STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Texas Health Resources is pleased to announce that Claudia Eisenmann, M.B.A., FACHE, will join the health system as president of Texas Heath Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville, effective Jan. 16.

Claudia Eisenmann

In this role, Eisenmann will collaborate with the chief medical officer and chief nursing officer to plan, direct and coordinate the hospital’s clinical, service and operational activities. She will work to advance physician engagement and to promote effective employee, governance, and community relations.

Eisenmann has more than 25 years of experience in leading hospitals and healthcare systems. She joins Texas Health from Deaconess Health System in Evansville, Indiana, where she served as system vice president, as well as president and CEO of Deaconess Gibson Hospital and Deaconess Union County Hospital. She’s also worked in Texas previously as CEO of Wilbarger General Hospital in Vernon and vice president/administrator for Christus St. Michael Rehabilitation Hospital in Texarkana.

Eisenmann earned a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in healthcare management from Baker College in Flint, Michigan. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She has served in leadership positions with organizations such as the Kentucky Hospital Association, Gibson County United Way and Indiana Rural Hospital Association.

She has received a variety of recognitions throughout her career, including the Vernon Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Customer Service Award, Select Medical Patient Safety Award and American College of Healthcare Executives Regent’s Award for early career achievement.

Outside of work, Eisenmann enjoys fishing, hiking, hunting, writing, archery, camping, cooking, conservation and native habitat restoration.

Cindy McCarthy was serving as interim president of Texas Health Stephenville.