Bill Text: SC H4437 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Lisa Montgomery Retirement
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 81-43)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Introduced and adopted [H4437 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2021-H4437-Introduced.html
A HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO CONGRATULATE LISA P. MONTGOMERY UPON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT AS THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE AND OPERATIONS, TO COMMEND HER FOR HER MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, AND TO WISH HER MUCH HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT IN ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to learn that Lisa P. Montgomery, executive vice president for Finance and Operations of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), will be begin her well-deserved retirement on June 30, 2021, after a distinguished career of outstanding service; and
Whereas, born November 25, 1959, Lisa is the daughter of Kenneth G. and Helen Bachlott Pennington. Raised in Berkeley County, she is a 1978 graduate of Lord Berkeley Academy, and a 1982 graduate of Presbyterian College where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Business Administration. She earned a Master of Health Administration from MUSC in 1993; and
Whereas, with a diverse portfolio of positions and responsibilities, Lisa has become an integral figure in the functions of MUSC over her thirty-five-year career. As current executive vice president for finance and operations, she provides leadership and oversight of all fiscal and general operations of the university. She also serves on the president's cabinet and senior leadership team, MUSC's board of trustees, the board of directors for MUSC Physicians, the WestEdge Foundation, and the Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic; and
Whereas, prior to her current responsibilities, Lisa honed her exceptional abilities as chief financial officer of the MUSC Medical Center and as past president of the South Carolina Healthcare Financial Management Association and five-year member of its board of directors. She served as a member of the board of directors for the South Carolina Hospital Association, the South Carolina Education Authority, the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, and Trident United Way, as well as a host of other academic and non-academic healthcare roles; and
Whereas, diligent and dedicated, Lisa has crafted a legacy of commitment, leadership, and vision for others to follow. As an MUSC employee, she also has worked hard as a benefactor of the institution to ensure other women can achieve leadership roles in health care through the excellent programs that are offered. A beacon of achievement who has overseen MUSC's progression into a superb institution of great renown, Lisa's indelible service is an aspiration for all who might follow in her footsteps; and
Whereas, grateful for her consistent commitment and the tremendous leadership Lisa P. Montgomery has bestowed on this great State through her career with MUSC, the South Carolina House of Representatives takes great pleasure in wishing her all the best as she enters retirement and trusts that she will find much enjoyment in the more leisurely pace of the days ahead. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate Lisa P. Montgomery upon the occasion of her retirement as the Medical University of South Carolina's Executive vice president for Finance and Operations, commend her for her many years of dedicated service and wish her much happiness and fulfillment in all her future endeavors.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Lisa P. Montgomery.
