Person of the Year: Wendy Z. Goldstein
With a commitment to community health care and an eye on the future of innovative hospital systems, President and Chief Executive Officer of NYU Lutheran Wendy Z. Goldstein, has used her more than 30 years of experience in health care management to steer an ailing southwest Brooklyn hospital to groundbreaking success.
Appointed president and CEO of Lutheran Health Care in 2001, Goldstein came at a time that was crucial for the hospital.
“Wendy brought a new vision and energy to what was a dying hospital,” said Emma Graeber Porter, chair of the NYU Lutheran Advisory Board. “We had been in a sort of state of limbo trying to decide our next steps and she became that force that led us into the future. It was an amazing connection with her.