Northern Light Health
Left to right: recently elected Julie Dawson Williams as vice chair and John Ryan as chair of the board.
Updated: July 6, 2023
Northern Light Health elects chair and vice chair of board
Northern Light Health, Maine's second-largest health care system, has elected a new chair and vice chair to their board of directors.
John Ryan has been elected as the chair of the Northern for a one-year term and replaces outgoing chair Kathy Corey, who completed her third and final annual term. Julie Williams was elected to serve as vice chair.
Ryan serves as executive vice president and chief counsel at Temple University Health System in Philadelphia. He has previously served as general counsel to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as general counsel to Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, and as a partner at the Duane Morris law firm in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia resident began his legal career as an assistant district attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. He earned his degree from Northwestern University School of Law and New York University.
Williams serves as the broker, owner and CEO of Dawson Inc., a family of companies including ERA Dawson Bradford Co. Realtors, Dawson Commercial Brokers and Dawson Insurance Agency.
She serves on the Maine Listings board of directors and previously served as director of legislative affairs at the New England Council and as the legislative correspondent on healthcare, art and historic preservation in the office of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
The Bangor resident has been licensed since 2000. She received her degree from Bowdoin College.
Northern Light Health is an integrated health care system comprising 10 member hospitals with 987 licensed beds; a single physician-led medical group; eight nursing homes with 585 long-term beds; five emergency transport members and 37 primary care locations. The company employs more than 12,000 people in Maine.
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