As Vice President of Finance/CFO and Corporate Compliance Officer, Michelle Smith oversees all finance and accounting activities for the organization, ensures regulatory compliance and manages the ongoing development of compliance policies and programming. Michelle greatly enjoys her work at MDI Hospital. “The organization is providing amazing care for its patients and is continuously challenging itself to always be better,” she says. Since joining the organization in 2015, Michelle has optimized financial performance and demonstrated positive financial and cash flow results.
Michelle previously served as MDI Hospital’s Director of Fiscal Services. She has worked in healthcare finance since 1999, and previously served as a Controller for Maine Coast Memorial Hospital. Michelle graduated from Husson College in 1995 with a degree in Accounting. She also holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Augusta with a primary focus in Business Administration, Accounting and Human Resources.
She serves as Board Treasurer for the Northern New England Chapter of the Health Finance Management Association. Michelle is also an active member of her community, and a lifetime member of Gouldsboro Fire & EMS, where she served as a volunteer firefighter and EMT for more than 15 years.
In her free time, Michelle enjoys spending time with her family, enjoying the outdoors, fishing, snowmobiling, ATV-ing, horseback riding, camping and traveling to new places with her husband.