North Dakota’s Valley Community Health Centers Hires New CEO

Valley Community Health Centers has hired Mara Jiran as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Ms. Jiran previously worked for the Grand Forks Alliance for Healthcare Access and in other leadership roles at Valley Community Health. She replaces Doug Jaeger, who had been CEO since February, 2014.

As Ms. Jiran takes over the CEO role, she aims to strengthen Valley Community Health's relationships with other health care and nonprofit organizations throughout the region, as well as start new projects to continue providing easier access to health care, such as expanding its Grand Forks clinic to include behavioral health. Ms . . .