VOORHEES — Albert E. Smith has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Kennedy Health Board of Directors effective Jan. 1. Previously the Board's Vice Chairman, Smith is also a member of the Kennedy University Hospital Board of Trustees and served as its chairman from 2007 to 2012. Additionally, Smith chairs the Kennedy Health Alliance Advisory Committee, and Kennedy's...
VOORHEES -- Albert E. Smith has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Kennedy Health Board of Directors effective Jan. 1. Previously the Board's Vice Chairman, Smith is also a member of the Kennedy University Hospital Board of Trustees and served as its chairman from 2007 to 2012. Additionally, Smith chairs the Kennedy Health Alliance Advisory Committee, and Kennedy's Professional Medical Management Board, as well serving on various board committees throughout his tenure.
A Kennedy Board member for 30 years, Smith is the retired President of Canon Financial Services (CFS) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon. He had also served as Executive Vice President with Fidelity Bank & Trust Company of New Jersey (now Bank of America).
In 2003, Smith was honored for his philanthropic work with the Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey Helms Award. He served as Vice Chairman of the South Jersey March of Dimes from 1986 to 1991 and was the organization's WalkAmerica Chairman in 1986.
Smith is a member of the NJHA Council on Hospital Governance, which works to enhance the abilities of New Jersey hospital trustees to fulfill their roles and responsibilities and improve the health status of the communities they serve. Smith and his wife, Meral, reside in Haddonfield.
Other Kennedy Health Board officer appointments, effective January 2016, include:
Board of Directors (health system)
- Vice Chairman Bruce Paparone
- Secretary: Ronald Caputo
- Treasurer Robert DiStanislao.
Board of Trustees (hospital)
- Chairman: John Durante
- Vice Chairman: John Silvestri
- SecretaryJustice John Wallace
- Treasurer: Rhonda Costello
Kennedy is a health services delivery system serving the communities of southern New Jersey. Kennedy meets the community's healthcare needs with services at its hospital campuses in Cherry Hill, Stratford and Washington Township and at outpatient facilities throughout Camden and Gloucester counties.
