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57 57 CEO/STRATEGY Anne Schuchat Named Acting CDC Director: 4 Things to Know By Mackenzie Bean T he CDC named Anne Schuchat, MD, acting director, following the Jan. 31 resignation of Brenda Fitzgerald, MD, reports The Washing- ton Examiner. Here are four things to know. 1. Dr. Fitzgerald's resignation came less than 48 hours after Politico published a report revealing she invested in tobacco and drug company stock while leading the CDC. 2. CDC COO Sherri Berger sent an agencywide email naming Dr. Schuchat acting director just three hours after news of Dr. Fitzgerald's resignation went public, according to The Washington Post. 3. Dr. Schuchat has served as the agency's princi- pal deputy director since September 2015. She also previously served as acting CDC director from Jan- uary 2017, when President Donald Trump took of- fice, to July 2017, when he appointed Dr. Fitzgerald to the role. 4. Dr. Schuchat joined the CDC in 1988, where she's overseen the agency's vaccine and bacteria preven- tion programs, among other initiatives. n Georgia Health System Reaches Settlement With Savannah Morning News By Leo Vartorella A ttorneys for Savannah, Ga.-based Memorial University Medical Center and the Savannah Morning News reached an agreement Jan. 24 to give the newspaper certain doc- uments regarding a recent hospital business that were first re- quested in December under the state's Open Records Act, ac- cording to the Savannah Morning News. The newspaper filed a lawsuit Dec. 6 to see the hospital's finan- cial documents, including those regarding the failed strategic partnership between Memorial and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health as well as Memorial's impending sale to Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America. The agreement will give the newspaper most of the documents requested, though those related to the HCA deal will be held until after the sale is finalized in early March. As part of the agree- ment, Memorial officials will not admit the release of the docu- ments related to the open records request. Because Memorial is a nonprofit, county hospital, Savannah Morning News officials argued the public had a right to know about the organization's financial well-being. "Access to Memorial documents which would allow the public to evaluate the stewardship exercised over these public assets, whether good or bad, should be promptly granted upon request by any citizen or newspaper," David Hudson, an attorney for the newspaper, told the Savannah Morning News. n Rate of Women Taking Over as CEO Stagnant in 2017: This and 6 Other Findings By Alia Paavola I n 2017, 183 women across 25 industries as- sumed the role of CEO, down slightly from 2016 when 193 women took over the CEO post, according to a report released Jan. 18 by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Here are six report findings. 1. In 2017, 993 U.S. companies recorded replacing a CEO. Of the 993 replacement CEOs recorded in 2017, 183, or 18.4 percent, were women. is number remains virtual- ly unchanged from 2016, where 193, or 18.5 percent, of the 1,043 replacement CEOs were women. 2. Hospitals appointed 22 women into the CEO position in 2017, which means 25.6 per- cent of incoming hospital CEOs were women last year. 3. roughout 2017, 117 women replaced a male CEO; 66 women replaced a female CEO; 87 men replaced a female CEO; and 723 men replaced a male CEO. 4. Eleven CEOs le their posts in 2017 due to sexual misconduct allegations. Seven compa- nies announced replacements, four of which are women. "e tremendous strides for women in the workplace following the #MeToo and #Time- sUp movements have yet to be truly felt in the C-Suite. As companies grapple with issues and potential policy changes stemming from the onslaught of sexual misconduct allega- tions in the workplace, they would be wise to ensure women have seats at the table," said Andrew Challenger, vice president of Chal- lenger, Gray & Christmas. 5. A separate study from Grant ornton, an accounting firm, cited in the Challenger, Gray & Christmas report, revealed the number of women in leadership positions rose just 1 percent in 2017. e number of companies with no women in leadership roles rose from 33 percent in 2016 to 34 percent in 2017. "e lack of gender diversity at many compa- nies, especially in leadership roles, is a huge detriment," said Mr. Challenger. "Studies have shown that more women in leadership positions correlates to higher profits and bet- ter stock performance." 6. Women are assuming more leadership posi- tions in some industries more than others. In 2017, 72.3 percent of healthcare managers were women and 70 percent of public relations, fund- raising and social work leaders were women. n