Beth Israel Deaconess names new board chair
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's board of trustees has elected a new chairman, the hospital said today.
Stephen B. Kay of Chestnut Hill, a senior director of Goldman Sachs & Co., was named the fifth chair of Beth Israel Deaconess at the board's annual meeting yesterday. He succeeds Lois E. Silverman, who was chair for four years. She will become a trustee for life.
Kay has been part of the hospital's history, serving as board chair of Beth Israel Hospital from 1994-96 and founding board chair of CareGroup Health System, the holding company of Beth Israel Deaconess. He has also been a trustee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute since 1981.
Kay is also a founding director of Tenacity, a tennis/academic program for inner-city youth, and a vice chairman of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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