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In January 2018, Linda Penny became the medical school’s first-ever chief operating officer.

Reporting to the Dean of Medicine, Linda leads, directs and manages the operational functions of the medical school—including governance, finance, human resources, communications, IT, facilities and space planning. At the same time, she works with the faculty’s senior leadership team, departments and units to ensure that planning, policies, systems and processes are working effectively and efficiently together to support the faculty in implementing its strategic plan, #DalMedForward.

Linda brings more than 25 years of senior leadership experience in the public sector to the medical school's team. Prior to joining Dalhousie University as director of budgets and financial analysis in 2013, Linda was chief financial officer for the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness. Before that, she was director of financial services for district health authorities and physician services, so she brings in-depth knowledge of the health care system to her new role.

Learn more about Linda's vision for her new role at Dalhousie Medical School (link to the Q&A on the medical school site)…

https://medicine.dal.ca/facultystaff/Administration.html