Excela Health CEO and leadership

Carol Fox is a VP:Medical/Chief Medical Ofcr at EXCELA HEALTH.

Albert currently serves as the Vice President and Chief Development Officer of Excela Health, a not-for-profit health system that is the sole provider of health care in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. In this role, Albert acts as the lead fundraiser for Excela and the chief administrative officer for two of the system’s supporting foundations. Albert also serves as an independent Consulting Vice President for Grenzebach, Glier + Associates. As part of the firm’s Teaching + Coaching practice area, he coaches clients on the core competencies of major gift fundraising and provides both group and individualized feedback to bolster fundraising outcomes

Past Experience:

Albert brings over 33 years of experience in development and advancement offices at higher education institutions. Prior to Excela, Albert served as the Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement at the University of Pittsburgh. During this time, he led all university advancement and alumni programs, managing a staff of 140 people and a budget of $15 million. He planned and successfully led the largest campaign in Western Pennsylvania history, exceeding the original $2 billion goal by an additional $135 million. At the University of Pittsburgh, Albert also served as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Corporate and Foundation Relations. Before that, he served as the Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Carnegie Mellon University. In both of these roles, Albert helped establish and develop foundation and corporate gift, grant, and stewardship objectives and facilitated open communication channels between multiple offices in the school. Earlier in his career, Albert served as Director of Development for the former School of Urban and Public Affairs (now H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management) at Carnegie Mellon University. He began his career at Saint Vincent College as a Development Officer in Annual Fund and Special Gifts.

Education:

Albert holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Saint Vincent College and a Master of Public Management from Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. He is a member of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy and has presented at Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) conferences on fundraising analytics, diversity in the workplace, and fundraising leadership.

He and his wife Sally Anne live in Greensburg, PA where they are both active with civic engagement.

Helen Burns is a Senior VP/Chief Nursing Officer at EXCELA HEALTH.

Laurie English is a Senior VP/Chief HR Officer at EXCELA HEALTH. She has worked as Interim Senior VP/Chief HR Ofcr at EXCELA HEALTH.

Tom Chakurda is a Chief Marketing Officer at EXCELA HEALTH and Vice President at BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL and is based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He has worked as Vice President Communications at Allegheny Health Network. Tom attended UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF.