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Henry Ford Health has named its interim President and CEO Robert Riney to the job on a permanent basis, the Detroit-based health system said Thursday.Riney, 63, has decades of experience with the $6.6 billion organization, starting in 1978 and working in almost every operating unit at Henry Ford…

/PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Henry Ford Health, one of the nations leading comprehensive integrated academic health systems, announced today it...

Robert Riney succeeds Wright Lassiter III, who left Henry Ford in August to take the top job at CommonSpirit Health.

CommonSpirit, which has 150,000 employees across 21 states, is forming an internal staffing agency and a nursing residency program to bolster its workforce, new CEO Wright Lassiter said. 

Dr. Joanne Conroy will replace John Haupert, CEO of Atlanta-based Grady, as chair-elect in January 2023.

Wright Lassiter III is leaving Detroit for a "once in a career" opportunity to helm the nation's largest nonprofit health system and have perhaps the biggest megaphone the industry has to offer.

Detroit, where more than 77 percent of residents are Black, was recently a shining example of Black health care leadership. But diversity remains a challenge nationally.

Wright Lassiter III is leaving Detroit for a "once in a career" opportunity to helm the nation's largest nonprofit health system and have perhaps the biggest megaphone the industry has to offer.

Historically, businesses often could stay above the fray, but public expectations have changed in recent years.

In a show of support for the innovative partnership between Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University, Detroit philanthropists Ron and Heather Boji have made a foundational donation of $5 million. The philanthropic support is intended to help fund the new Health Sciences Center for joint research work.