Cindy McDonald

Cindy McDonald, MSN, R.N., CHE, CPHQ, has served as Chief Quality Officer since May 2006. She earned a bachelor of science in nursing and a master of science in nursing administration with a minor in business administration from East Carolina University. She joined FirstHealth in 1992 as assistant director of Women & Children’s Services for Moore Regional Hospital and later became director of Performance Improvement and then administrative director of Clinical Performance for FirstHealth of the Carolinas. She served as a chief operating officer/chief nursing officer for FirstHealth Moore Regional - Richmond until being named vice president of Quality. McDonald is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the North Carolina Quality Association. She is certified as a health care executive and in professional health care quality.