Necole Powell new Christian Hospital Foundation executive director

Necole Powell was welcomed July 9 as the new executive director of the Christian Hospital Foundation. Powell has more than 20 years of solid fundraising experience, most recently with the Southern Illinois University Foundation in Springfield, Ill., where she was charged with development for the School of Medicine, Healthcare and Simmons Cancer Institute since 2014. Prior to that, Powell was with the St. Louis College of Pharmacy for eight years and with Webster University for nine years. She has also worked with the Nine Network of Public Media-St. Louis and Maritz.

The Christian Hospital Foundation funds efforts such as patient care, advancing medicine and technology, community benefit programs and staff education.