Ms. Keefer now is senior vice president and CFO for Montgomery, Ala.-based Baptist Health, an affiliate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System. She has worked at UAB Health System for 17 years.
Ms. Keefer previously worked as a project consultant to the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
She holds a master’s degree in public administration from New York University in New York City.
Ms. Keefer is the permanent successor to Lee Ann Liska, who resigned June 6. Since then, the health system merged the leadership of the health system with its flagship facility, Augusta University Medical Center. Previously, the president of Augusta University also served as CEO of the health system.
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