CEO of ValleyCare Health System Joins ABL Organization

Orange, CA — May 29, 2009 — Marcy Feit, President and CEO of ValleyCare Health System, has joined the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization (ABL). As part of California’s leading vertical-industry Chief Executives’ Organization, ABL Members provide one another with executive leadership coaching through its confidential, professionally-facilitated, peer-CEO Advisory Board Round Tables, executive learning workshops, network of CEO peers, and expert resources.

ValleyCare Health System owns and operates health facilities on two campuses – in Pleasanton and Livermore, with a total of 212 beds and a medical staff of over 300, offering an array of inpatient and outpatient services.  Also on the Pleasanton campus are living arrangements for 600 seniors. ValleyCare has provided healthcare services since 1961, and recently, in conjunction with UC San Francisco, expanded its Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to ten beds.

Marcy joined ValleyCare Health System in 1973. After earning her RN credentials, she worked in the critical care unit followed by a stint as the unit’s head nurse. A series of promotions to administrative positions followed and, in July 1997, Marcy was appointed to her current role as President and Chief Executive Officer. Marcy earned The Wharton School Fellowship in Health Care Leadership in 2005, and holds a Master’s Degree in Nursing Science and Administration.

About the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization
ABL supports the needs of its Member CEOs by providing a place for top-level executives to draw on the experience, knowledge and skill sets of their peers in a vertical industry, personal advisory board – “multi-coach approach” – setting.

The core component of the CEO Membership experience is the group Round Table meeting. Members meet once a month for a half-day with a group of peer CEOs, Presidents, COOs and Division General Managers from non-competing companies, all from the same industry (healthcare, technology or life sciences), in a trusted and confidential board room-like setting, which allows ABL Members to tackle topics and enhance their decision making and business performance. Topics include: developing and honing new business strategies and best practices, new lines of business, “A-players” on the management team, and an effective board of directors, as well as understanding trends in new markets, mergers and acquisitions, compensation, and other “hot” topics brought to the Round Tables by the Members themselves.

ABL Members also gather several times a year at workshops and conferences to exchange ideas and connect with other chief executives beyond their own CEO peer groups. In effect, ABL Members serve as one another’s business coaches within the Round Tables and are encouraged to connect and leverage their co-Member peers’ particular skills and expertise for additional leadership coaching, one-on-one, outside of their monthly group meeting. In addition, each Round Table’s facilitator also serves as an objective business advisor, offering executive and industry insights and advice.

 ABL's Chief Executive Leadership Development Round Table program is currently offered in California's Greater Los Angeles, Orange and San Francisco County areas. More information about the ABL Organization can be found at http://www.abl.org .