A new chief executive officer will lead Our Lady of Peace Hospice and Home Health Care starting Dec. 30.
Jeff Thorne comes to the St. Paul-based organization with more than 30 years of experience, most recently serving as regional vice president of health care for Virginia-based Volunteers of America — a nonprofit organization that seeks to provide affordable housing and assistance to those with low incomes — and as vice president of operations for St. Therese Hospitals and Health Care — which provides senior living and care options at several Twin Cities metro locations.
Thorne will succeed Joe Stanislav, a parishioner of St. Ambrose in Woodbury, who is retiring from Our Lady of Peace after 32 years.
Thorne said he believes Our Lady of Peace’s 81-year legacy of care “is just incredible” and that he is “absolutely committed” to continuing that legacy. “I come into this (role) very humbly and I’m thrilled to join OLP,” said Thorne.
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne founded Our Lady of Peace to provide free care for terminally ill cancer patients with no means of support. Today, OLP’s expanded services include a 21-bed residential hospice, which is being renovated to provide each patient with a private room, in-home hospice care and home health care services. The organization’s expanded mission includes non-cancer patients.
