(UPDATED May 6 at 11:40 a.m.) Karen M. Laganelli has been named the new CEO of the Notre Dame Health Care Center Inc. in Worcester.
Laganelli, who has a master’s degree in health care administration, “brings to this role a deep commitment to compassionate care and to the mission of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as well as familiarity with the greater Worcester health care community and, in fact, with NDHC itself,” Sister Ellen Agritelley, chairwoman of the care center’s board of trustees, said in an April 28 letter to the Worcester Business Journal.
Her appointment will take effect May 26.
Laganelli has held leadership positions in nonprofit and faith-based health care programs in the Worcester area, the letter said.
Notre Dame Health Care Center operates du Lac Assisted Living, a hospice, and the Educational Bridge Center at 555 Plantation St.; and a long-term care center at 559 Plantation St., Worcester.
(CORRECTION: The effective date of Laganelli’s appointment was incorrect in the original version of this story.)
