The University of New England has tapped Daniel P. McCormack, CEO of South Portland-based Spectrum Healthcare Partners and a longtime trustee at the Biddeford-based school, to speak at this year’s graduation.
UNE’s 191st commencement will take place on Saturday, May 16, at 10 a.m., at Portland’s Cross Insurance Arena.
Raised in Aroostook County, McCormack started his career as a U.S. Air Force Medical Service Corps officer, serving at the David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in California and the Bolling Air Force Base Medical Group in Washington, D.C.
McCormack took the helm at Spectrum Healthcare Partners in February to lead New England’s largest independent, physician-owned health care organization. Before joining Spectrum, he led Martin’s Point Health Care and served as InterMed’s CEO for 14 years. On UNE’s board of trustees, he has served as treasurer and chairman. He also served on the search committee that brought President James Herbert to the school.
“Dan knows firsthand what it means to grow up in a part of Maine where access to quality health care isn’t a given, and he has built his career around changing that reality,” Herbert said. “He understands both the human stakes of this work and the institutional discipline it takes to sustain it. That is the kind of leadership our students will be called to practice.”
McCormack received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard College and his MBA from the University of Southern Maine. He currently serves on the board of directors of Maine Community Bank.
