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Shelly Buck joined Main Line Health as president of Riddle Hospital in September 2019. With almost 20 years of experience in health care leadership, Buck provides leadership and operational oversight at Riddle Hospital and collaborates with the senior leadership team, medical staff leadership, Riddle Hospital Foundation Board, and her executive colleagues across Main Line Health to identify strategies for success and to ensure that the effective execution of those strategies are in line with Main Line Health's mission, vision, values and strategic plan. Buck's other key responsibilities include serving as system executive of women’s service line, senior services service line and EMS/transportation services. Buck’s participation, leadership and execution in the system strategic planning process and related goals and outcomes are key executive roles as well as, aligning her team and resources around Main Line Health's strategic vision. Buck will also lead the execution of Riddle Hospital's master facility plan. Prior to her role at Main Line Health, Buck served as chief operating officer and chief nursing officer at Wellspan York Hospital, where she focused on aligning the team to implement a shared governance structure to apply for Magnet designation. Before that, Buck held a series of roles with increasing responsibility at Bon Secours Health System, ranging from nursing leadership to chief operating officer. During these 13 years, Buck experienced a wealth of leadership challenges that she successfully tackled, including significantly reducing staff turnover and developing a culture of innovation and transparency that resulted in an enhanced patient experience as well as significant operational improvements. Buck received her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership degree, from Old Dominion University, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Virginia Commonwealth University.

JoAnn Magnatta, Senior Vice President of Facilities Design and Construction/Real Estate at Main Line Health, has served in Senior Healthcare positions for more than 25 years. She joined Main Line Health in 2001, and in her role she oversees the design, construction and maintenance of over 7 million square feet of real estate. She is also responsible for the acquisition, disposition, development and management of all real estate operations, maintenance and engineering services, system security operations and emergency preparedness.   Prior to joining Main Line Health, JoAnn served as Corporate Vice President of Real Estate Services and Facilities at Continuum Health System, a five hospital, Manhattan based Health System, Vice President, Facilities and Real Estate for Tenet Healthcare and Vice President of Operations for Allegheny Health. JoAnn is a member of several local, regional and national organizations, including Commercial Real Estate for Women (CREW), the Executive Forum of Women, the Board of Trustees of LaSalle University, the Dean’s Advisory Council for Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the Board of Trustees of the American Heart Association from 2012 to 2018.

As Vice President of Facilities Development, Julie Herb oversees all design and development, construction, and real estate for Virtua Health. Virtua is South Jersey’s largest health system with five hospitals and approximately 300 additional locations throughout the region. Having worked on a multitude of projects and negotiations over her career, including the region’s first Proton Therapy Center, Julie’s current responsibilities include executive oversight for care transformation initiatives at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Virtua Mount Holly Hospital. Over the past twenty-five years, Julie has proven to be an industry leader in the health care real estate and development space. Among the many accomplishments throughout her leadership journey, Julie has led the facilities efforts for the Epic transformation across the multi-hospital system, the integration of numerous properties from acquisition activities, the disposition of facilities from a variety of initiatives, as well as billions of dollars of capital construction, renovation, and infrastructure projects. As a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College and the Business Management Program of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Julie holds a professional designation with the Counselors of Real Estate, serving as Chapter Treasurer, and is also a Member of the Board of Trustees with Oaks Integrated Care.