Ms. Mary Suther

Mary Suther is board chairman at the Foundation for Hospice and Homecare, former chairman of NAHC's board, and former CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of Dallas. She began her career as a nurse in 1956 and then became an administrator in the Department of Health and Environmental Control in Greenville, S.C. While she was there, the Atlanta VNA recruited her as their CEO to provide them with needed leadership. After working in Atlanta for five years, she was recruited by the Dallas agency in 1983. During her tenure, the budget rose from $13 million to $50 million, and the once bankrupt nonprofit became a community resource, and model of efficiency often copied by others.