WellSpan Health has promoted two leaders into key systemwide executive roles. Cindy Fruitrail has been promoted to executive vice president and chief strategy officer, and Kasey Paulus, RN, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Fruitrail joined the health system in 2020 and previously served as senior vice president and chief of staff. As executive vice president and chief strategy officer, she will work in close partnership with WellSpan’s president and CEO Roxanna Gapstur as well as the board of directors to define and drive the health system’s strategy and execution.
Her work will further critical partnerships and initiatives to advance the strategic vision, grow the health system and achieve results, WellSpan officials said. In her new role, Fruitrail provides executive leadership to board relations, business development, communications, grants, philanthropy, marketing and strategy functions across the health system.
Paulus began her tenure at WellSpan as the chief nursing officer at the WellSpan York Hospital in 2021 and most recently served as the health system’s senior vice president and chief nursing executive. As executive vice president and chief operating officer, Paulus is a dyad partner to Dr. Anthony Aquilina, executive vice president and chief physician executive, and seeking operational excellence across the health system, including its 10 service lines, nine hospitals, hundreds of ambulatory sites, home care and hospice services, and virtual health options.
In her role, she is to champion improvement and transformation initiatives to elevate the performance of the health system and advance value-based care strategies, WellSpan officials noted.
