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Sister Suzanne Brennan, CSC, Named Catholic Health Ministries Director on Trinity Health Board

NOVI, Mich. (February 28, 2005) - Sister Suzanne Brennan, CSC, has been appointed as a Member of Catholic Health Ministries (CHM), the public juridic person (PJP) that is recognized by and responsible to the Catholic Church for the Catholic identity and mission of Trinity Health.

The Participating Entity Representatives from the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross and the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of Detroit, made Sister Brennans appointment to CHM. The representatives are Geraldine Hoyler, CSC, from the Sisters of the Holy Cross and Linda Werthman, RSM, from the Sisters of Mercy, Regional Community of Detroit.

Following her appointment, the members of CHM designated Sister Brennan as a CHM Director on the Trinity Health Board of Directors, which according to its bylaws must have approximately one-third representatives from CHM.

We are blessed to have a person of Sister Suzannes knowledge and experience join Catholic Health Ministries and the Trinity Health Board as we continue to strengthen the healing ministry of Jesus during these challenging times, said Catherine DeClercq, OP, Vice President, Governance and Sponsorship, Trinity Health.

Brennan's distinguished 25-year career has been spent in service to the poor and marginalized persons of society. She currently serves as Executive Director of Holy Cross Ministries, which operates a number of outreach programs in health, education and social services for the poor and underserved throughout Utah.

From 1995 until 1998, she created and led a non-profit company that employed homeless and low-income persons in commercial and residential cleaning services, landscaping and general maintenance.

Her health care career has included serving as President and CEO of Providence Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska; Mercy Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio; and Chief Operating Officer at the former Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City.

Her past board affiliations include terms on the boards at Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, Calif.; Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus, Ohio; and Peoples Health Center, Park City, Utah. She currently serves as a board member for Mercy Housing of Utah and the United Way - Task Force for Systemic Change.

Brennan holds a masters degree in public administration (finance) from Roosevelt University in Chicago, a masters degree in social work from Loyola University in Chicago, and a bachelors degree in English and theology from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana.

Based in Novi, Mich., Trinity Health is the country's fourth largest Catholic health care system based on total revenue. Sponsored by Catholic Health Ministries, the system operates 45 hospitals (29 owned, 16 managed), 384 outpatient facilities, numerous long-term care facilities, home health offices and hospice programs, a health care architectural firm, and a physician practice consulting company. Trinity Health also owns and operates Care Choices, a health maintenance organization, and Preferred Choices, a preferred provider organization. Employing approximately 44,000 full-time staff, Trinity Health reported $5.3 billion in unrestricted revenue and more than $478.0 million in community benefit ministry in fiscal year 2004. Trinity Health received the prestigious National Quality Health Care Award for the year 2004 from the National Committee for Quality Health Care (NCQHC). For more information about Trinity Health, visit www.trinity-health.org .