Kathleen D. Wilhere Appointed Chair Of The Nemours/Alfred I. Dupont Hospital For Children Board of Managers

Wilmington, Delaware
Monday, June 25, 2007 @ 12:00 AM EDT
by: Karen Breakell
kbreakel@nemours.org

John S. Lord, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nemours Foundation announced the appointment of Kathleen D. Wilhere as Chairperson of the Board of Managers of the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.

In this role, Wilhere will lead the five-member Board of Managers in its governance oversight of the programs at the duPont Hospital for Children and its medical staff, the Nemours Children􀂶s Clinic in the Delaware Valley. This oversight also includes all duPont Hospital satellite facilities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and throughout Delaware.

"Kate has played a key role in guiding Nemours in its care for the children of Delaware. She is representative of the caliber of individual who is working with our organization to advance our shared guardianship of children and their families across the state and region. She has a keen sense of the ways we can collectively advance pediatric care in the clinical, preventative and policy arenas," Lord says.

Wilhere is a Certified Public Accountant, formerly of the accountancy firm of Cover+Rossiter, P.A. Wilhere is a graduate of the University of Delaware, where she is also currently an associate professor in non-profit accounting and management.

Her community involvement includes serving on as a board member of the West End Neighborhood House and she is a founding member of Cornerstone West, a community development corporation.

"I am excited to help lead the effort to achieve the Nemours mission of freedom from disabling conditions for all children," Wilhere says.

Wilhere, a lifelong resident of Delaware, currently lives in Wilmington.

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About Nemours

Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.

Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.

Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.