Board of Directors
Dennis E. Klima
Dennis E. Klima has been a director of WSFS Financial Corporation since 2004. He is President of Bayhealth, Inc., parent corporation of Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc. Mr. Klima was assistant to the administrative officer at the National Naval Medical Center from 1968 to 1971 and worked with the Department of Defense as a Naval Department representative on the new generation of military hospitals study. From 1971 to 1974 he was Assistant Director of Duke University Hospital and from 1974 to 1980 was Associate Administrator at The Memorial Hospital of Easton, Maryland. In 1980, he joined the Kent General Hospital as Executive Director and was named President and CEO in 1985. In 1990, Mr. Klima became President and CEO of the Central Delaware Health Care Corporation and Chairman of the subsidiary Kent General Hospital Board of Directors. From 1997 to 2009, he served as President/CEO and Chairman of the Board of Bayhealth Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an Advanced Member in the Healthcare Financial Management Association and a Life Member of the American Hospital Association. He is a past president of the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce, served as co-chair of the Central Delaware Economic Development Council and, since 2008, has served as Chairman of the Kent Economic Partnership, Inc. Mr. Klima earned his undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Illinois and a Master of Hospital Administration from Duke University. Mr. Klima brings finance, administrative leadership and executive leadership expertise to the Board.
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