Mr. Hatala is president and CEO of Camden-based Lourdes Health System and a leader with Catholic Health East New Jersey. He succeeds outgoing chairman John T. Gribbin, FACHE, of CentraState Healthcare System in Freehold.
The following officers of the NJHA board also were appointed: Secretary Stephen K. Jones of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital; Treasurer Joseph P. Coyle of Southern Ocean County Hospital; Vice Chairman Audrey Meyers of Valley Health System; and Chairman-elect Thomas Biga of Clara Maass Medical Center.
The following healthcare leaders also were appointed as new board members: Gary Horan of Trinitas Regional Medical Center; Deanna Sperling, MAS, RN, of the Organization of Nurse Executives of New Jersey; and Joseph Reichman, FACS, of the Medical Society of New Jersey.
Read the release on the NJHA board.