PeaceHealth names Anne Rasmussen as system vice president and chief development officer

Anne joined PeaceHealth in 2012 as the director of development for PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center and Whatcom Hospice Foundation, and has been serving as the chief development officer for the Northwest network since 2016. Among her many accomplishments, Anne has played a critical role in accelerating the Stronger Together fundraising campaign, which is a generational investment to transform our community hospital into northwest Washington's premier 21st-century medical center.

“Philanthropy plays a critical role in our evolution as a person-first, community-centered organization,” said Mike Dwyer, executive vice president of strategy and community health. “As the system vice president and chief development officer, Anne will lead the philanthropic work of PeaceHealth, supporting our community Foundations by leading initiatives for planned giving, major donor gifts and research, private grant development and corporate relations.”

Anne was preceded by Pat Modrzejewski, who is retiring from the role she occupied on an interim basis since 2019. Pat graciously agreed to leave her first retirement to join PeaceHealth, and helped advance a culture of gratitude where PeaceHealth supporters and stakeholders – donors, Board members, clinicians, caregivers and community members – are treated as investors, and creating a shared vision for PeaceHealth’s future.

About PeaceHealth: PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a not-for-profit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. PeaceHealth has approximately 16,000 caregivers, a group practice with more than 1,200 providers and 10 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. The Sisters shared expertise and transferred wisdom from one medical center to another, always finding the best way to serve the unmet need for healthcare in their communities. Today, PeaceHealth is the legacy of the founding Sisters and continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration and social justice in fulfilling its Mission. Visit us online at peacehealth.org.