OAHHS Hospital Voice Fall/Winter 2020

31 Fall/Winter 2020 HOSPITAL SPOTLIGHTS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT  LEADERS RECEIVE OAHHS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Two of Oregon’s outstanding and longest- serving hospital leaders have moved into well- deserved retirement. Becky Pape, CEO of Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, and Dennis Burke, CEO of Good Shepherd Health System in Hermis- ton, were each awarded the OAHHS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. Pape spent 42 years in health care, including more than 30 at Samaritan Health Services. She is credited with a long list of accomplishments there, including a new standardized clinical and operational process after Samari- tan acquired the Lincoln City and Newport hospitals. She also oversaw the renovation of Samaritan Lebanon, where she earned international recognition for the development of its innovative “healing garden” space, and the construction of a new cancer center at Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Becky served on the OAHHS board of trustees from 2010–2015 and was a board member and longtime sup- porter of the Oregon Hospital Political Action Committee. She was also named Business Leader of the Year in 2008 by the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce. Dennis Burke retired at the end of September after 31 years as President and CEO of Good Shepherd. He was one of the longest serving CEOs in Oregon. Burke grew Good Shepherd from 250 employees to a diverse health care system with more than 700 employ- ees and 40 service lines. Dennis also established the Good Shepherd Community Health Foun- dation in 1995, which has awarded more than $650,000 in grants to 77 community organizations in Uma- tilla and Morrow counties. He was also instrumental in the development of the innovative Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization, one of the state’s most successful CCOs thanks in part to strides in efficient care delivery. EOCCO has been a pioneer in tele- medicine. Dennis is a nationally recognized expert on the unique challenges of rural health, having helped GSHCS achieve recognition as one of the “Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in America” by the National Rural Health Association. He also served on the OAHHS board of trustees for a total of 19 years, including service as board chair in 1998. Congratulations to these two remarkable leaders. You will be missed!