DIAMOND AWARD North Shore Chamber of Commerce
A champion for a healthy community Nancy Palmer has set a shining example in her leading role as a volunteer leader
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ancy Palmer’s rose and perennial garden will soon be receiving some extra attention now that she is easing toward retirement. If she tends to them with the tenacity with which she has built her professional and volunteer careers, they should be award-winning blooms in no time. At the end of 2021, the 72-year-old is stepping down after 14 years as chairman of the Northeast Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees, of which she has been a member for nearly three decades. She will remain on the board through 2022. The former manager for EG&G and General Electric has been a champion for the highest quality of health care on the North Shore, guiding hospital expansions, ensuring fiscal success and promoting safety and top-level performance, while fostering a culture of respect and kindness. Her crowning achievement has been shepherding three local hospitals into the creation of a full-spectrum health care system, all while maintaining a community feel. She is credited with leading the organization through several significant mergers over the last 29 years — starting in the early 1990s with Beverly Hospital’s acquisition of the former Hunt Hospital in Danvers, then the merger of Beverly Hospital with Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester and formation of Northeast Health Systems — all with unprecedented growth and success as a result, according to Northeast Hospital 24
Photo by Amy Sweeney
Nancy Palmer, chairman of the Northeast Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees, enjoys a moment in the Healing Garden at Beverly Hospital. In addition to her commitment to maintaining quality health care in the region, Palmer has been steadfast in her support of the people working at every level of the organization. IMPACT MAGAZINE
