DevelopMint
Corporate DevelopMint is a consulting firm based in Charleston, SC, which serves the development needs of non-profit organizations. With over 150 years of combined experience, CDM’s senior-level consultants have led campaigns generating hundreds of millions of dollars for non-profit hospitals, colleges and universities and a variety of community organizations.

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