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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Name Charlotte L Perkins
Phone Number 804-281-8006
Email Address [email protected]
Executive Changes Announced by Bon Secours Virginia Health System
RICHMOND, Va. (December 4, 2014) –Peter J. Bernard, CEO of Bon Secours Virginia, announces the
promotion of Toni R. Ardabell to chief executive officer of Bon Secours Richmond Health System effective
January 1, 2015. In her new role Ardabell will be responsible for all operations in Central Virginia, with the
exception of the Medical Group and HealthSource, which will remain directly reporting to Mr. Bernard. Ardabell
will continue to serve as chief executive officer of St Mary’s Hospital adding as direct reports, Michael Robinson,
CEO of Memorial Regional Medical Center, Richmond Community Hospital, Rappahannock General Hospital and
the College of Nursing, as well as Mark Gordon, CEO of St Francis Medical Center and David Belde senior vice
president of Mission Services. Ardabell will also assume the role with the Bon Secours Richmond Board as the
CEO of Bon Secours Richmond.
Ardabell joined Bon Secours in 2009 as the chief executive officer of Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital. In
2012 she was given additional responsibility for Women’s Pediatrics, Retail and the Senior Services service
lines. Most recently, in 2014, her responsibilities grew to include chief executive officer of St Francis Medical
Center. Prior to joining Bon Secours, Ardabell was with the Inova Fairfax Hospital. During her tenure there she
served many roles, the most recent being that of vice president of Inova Fairfax Hospital’s 2015 Capital
Improvement Program.
Under Ardabell’s leadership at Bon Secours, St Mary’s Hospital has received numerous awards including
re-designation of Magnet status, Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital, Best Place in Richmond to Have a Baby,
Emergency Medicine Award, Leapfrog A rating and Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical
Excellence. Ardabell serves on the American Heart Association Richmond and Regional Boards, the Greater
Richmond Chamber of Commerce Foundation Board, The Bon Secours Richmond Foundation Board, and she is
a member of St Gertrude’s High School’s Board of Visitors.
Peter Bernard will continue as the chief executive officer of Bon Secours Virginia, functioning exclusively
at the state level with a strategic focus on issues that affect the ministry at the level of the Commonwealth. He
will also focus on Bon Secours role in the formation of an independent children’s hospital in Richmond, and
continued development of the East End of Richmond, as well as state-wide and national clinically integrated
networks.
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In addition, he will focus on a state-wide ambulatory strategy and the development of DePaul Cancer
Center in Hampton Roads. Toni Ardabell, CEO of Bon Secours Richmond, Dr. Tom Auer CEO of the Bon Secours
Medical Group and Michael Kerner, CEO of Bon Secours Hampton Roads, will form an operation team for the
state that will be designated as “The Office of the President.” This office will continue to ensure operational
system-ness across the Commonwealth of Virginia and will be chaired by Peter J. Bernard, chief executive officer
for Bon Secours Virginia.
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About Bon Secours Virginia Health System
Bon Secours Virginia provides good help to thousands of Virginians through a network of hospitals, primary and specialty care
practices, ambulatory care sites and continuing care facilities across the Commonwealth. The not-for-profit health system employs
about 12,000 people, including nearly 650 physicians as part of the Bon Secours Medical Group.
The fourth largest and only faith-based health system in Virginia, Bon Secours Virginia offers a full range of services including cardiac,
women’s, children’s, orthopaedics, oncology, neurosciences and surgery at seven award-winning hospitals.
• Bon Secours Richmond is St. Mary’s Hospital, Memorial Regional Medical Center, Richmond Community Hospital and St.
Francis Medical Center.
• Bon Secours Hampton Roads is Maryview Medical Center, DePaul Medical Center and Mary Immaculate Hospital.
About Bon Secours Virginia Health Care Foundation
The Bon Secours Virginia Health Care Foundation raises charitable funds to help Bon Secours Virginia Health System address the
community’s growing health care needs with compassion and excellence. Through charitable support, we are dedicated to helping
create healthy communities, advancing clinical innovation and providing an extraordinary experience of care. For more information on
giving, visit www.bsvaf.org.

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