Deborah Addo

As executive vice president and chief operating officer for Penn State Health, Deborah Addo provides oversight to the hospital presidents and ensures consistency, efficiency and excellence across the health system’s acute care facilities.

Addo has more than 30 years of leadership experience in health care operations and management. Prior to joining Penn State Health, she spent more than seven years as senior vice president of Inova Health System, first as CEO of Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Alexandria, Va., and then, most recently, as CEO of Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg, Va., where she developed a track record of leading hospitals and physician groups through times of transition. Before joining Inova, she was chief operating officer and senior vice president of Meritus Health in Hagerstown, the largest health care provider in Western Maryland.