Announcing New CEO Brian Hannah

Cancer Services announces the appointment of Brian Hannah as the agency’s new CEO as of January 2, 2013. Hannah replaces current Executive Director Mimi Riché, who is retiring after serving for the past seven years. “We will miss Mimi and all she has done for Cancer Services. She has truly been the leader we needed to propel the organization to new heights and we wish her well in retirement,” says Matt Colvin, President of Cancer Services’ Board of Directors. “The Board conducted a very diligent search over seven months in order to attract the best candidate. The search has culminated and we are confident that Brian's experience, leadership and enthusiasm will further the mission of Cancer Services that our talented staff carries out each day.”

Brian shares the Board’s excitement, “Since 1959, Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge has worked diligently to improve life for those living with cancer. As incoming CEO, I follow a long lineage of wonderfully compassionate leaders, who have each left their indelible mark on this organization and the community it serves. I am honored to have this opportunity.”

Brian’s experience stretches across nonprofit healthcare and for-profit business settings. Prior to Cancer Services, Brian worked 23 years with North Oaks Health System in Hammond, Louisiana, leading the most aggressive growth and development initiative in the hospital’s history. In 2011, he founded Hannah & Company, LLC, a management & consulting services company. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Southeastern Louisiana University and a Master of Science in Health Services Administration from the University of Saint Francis in Jolliet, Illinois.