I am grateful for Wendy’s leadership to date and excited for what lies ahead as she steps into this role.
Joanne M. Conroy, MDDartmouth Health has selected Wendy E. Fielding, MBA, to serve as the health system’s next chief financial officer (CFO). Fielding, who is currently CFO of Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics, and senior vice president of finance for the health system, assumes her new role on January 10.
Fielding joined Dartmouth Health in 2009 as vice president of financial planning for DHMC and Clinics. In that position, she played an important role in DHMC and Clinics’ financial turnaround in 2017 and 2018.
Fielding was promoted to a dual role in 2021 as DHMC CFO Dartmouth Health’s senior vice president of finance. Since then, she has led system-wide financial planning and reporting, supported the addition of new Dartmouth Health member hospitals, and helped shape long-term capital and credit strategies. Her leadership was critical in guiding Dartmouth Health through post-COVID-19 recovery, advancing system integration, and positioning Dartmouth Health for long-term sustainability.
“This appointment recognizes Wendy’s long-standing leadership and impact at Dartmouth Health,” said Joanne M. Conroy, MD, CEO and president of Dartmouth Health. “Wendy is widely respected for how she leads. She is known for her collaborative approach and ability to translate financial information into meaningful insights. Her commitment to listening, fairness, inclusion and shared accountability will help us continue to strengthen trust and partnership across Dartmouth Health. I am grateful for Wendy’s leadership to date and excited for what lies ahead as she steps into this role.”
Prior to joining Dartmouth Health, Fielding was chief financial officer at Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, ME, and director of financial reporting analysis at Boston Medical Center. She holds a master of business administration in healthcare management from Boston University and a bachelor of science in finance from Bentley University. She is a longstanding member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and a board member at Dartmouth Health member New London Hospital.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.