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Her career includes time as a psychiatric nurse and numerous posts within FNHA, most recently as the organization\u2019s chief nursing officer and vice-president of cultural safety and humility. FNHA board chair Dr. Sheila Blackstock says McAlduff has three decades of experience within numerous levels of the care industry and is \u201cpositioned her for success\u201d as the organization\u2019s leader. \u201cMonica has a proven track record of innovative Indigenous health leadership, upholding FNHA\u2019s mandate,\u201d said&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F02%2F12%2Ffirst-nations-health-authority-names-new-chief-executive-officer%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca An Indigenous-centric health body has named a new chief executive officer. Monica McAlduff, active with the \u00a0First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) since 2020, was named the top executive by its group\u2019s board of directors, according to a press release released February 10th. She will assume office on March 1st. Her career includes time as a psychiatric nurse and numerous posts within FNHA, most recently as the organization\u2019s chief nursing officer and vice-president of cultural safety and humility. FNHA board chair Dr. Sheila Blackstock says McAlduff has three decades of experience within numerous levels of the care industry and is \u201cpositioned her for success\u201d as the organization\u2019s leader. \u201cMonica has a proven track record of innovative Indigenous health leadership, upholding FNHA\u2019s mandate,\u201d said... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F02%2F12%2Ffirst-nations-health-authority-names-new-chief-executive-officer%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":101363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-ticker","category-uncategorized","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-4","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First Nations Health Authority names new chief executive officer - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/first-nations-health-authority-names-new-chief-executive-officer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Nations Health Authority names new chief executive officer - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca An Indigenous-centric health body has named a new chief executive officer. 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