Price
MISHAWAKA – Lori Price, RN, MSA, BS, FACHE, has been appointed president and CEO for Franciscan Health Central Indiana.
She succeeds Dr. James Callaghan, who was named senior vice president and chief operating officer for Franciscan Alliance earlier this year. Price now leads a workforce of nearly 4,200 healthcare workers and support staff at Franciscan Health Indianapolis, Franciscan Health Mooresville, Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital Carmel and Franciscan Health Carmel.
Price had served as Franciscan’s vice president of quality and patient safety since 2021. In that role, she oversaw the hospitals’ overall clinical quality effectiveness, efficiency in use of resources and patient safety.
Before joining Franciscan’s healthcare ministry, she was chief operating office for Metro Health-University of Michigan. She assumed that role after serving seven years as president of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, which is part of the Loyola University Health System and Trinity Health. In addition to the role as president she also served as the regional CNO and regional leader for Quality, Risk and Support Services for Loyola University Health System.
She received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Memorial School of Nursing (South Bend) and bachelor’s of science in health from the College of Saint Francis (Joliet, Ill.). Price earned her master’s in administration from the University of Notre Dame. She is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Price has two adult children who reside and work in Mishawaka and South Bend.
