July 08, 2024

Following 37 years of dedicated service to Good Samaritan Hospital and TriHealth, Mary Rafferty, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Good Samaritan Foundation, has shared her plans to retire at the end of this calendar year.

Mary has served our patients and community at Good Samaritan Hospital since 1987 and was appointed to her current role as President and CEO of the Good Samaritan Foundation in 2001. For the past 23 years, her philanthropic vision, fundraising and development expertise, and exceptional leadership have helped transform the Good Samaritan Hospital campus, enhanced Good Sam’s technological capabilities to better serve our patients with cutting-edge care, supported the training and education of physicians, nurses and frontline caregivers, and advanced our work to ensure every member of our community has equitable access to high-quality care.

Under her leadership, Mary’s team has raised more than $92 million to benefit Good Samaritan Hospital, Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science, Good Samaritan Free Health Center, and other TriHealth entities. Additionally, the Foundation’s assets have grown tremendously, from $7.1 million in 2001 to more than $102 million today! A few, of many, significant Foundation accomplishments during Mary’s tenure include:

• Renovating multiple areas of Good Samaritan Hospital through capital campaign funding, including Good Sam’s Emergency Department, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the Chapel of the Sacred Heart, Cardiovascular ICU, the Radiation Oncology and Infusion Center, and the new state-of-the-art ambulatory center.
• Raising $9.5 million during 2006’s Compassionate Care Multiplied Campaign to benefit Cardiac Services, Good Samaritan College, Medical Education and Research, and Parish Nurse Ministry.
• Securing funding to acquire Greater Cincinnati’s first da Vinci Surgical System.
• Funding and establishing Good Sam’s Outpatient Cancer Care Unit, Employee Fitness Center, and the Good Samaritan Free Health Center, which is fully funded by philanthropic dollars.
• And, most recently, wrapping up the Forever Forward Campaign, committing $30 million in funding for the new state-of-the-art ambulatory center that will house Good Samaritan’s key clinical services and will be the “medical hub of the future” for world-class outpatient and inpatient care.

Mary will continue to lead the Good Samaritan Foundation through the end of December 2024. Leadership succession and transition plans to ensure the Good Samaritan Foundation’s philanthropic mission continues following Mary's retirement will be shared in the coming weeks.

Please join TriHealth in thanking Mary for her years of exceptional service and wishing her the best in her well-deserved retirement!

Mary you have been a tremendous asset to the GSH family. Tom and I are proud to call you our FRIEND. Wishing you good health and joy in your retirement.
Posted by: Sandy Gleeson on July 16, 2024
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Mary you have been a tremendous asset to the GSH family. Tom and I are proud to call you our FRIEND. Wishing you good health and joy in your retirement.
Posted by: Sandy Gleeson on July 16, 2024
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Congratulations Mary! We will miss you! Thank you for all you have done for patients and team members over these many years.
Posted by: Karen Huelsman on July 11, 2024
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Congratulations on your well-deserved retirement! Wishing you all the best in the new chapter ahead of you
Posted by: Yannick Mangolo on July 10, 2024
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What a career! Congrats, Mary!
Posted by: Joyce Battoclette on July 10, 2024
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Congratulations on your retirement and thank you for leading the Good Sam Foundation, Mary!
Posted by: Jana Widmeyer on July 10, 2024
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Thank you! Your accomplishments are outstanding! Congratulations on your retirement! Enjoy :)
Posted by: Karen Seiler on July 09, 2024
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