Cleveland Clinic-affiliated health system names interim CEO

Leonard Stepp Jr. has been named interim CEO of Cleveland Clinic-affiliated Ashtabula (Ohio) County Medical Center Healthcare System, the Star Beacon reported Dec. 5. 

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Mr. Stepp served the health system in various leadership capacities from 2011 to 2019, the newspaper reported. Past roles include senior vice president of administration, vice president of health system advancement and vice president of the Ashtabula Clinic. 

Mr. Stepp currently serves as chief operating officer of Cleveland Clinic Euclid (Ohio) Hospital, and will continue to do so while serving as interim CEO of the health system, the newspaper reported. 

Mr. Stepp succeeds Michael Habowski, who will retire in January after 11 years in the role. 

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