St. Mary's Health Care System
Dominique Bennett is an accomplished financial professional with extensive experience in healthcare finance. Currently serving as Corporate Controller at ECU Health since January 2024, Dominique previously held the position of System Controller at St. Mary's Health Care System from June 2018 to January 2024. Prior roles include Controller, Director of Patient Financial Services, and Internal Audit at Athens Regional Health Services from 1998 to October 2017, Compliance Auditor at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital from 1996 to 1998, and Financial Reporting Manager at Charter Medical Corporation from 1986 to 1993. Dominique holds an MBA in Managerial Leadership from Piedmont University and a BBA in Accounting from the University of Georgia - Terry College of Business.
St. Mary's Health Care System
St. Mary’s Health Care System is a not-for-profit Catholic health care provider whose mission is to be a compassionate healing presence in the communities we serve. Founded in 1906 and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Mary’s Health Care System is built on a foundation of values that include excellence, compassion, integrity and reverence for each person. St. Mary’s focuses on neurosciences, cardiac care, orthopedics, general medicine/general surgery, women’s and children’s health, and gastroenterology. The system includes 196-bed St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens and 25-bed St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Greene County. Services include emergency care, intensive care, home health care/hospice services, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, assisted living, Alzheimer’s/dementia care, preventive care, state-of-the art diagnostic and therapeutic care and a growing network of physician practices. Named Georgia’s Hospital of the Year in 2006 and 2010, St. Mary’s is proud to be the official health care provider for the University of Georgia Athletic Association. St. Mary’s has earned the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for advanced primary stroke care, advanced inpatient diabetes, heart failure care, knee replacement surgery and spine surgery.