Providence St. Peter Hospital CEO Medrice Coluccio announces she will retire
Providence St. Peter Hospital Chief Executive Medrice Coluccio, who spent more than 10 years leading the Olympia hospital, announced Tuesday that she will retire in March.
The search for a new candidate begins immediately, hospital spokeswoman Angela Maki said Tuesday.
Coluccio was unavailable for comment Tuesday afternoon, but she said via Maki that she is retiring for personal reasons, not because of the recent dispute between nurses and the hospital over paid leave.
“It’s the right time for her to move forward with her future,” Maki told The Olympian.
Not only did Coluccio lead the Olympia hospital, she also was chief executive of Providence Centralia Hospital and Providence Medical Group.
“I’ll remember fondly the relationships I’ve built with the people of Providence as well as community members,” Coluccio said in a statement. “Together over the last decade we have built a nationally renowned, integrated health care delivery system that will continue to be a significant asset to all we serve.”
During her tenure, the hospital challenged an application to bring a mental health hospital to Lacey. The state later approved that hospital, plus a second mental health hospital proposed by Providence and Fairfax Behavioral Health. That second hospital, known as Olympia Behavioral Health, has yet to open.
St. Peter also recently received state approval to add more beds.
Before she was named CEO, Coluccio was regional chief executive in Longview for the Lower Columbia Region of PeaceHealth, a 346-bed, multi-campus health care system.
Coluccio also is a past Providence employee, working as an associate administrator at Providence in Everett for six years and as an internal consultant for a year for Providence in Renton.
