One of Springfield’s largest employers and health centers has announced their new Central Illinois Market president and CEO.
Brian Brennan, MHA, FACHE, has been named president and CEO of HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield. His first day in the new role will be May 27 after relocating from out of state.
Brennan joins HSHS from Baylor Scott and White Healthcare in Texas and has over 20 years of executive experience in the medical field, leading regional health care systems as well as community rural hospitals and clinics.
He previously served as Chief Operating Officer, COO, of the Greater Austin Region in Austin. Prior to that, he served as System Vice President and COO of the UT Health East Texas Medical Center.
Brennan also holds a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of South Florida, Tampa, and a Bachelor of Science in nuclear medicine technology from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
For qualifications, Brennan is board-certified in healthcare management from the American College of Healthcare Executives.
More: A suit and a slight. Springfield activist hasn’t been granted FOIA. He thinks he knows why.
“I am excited to be returning to the Midwest and serving with a health system with such a rich history of service and caring,” Brennan said. “I am also looking forward to becoming an active member of the Springfield community by getting involved with many of the local organizations.”
In the new role, Brennen will oversee strategic and financial operations at HSHS ministries in the Central Illinois Market. In addition to HSHS St. John’s Hospital, hospitals in this market include HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur; HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham; HSHS St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield and HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital, Shelbyville.
Brennen will take over for interim president Chad Markham, who will return to his role as COO.
Markham was filling the void left by Matthew Fry who left the position in March.
Hospital Sisters Health System is a leading nonprofit Catholic health ministry founded in 1875 with operations in Illinois and Wisconsin. The clinicians provide exceptional care centered on the whole person. Based in Springfield, Illinois, HSHS employs nearly 11,000 colleagues who provide care in 13 acute-care, children’s and critical access hospitals and home health and hospice programs.
Claire Grant writes about business, growth and development and other news topics for The State Journal-Register. She can be reached at CLGrant@gannett.com; and on X (Formerly known as Twitter): @Claire_Granted
This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: New president, CEO of Central Illinois announced for HSHS St. John’s
