Winfield S. Brown

Winfield S. Brown

Director Since:  January 2020
Age: 57
End of Current Term: 2026

Mr. Brown has been the interim chief executive officer of Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, a Vermont based non-profit healthcare organization and member of Dartmouth Health, since July 2023. Mr. Brown formerly served as president and CEO of Heywood Healthcare (“Heywood”), Gardner, Massachusetts, an independent, community-owned, non-profit healthcare organization, which includes Heywood Hospital, Gardner, Massachusetts; Athol Hospital, Athol, Massachusetts; the Quabbin Retreat, Petersham, Massachusetts; and Heywood Medical Group, Gardner, Massachusetts, from January 2013 until June 2023. Prior to creation of Heywood, Mr. Brown served as president and CEO of Heywood Hospital from 2011 until 2013. Preceding his role at Heywood, Mr. Brown served as vice president of administration at Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, Massachusetts, vice president of marketing, planning and development at Northern Berkshire Healthcare in North Adams, Massachusetts, and executive director and vice president of St. Mary’s Foundation – St. Mary’s Health System in Lewiston, Maine. Mr. Brown is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on the Board of Fidelity Cooperative Bank. Mr. Brown served on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Hospital Association until June 2023, and the Board of Directors of the United Way of North Central Massachusetts until October 2023, and is the immediate past chair and former board member of the Boys and Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster until September of 2023.