Ms. Rodowicz has spent more than 40 years at Berkshire Health Systems, rising to president and CEO in 2022 after serving as CFO for 15 years. She leads the largest employer in Berkshire County, Mass., overseeing a network of three community hospitals, including Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, Mass. and North Adams (Mass.) Regional Hospital, along with the Phelps Cancer Center, Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association and more than 4,000 employees. In 2024, Ms. Rodowicz oversaw the reopening of North Adams Regional Hospital as a federally designated critical access hospital after a decade-long closure, and the health system remains the only one in Massachusetts to operate more than one critical access hospital. She has also opened two new urgent care centers in Lenox and Williamstown, Mass. in the past two years and facilitates the system’s master facility plan, which drives ongoing capital investment across campuses. Ms. Rodowicz has expanded the system’s workforce development program, which has produced 34 graduates of its associate degree in nursing program, 23 licensed practical nurse graduates, 234 graduates of its modified nursing assistant program and 107 medical assistant program graduates. She also directed a $300,000 investment in “The First,” a Pittsfield resource center supporting residents experiencing housing insecurity. She serves on the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association’s standing committee on finance.
