Dartmouth Health Chief Financial Officer
Wendy E. Fielding, MBA, was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer for Dartmouth Health in January 2026. In addition to her responsibilities related to financial planning, budgeting, reporting and shared finance services across Dartmouth Health, Fielding also works closely with system leaders and members of the Board of Trustees to support long-term financial health.
Fielding joined Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in 2009 as the Vice President of Financial Planning, with oversight of business and analytical decision support, the annual financial planning and budget process, and development of the organization's long-term financial plan. She played an important role in DHMC and Clinics' financial turnaround in 2017-18. In 2021, she was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer for DHMC and Clinics and Senior Vice President of Finance. In this role, she assumed an increasing level of responsibility for DHMC and Clinics financial issues. She collaborated closely with the DHMC and Clinics leadership team to provide financial support for strategic decisions from preliminary vetting through governance approval, including for significant expansion projects on DHMC and Clinics' Lebanon and Manchester campuses.
An avid learner and teacher, Fielding shares her knowledge and perspective as a guest lecturer at the Tuck School of Business. She is a 2019 Carol Emmott Fellow and has a particular interest in supporting women leaders to advance their healthcare careers and to ultimately transform healthcare.
Prior to joining DHMC and Clinics, Fielding held positions as the Chief Financial Officer at Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine, and as the Director of Financial Reporting and Analysis at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She holds a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. A longstanding member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, she currently serves on the Board of New London Hospital in New London, New Hampshire. Fielding previously served on the Board of Cheshire Medical Center.
Fielding and her husband live in Grantham, New Hampshire.
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