An agreement between the ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation and Vidant Health Foundation has been signed and executed, creating the ECU Health Foundation. The two entities will align to operate as one philanthropic arm supporting ECU Health and ECU’s health sciences. The alignment follows the joint operating agreement between East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and then-Vidant Health that has been in place for more than a year, enabling the organizations to create ECU Health and work together to improve health care delivery to the 1.4 million residents of eastern North Carolina.
Under the agreement, the two foundations will remain separate legal entities, but will integrate under a new, shared brand known as ECU Health Foundation. Rebranding is expected to take several months to complete. The Foundation is committed to a seamless transition for donors, and they can expect to receive communications in the coming weeks.
As part of the agreement, Scott Senatore will become Chief Philanthropy Officer for the ECU Health Foundation, overseeing the work of both entities. He will also serve as president of the ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation and continue in his role as president of the Vidant Health Foundation where he has served since 2018. Prior to his work with the foundation, Senatore was the president of the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce.
“This agreement marks an important and exciting chapter for health care and health sciences philanthropy in eastern North Carolina,” said Senatore. “I’m grateful for our board chairs, Spence Cosby and Jordy Whichard, and our respective boards for their leadership throughout this process. This partnership will help increase fundraising for both clinical and academic needs on our campuses.”
“During the last year, we have seen great efforts to partner and collaborate between our two organizations,” said ECU Chancellor Philip Rogers. “When this happens, the people of eastern North Carolina benefit tremendously. Just as with our clinical integration, our philanthropic alignment is another important step toward advancing our shared mission and driving value for this vital partnership.”
The ECU Health Foundation was created to align the fundraising and stewardship operations of the ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation and the Vidant Health Foundation in order to boost philanthropic support for ECU Health, the ECU Schools and Colleges of the health sciences, and Laupus Library.
“Coordinating our philanthropic initiatives, as outlined in the original joint operating agreement, continues to build upon the rich history of the two organizations, preserving the legacy and vision we have shared for nearly 50 years, and advancing the tremendous progress made with the creation of ECU Health,” said Dr. Michael Waldrum, CEO of ECU Health and dean, Brody School of Medicine.
About the ECU Health Foundation
The ECU Health Foundation aligns fundraising and stewardship operations of the Vidant Health Foundation and the ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation to boost philanthropic support for ECU Health, the ECU Schools and Colleges of the health sciences, and Laupus Library. The ECU Health Foundation is committed to effectively and efficiently supporting clinical and academic needs for the health system and health sciences.
About ECU Health
ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of more than 14,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 180 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 110 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children’s Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research. For more information, visit ECUHealth.org.
About East Carolina University
East Carolina University offers more than 87 bachelor’s, 68 master’s and 18 doctoral degrees to 28,000 students on its Greenville, North Carolina, campus and through an acclaimed online learning program. The university’s school of medicine consistently ranks No. 1 in North Carolina – and in the top 10% nationally – for graduating physicians who practice in-state, practice primary care and practice in rural and underserved areas. ECU boasts the largest business school enrollment and largest number of new nurses and education professionals produced by a four-year North Carolina university, in addition to the largest studio art program in the state. The university has a globally recognized academic underwater archaeology program and has a supportive relationship with the U.S. military services. Located near Atlantic coast harbors where pirates once roamed, ECU adopted the “Pirates” mascot in 1934 for its athletics program and competes in NCAA Division 1.
The Nursing Program at East Carolina University showed exceptional performance and has landed at No. 4 on the 2023 Ranked Nursing Programs in North Carolina.
The programs were assessed on several factors that represent how well a program supports students toward licensure and extreme success.
ECU’s program is home to multiple quality nursing programs that include several BSN options. Students are also given the option between the traditional BSN, accelerated second degree BSN, or the Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurse Program, otherwise known as RIBN.
RIBN works with several local community colleges and it allows students to earn both an ADN and BSN.
Click here to see the full list.
Miracle Children and their stories of remarkable courage during life-threatening illnesses and injuries helped make the 37th annual Celebration Broadcast a tremendous success.
For the second year in a row, the telethon was marked by a very special announcement. A friend of James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital at ECU Health Medical Center offered to match, dollar for dollar every donation up to $100,000. This family, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a passion for children in eastern North Carolina and wants to ensure every child has the best chance possible to get better. They are so very grateful for all of the hard work, dedication and compassion that the team provides at Maynard Children’s Hospital. They also recognize this past year has been incredibly difficult for everyone and hoped to provide an extra incentive for people to open their hearts and donate.
Thanks to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ longtime television partner, WITN, which produces the fundraiser, this year’s Miracle Children were able to share their heartwarming stories of complex illnesses and traumatic injuries and the quality medical care they received from Maynard Children’s Hospital.
The theme of this year’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals campaign has been “Change Kids’ Health, Change the Future” which shows how important donations are in helping shape a healthier tomorrow for patients served at Maynard Children’s Hospital.
Major contributors to the yearly event, held June 4-5 to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, featured contributions from long-time supporters from across eastern North Carolina including Speedway, Log a Load for Kids, and Walmart/Sam’s Clubs.
“Caring individuals, community groups, businesses and others show how much they care about children by providing generous contributions to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. In eastern North Carolina, this generosity enables the Maynard Children’s Hospital, located in Greenville and serving 29 counties, to see beyond obvious treatment and save more lives,” said Spence Cosby, chair, ECU Health Foundation Board of Trustees. “The care and high-quality treatment received here will continue into the future through this year’s amazing donors.”
The Celebration Broadcast featured guests and sponsors who have contributed during the past year, as well as callers who pledged their support.
Earlier this year, the Music for Miracles Radiothon on Inner Banks Media Stations raised $109,921 during the 25th year of their special event, bringing their total raised to more than $3.7 million. The Inner Banks Media radio stations include: 107.9 WNCT; Talk 96.3 and 103.7; Groovin’ Oldies 94.1; and 94.3 The Game.
The largest donor to this year’s campaign came from a long-time corporate partner of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Speedway, which raised $292,011 in their seventh year of partnership with Maynard Children’s Hospital.
The largest fundraising event for our local Children’s Miracle Network program was hosted by long time CMN supporters, Log a Load for Kids. On May 6-7, Log a Load for Kids held their 25th annual sporting clays shoot and raised $200,000. These funds came from sponsorships, including title sponsors, Colony Tire, Southern Pines Timber and Pinnacle Trailer Sales, and had nearly 600 participants.
Other major donors and their gifts included Walmart/Sam’s Clubs with $122,107; Panda Express with $65,948; the Parker Family/Bryson’s Birdies for Kids with $52,941; Dance Arts Theater with $31,294; and Publix with $31,124.
Several other initiatives proved successful for this year’s campaign, including Equipment Plus/East Carolina Tractor and Fleet with $17,780 and Extra Life with $13,293.
Other campaign contributors were RE/MAX with $12,675; Ace Hardware with $11,556; 264 Shoes and Apparel with $10,107; Barbour Hendrick Honda Greenville and The Electric Cooperatives of Eastern NC both with $10,000; Ollie’s with $7,316; Phi Mu Chapter of ECU with $3,737; and Pepsi/Minges Bottling Group; Eastern Radiologists, Inc.; and Harris, Creech, Ward and Blackerby, P.A. each contributed $5,000.
Additional gifts were from, Miller and Friends Lemonade Stand with $4,156; American Builders with $3,200; Grady White Boats with $2,500; Central Heating and Air Conditioning with $2,000; Care-O-World Enrichment Learning Center with $1,802; brothers, Arun and Ajay Ajmera each with $1,100. Children’s Healthcare Services, PA; MSL Health Care Partners, Inc ; Team Lighting; Ricci Law Firm; Stallings Plumbing, Heating and AC and Coldwell Bankers Coastal Rivers Realty each gave $1,000.
The local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals fundraising program is staffed and supported by the ECU Health Foundation, the non-profit charitable corporation that serves as the custodian for all financial gifts and bequests to ECU Health. The ECU Health Foundation oversees allocation of all donated funds.
Media contact: Beth Anne Atkins, director, communications and donor relations, ECU Health Foundation, 252-847-7695 or [email protected]
Listeners from all over the east phoned in their support for children and raised $107,385 during the 25th annual “Music for Miracles” radiothon on 107.9 WNCT.
These generous donations bring the all-time giving for the event to more than $3.6 million. One hundred percent of the funds raised through Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospital events such as this, directly support programs and services at the James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital at Vidant Medical Center.
This year’s radiothon included all of the Inner Banks Media radio stations. In addition to 107.9, these include: Talk 96.3 and 103.7; Groovin’ Oldies 94.1; and 94.3 The Game.
“We are thrilled to have once again been a partner with CMN and ECU Medical Center. Doing two days of broadcasts gave us an opportunity to interact with the doctors, staff, and most importantly the kids who are served there,” said Henry Hinton, president, Inner Banks Media. “It is one of the highlights of our year in terms of our public service efforts. As is often the case when you do something like this, we were the ones who were blessed to have been part of it.”
“The loyal listeners show year after year that no matter what is happening in the world around us they are truly dedicated to making the lives of sick and injured children better. A special thank you to the children and their families who shared their inspirational stories about the care they received at Maynard Children’s Hospital,” said Rhonda James, director of development, Maynard Children’s Hospital.
Children’s Miracle Network is a fundraising program of the ECU Health Foundation. Maynard Children’s Hospital in Greenville serves children and their families living throughout a 29-county region in eastern North Carolina.
Media contact: Rhonda James, director of development, Maynard Children’s Hospital, 252-847-1071 or
Media contact: Beth Anne Atkins, director, communications and donor relations, ECU Health Foundation, 252-847-7695 or [email protected]
ECU Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of ECU Health, has officially completed its largest fundraising campaign in the organization’s history. Recently, the campaign reached and exceeded its $50 million campaign goal for supporting the ECU Health Cancer Care capital project, along with funding cancer programs and services.
“To achieve this milestone is truly monumental for our Foundation team and for ECU Health,” said Scott Senatore, president, ECU Health Foundation. “We, along with our extremely generous donors and community partners, have demonstrated what it means to be committed to fulfilling our mission of believing in a life without cancer. The generosity and philanthropic commitment of our donors is evident in every detail of our stunning cancer center as well as the services we provide and the resources we offer.”
More than 4,000 donors contributed to the campaign over the course of seven years. Because of the dedication and support of countless donors, as well as the generosity of the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Foundation, the facility was formally named in their honor and is now known as VECU Health Cancer Care at the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Tower.
The impact of this facility is far-reaching and is providing hope for cancer patients and families across the region. Three years ago, mortality rates in eastern North Carolina were 15 percent higher than the rest of the state. Since opening in 2018, these mortality rates have decreased 14.2 percent, which is less than one percent higher than the rest of the state.
“I have personally seen the impact of our donors’ generosity and commitment to investing in ECU Health Cancer Care,” said Dr. Emmanuel Zervos, executive director of ECU Health Cancer Care, and Spencer and Mary Raab Distinguished Professor of Adult Oncology and Founding Director of the Division of Surgical Oncology at Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. “Because of our incredible donors, we have doubled the number of patients who are able to receive chemo at one time, as well as provide additional screenings for early detection, and offer more therapeutic resources for our patients.”
Through philanthropic support, ECU Health Cancer Care has been able to provide the following programs and services:
- Patient resources, such as financial assistance for gas, food, electricity, prescriptions, transportation and child care for patients who qualify at the federal poverty level;
- Patient navigation program which helps remove any barriers to care, assures seamless care delivery and refers patients/families to needed resources;
- Diagnostic procedures, including mammograms, bone scans, colonoscopies and lung CT scans;
- Oncology outreach, including community screenings, early detection and prevention programs, as well as educational/awareness programs;
- Survivorship and support programs, such as retreats for cancer patients, as well as nutrition, exercise and equine therapy programs. Also, complimentary wigs are offered to those who are unable to afford them otherwise.
Since opening in 2018, ECU Health Cancer Care has:
- More than 90,000 new outpatient registrations
- More than 100,000 outpatient clinic visits
- Recruited top specialist oncology physicians from all over the country
- Over 77,000 patients have received radiation treatment
- Over 9,500 PET scans completed
- 1,200 support and survivorship programs hosted
ECU Health Cancer Care at the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Tower on the ECU Health Medical Center campus serves as the hub to provide cancer care in Greenville, as well as deliver cancer care throughout the region. Cancer care in eastern North Carolina is driven by this vision: to prevent the incidence of cancer whenever possible, diagnose the disease in its earliest stages, and ensure that every patient with cancer receives world-class care without leaving the area. The ECU Health Foundation will continue to raise funds for patient resources, diagnostic procedures, survivorship programs, and early detection/pre-screenings.
Media contact: Beth Anne Atkins, director, communications and donor relations, ECU Health Foundation, 252-847-7695 or [email protected]
The Service League of Greenville has pledged a $2 million endowment to sustain programs and services within ECU Health Cancer Care. The endowment matches the Service League’s $2 million gift to ECU Health Cancer Care in 2015.
“Our mission is to ‘minister to the suffering, the friendless, and the needy through various projects, which benefit the hospital and community’,” said Danette Pugh, president of The Service League of Greenville. “We are so fortunate to have ECU Health Cancer Care here in eastern North Carolina, and we are blessed to be able to fulfill our mission by sustaining cancer programs and services for the foreseeable future.”
Through philanthropic support, ECU Health Cancer Care has been able to provide the following programs and services:
- Patient resources, such as financial assistance for gas, food, electricity, prescriptions, transportation and child care for those patients who qualify at the federal poverty level;
- Patient navigation program which helps remove any barriers to care, assures seamless care delivery and refers patients/families to needed resources;
- Diagnostic procedures, including mammograms, bone scans, colonoscopies and lung CT scans;
- Oncology outreach, including community screenings, early detection and prevention programs, as well as educational/awareness programs;
- Survivorship and support programs, such as retreats for cancer patients, as well as nutrition, exercise and equine therapy programs. Also, complimentary wigs are offered to those who are unable to afford them otherwise.
In eastern North Carolina, 19 people are diagnosed with cancer every day, with eight passing away every day in ECU Health’s 29-county region. The mortality rates in eastern North Carolina are 15 percent higher than the rest of the state because too many cancers are being detected in later stages. ECU Health is on a mission-critical journey to change all that—to transform cancer care in the region.
ECU Health Cancer Care at the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Tower on the ECU Health Medical Center campus serves as the hub to provide cancer care in Greenville, as well as deliver cancer care throughout the region. Cancer care in eastern North Carolina is driven by this vision: to prevent the incidence of cancer whenever possible, diagnose the disease in its earliest stages, and ensure that every patient with cancer receives world-class care without leaving the area.
“It is truly remarkable that over $4 million dollars raised by The Service League in pursuit of our mission to envision a life without cancer came in small increments selling candy, coffee, flowers and gifts from the gift shops, cafés and vending machines,” said Dr. Emmanuel Zervos, executive director of ECU Health Cancer Care, and professor and chief, Division of Surgical Oncology at the Brody School of Medicine. “The dedication and commitment of The Service League to this region is the secret ingredient that makes eastern North Carolina such a special place. The Service League has been with us since day one, and we look forward to continuing our partnership to serve the region.”
Since opening in 2018, ECU Health Cancer Care has:
- More than 60,000 new outpatient registrations
- More than 42,000 outpatient clinic visits
- Recruited top specialist oncology physicians from all over the country
- Over 30,000 infusion patients treated
- Over 6,000 PET scans completed
- 1,2000 support and survivorship programs hosted
The league is celebrating its 83rd year of service. The organization operates several amenities throughout ECU Health Medical Center, including the Coffee Shop, the gift shops, all vending services, and two freestanding Starbucks coffee operations—known as the Coffee Corner and the ECHI Café. The group was also monumental in helping fund The Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice, which provides inpatient medical care in an environment that meets the emotional, spiritual and comfort needs of patients and their loved ones during a terminal illness. The group also helped fund the construction of The Service League of Greenville Interfaith Chapel.
All profits from the league’s hospital operations are donated back to the hospital through the ECU Health Foundation. Through the years, The Service League’s total commitment to ECU Health Medical Center is more than $13 million.
Media contact: Beth Anne Atkins, director, communications and donor relations, ECU Health Foundation, 252-847-7695 or [email protected]
The ECU Health Foundation recently received three Wallie Awards for work the team completed in 2019. The Wallie Awards are given out as part of the Carolinas Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Society’s (CHPRMS) Fall Conference. As the region’s premier health care marketing and public relations society, the membership is some of the Southeast’s most talented professionals in the industry. The awards are a way to spotlight the work they produce.
ECU Health Foundation submitted three entries in three categories and won gold awards for all three. The categories were Annual Report, Web Design and Foundation/Fundraising Initiative.
The awards were presented at the CHPRMS Fall Conference in Asheville Nov. 20-22.
Media contact: Beth Anne Atkins, director, communications and donor relations, ECU Health Foundation, 252-847-7695 or [email protected]
Members of the ECU Health Foundation Board of Trustees began their new tenure earlier this year and welcomed new members and officers.
“We are so fortunate to have such outstanding individuals on our board,” said Scott Senatore, president of ECU Health Foundation. “We are in a great position to continue to philanthropically support ECU Health and set the course for continued success.”
The ECU Health Foundation board members include: Myra Bowen, chair; Bill Mitchum, vice-chair; Drew Covert, secretary; Spence Cosby, treasurer; Bob Barbour; Tom Bradshaw; John Cooke, Jr.; Charles Gaskins, Jr.; George Griffin, III; J. Loyd Horton, III; Mitch Jones; Thomasine Kennedy; Dr. Brian Kuszyk; Dr. Jim Morris; Danette Pugh; Dr. Paul Shackelford; Ann Taylor; Dr. Michael Waldrum, Regional representatives include Tess Judge, Kenny Parker and Jeff Stalls.
The six new members recently added to this board are Mark Gentner, Marcy Shavender Morgan, Tom Kulikowski, J. Freeman Paylor, Wade Scales and Dorson White.
Mark Gentner is the recently retired vice-president and general manager of WITN. Gentner was with Gray Television and WITN for 12 years. A native of Ottowa, Kansas, Gentner has over 27 years of experience in television, advertising and marketing. He currently serves on the board of the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber, Greenville Museum of Art, Oakwood School, and North Carolina Association of Broadcasting.
Marcy Shavender Morgan was born, raised and is a lifelong resident of Pantego, NC. Morgan currently serves as the Head of School at Pungo Christian Academy (PCA) in Belhaven where she will begin her 21st year in this position this fall. She received two undergraduate degrees from Campbell University, one in Government with a concentration in Public Administration and one in Psychology.
Tom Kulikowski is the president and CEO of Penco Products, Inc., which was recognized by the Pitt County Development Commission as the 2017-2018 Pitt County Industry of the Year. He has championed numerous initiatives such as an inmate work release program, mentoring of at-risk youth in alternative schools, sponsoring the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office summer camp, selecting and recognizing an annual Penco Humanitarian Award winner and founding the Eastern Carolina Executive Roundtable. Kulikowski is an engineering graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and performed his graduate studies in business at Widener University.
Freeman Paylor recently joined PNC Bank as a Commercial Banker and senior vice president in the Greenville, North Carolina office, where he works to grow PNC’s reach and presence in the Greenville and eastern North Carolina markets. Freeman brings 37 years of banking experience in a variety of roles, most recently as Capital Bank’s (formerly First Tennessee) Greenville market president for the past 12 years. Freeman is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Wade Scales graduated from Woodberry Forest in 2003 and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007. He spent a year in Charlotte learning the fixed life, disability, and long-term care brokerage business with a job as junior regional director with Bysis Insurance. Scales looks forward to expanding the Sound Partners’ product offerings with his licenses and interest in securities and his affiliation with AXA Advisors.
Media contact: Beth Anne Atkins, director, communications and donor relations, ECU Health Foundation, 252-847-7695 or [email protected]
Thanks to new grant funding, graduates from several ECU College of Nursing departments will be poised to provide health care that makes a big difference in small communities.
The four-year, $2.79 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration is intended to transform the advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) workforce and improve access to health care in rural and underserved areas of eastern North Carolina.
The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Academic-Clinical Practice Collaborative will bring together students from three APRN concentrations to learn first-hand about the health care needs in areas that have the least access to care and a high prevalence of farmers, fishers and loggers who face different occupational hazards.
“It’s an opportunity to not only give students excellent primary care experiences in rural health, but also to give them hands-on exposure to what it’s like to care for clients in eastern North Carolina,” said Dr. Pamela Reis, an associate professor in the Department of Nursing Science, who will lead the project. “Hopefully this will create investment in wanting to work in rural and underserved communities in the future.”
The project will recruit 84 advanced practice nursing students from nurse practitioner, nurse-midwifery and clinical nurse specialist concentrations over the four-year period and place them in rural communities through a partnership with Vidant Health. The students will also receive specialized training that is designed to help them understand patient needs and provide better care in these areas.
The grant provides part-time students with $11,000 toward their education while full-time students receive $22,000. For each year of financial support they receive, students are asked to provide two years of work experience in rural or underserved communities.
Of the 41 counties in eastern North Carolina, 28 have fewer than five primary care physicians per 10,000 residents, and 30 have fewer than five nurse practitioners.
Although advanced practice registered nurses are educated to provide primary care services, in North Carolina, they are only allowed to do so under the supervision of a physician. Because physicians are more highly concentrated in urban areas of the state, rural areas are often left with few or no primary care options nearby.
Identical bills currently making their way through the state House of Representatives and Senate would remove the physician supervision requirement, paving the way for more primary care providers to serve the communities that need them most.
“There’s a need, but there hasn’t been an ability for them [APRNs] to practice [independently] in rural communities,” Reis said. “Many hospitals in rural communities are closing which probably will impact the ability of our students to work in rural or underserved communities. It’s kind of the perfect storm of opportunity for our students. If this legislation passes, they will be able to go to rural communities and provide care to people who may not be receiving care because of all the closures that are going on in health care facilities.”
Second-year nurse midwifery student Katelyn Veal, who was selected for the program, said she appreciated the program encouraging the primary care aspects of the midwife practice.
“Including midwives in it and recognizing primary care as a significant scope of our practice is important,” said Veal, who worked as a critical care nurse for seven years. “I think a lot of people just consider midwives to be involved in the labor and delivery part of women’s health, but we’re providers that are really uniquely positioned to interface with women annually. They can take advantage of the services we provide —we provide primary care services as well, and we can be utilized in rural parts of the state to increase access to care.”
Veal and other participants will be placed in Vidant Health clinics in rural areas throughout eastern North Carolina to learn first-hand what health care professionals face there in terms of patient care.
Mallory Moore, a Doctor of Nursing Practice student who received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from ECU in 2016, has been placed in a clinic in her hometown of Tarboro as part of the program.
“I grew up going to Tarboro clinics. It has grown quite a bit since then,” Moore said. “It’s really exciting, but it’s kind of intimidating at the same time —I keep thinking they’re going to think that I’m still little Mallory with the big bow in my hair. But I think it’s going to be a cool way to give back and show the community that I’ve grown up, and to help out back home.”
While she currently works at Duke University Hospital, Moore said the transplant unit that she works in regularly gets patients from rural areas, so she’s become familiar with some of the challenges those patients face.
Scott Senatore, president of ECU Health Foundation, has been included in the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) 2019 40 Under 40 list.
The 40 Under 40 program is designed to recognize the future leaders within the health care philanthropy community. AHP is honoring these 40 young professionals because they are shaping the future of the health care development industry. Collectively, they are changing the world—one campaign at a time.
“These honorees are part of a select group of health care philanthropy who have demonstrated impressive career achievements, deep community involvement and the potential to be a leader in our profession for years to come,” said Alice Ayres, AHP president & CEO.
Senatore joined the Foundation in June 2016 and, with the Foundation team, has participated in raising nearly $46 million toward the $50 million goal for the ECU Health Cancer Care Campaign. The Foundation team has continued to raise funds for James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital and other system initiatives supporting its mission. Additionally, the Foundation team has enhanced marketing and communications efforts and has developed a more targeted approach to community relations.
Senatore will be recognized at the 2019 AHP Annual International Conference Oct. 23-26 in Washington, D.C. Recognition events will include an invitation-only breakfast and award dinner on Thursday, Oct. 24, during the conference.
“During his time at the ECU Health Foundation, Scott has provided strategic leadership and direction for the team. He has proven that he has the skills and experience necessary to lead and enhance our philanthropic efforts throughout the region,” said Dr. Michael Waldrum, CEO of ECU Health. “This recognition is well-deserved, and we are lucky to have him as part of the ECU Health family.”
To learn more about the 40 Under 40 program and each of this year’s recipients, visit www.ahp.org/40under40.
The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) is an international professional organization dedicated exclusively to development professionals who encourage charity in health care organizations. AHP’s 4,300 members represent more than 2,200 health care facilities around the world. They collectively raise more than $11 billion each year for community health services.
Media contact: Beth Anne Atkins, director, communications and donor relations, ECU Health Foundation, 252-847-7695 or [email protected]