Peninsula Regional Medical Center President/CEO Dr. Peggy Naleppa, MS, MBA, FACHE, was honored among Maryland’s 30 top CEOs, and on Thursday, September 18 at an event at the BWI Hilton in Baltimore was presented a 2014 Maryland Most Admired CEO Award.
Created by The Daily Record, a Baltimore-based business newspaper, the award highlights some of the most notably talented CEOs leading the state’s nonprofit, for profit and public companies. 2014’s Most Admired CEOs were selected based on their demonstration of strong leadership, vision, competitiveness and innovation, community service, commitment to financial performance and excellence, growth, corporate leadership, board service and nonprofit involvement.
Dr. Naleppa was also a recipient of this award in 2012. She is one of just seven Maryland CEOs honored in the category of “Non-profits with More than $10 Million in Annual Revenue” and is the Eastern Shore’s lone recipient this year.
“Being named a Most Admired CEO takes more than in-depth knowledge about running a company or organization. It requires an extraordinary level of drive and ambition because it is a tremendously challenging job,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, Publisher of The Daily Record. “They have learned the value of surrounding themselves with great team members, with leaders and employees who believe in the organization’s core values and mission.”
Dr. Naleppa, who has served as PRMC’s President in 2008 and its CEO in January of 2010, is responsible for the leadership of Maryland’s 9th largest hospital-by bed count-with 275 licensed acute care beds and nearly 1,000,000 square feet of space on the Salisbury campus. Its annual system budget is close to $500 million.
Maryland CEOs can be nominated for this award every other year and may be recognized a total of three times.
