Chief Executive Officer

My Community Dental Centers Inc.

About The Position

My Community Dental Centers (MCDC) is Michigan’s largest nonprofit dental provider, delivering accessible, high-quality oral health care to Medicaid, Healthy Kids Dental, private insurance, and uninsured patients statewide. Rooted in health equity, community impact, and person-centered care, MCDC serves as a vital public health resource for families and communities across Michigan. We seek a visionary, mission-grounded, servant-leader CEO who advances a culture of kindness, accountability, operational discipline, and collaborative leadership —ensuring patients, team members, and communities can flourish.

Requirements

Graduate degree in business, public health, healthcare administration, public policy, or a related field.
Minimum 10 years of senior leadership experience in healthcare, provider organizations, community health, or mission-driven nonprofit organizations.
Minimum 10 years of senior leadership experience in highly complex, geographically distributed healthcare organizations at (or beyond) the size and scope of MCDC.
Demonstrated success leading multi-site clinical operations, financial turnaround or stabilization, cultural transformation, and cross-functional teams.
Experience working with governmental partners, boards, and regulated environments.

Responsibilities

Champion MCDC’s mission, values, and health-equity commitments across all decisions, partnerships, and public engagement.
Lead strategic planning, translating mission into clear priorities that strengthen organizational impact and statewide presence.
Steward financial sustainability through disciplined management, transparency, and proactive adaptation to changing reimbursement, workforce, and policy environments.
Partner closely with the Board to shape long-range strategy and success measures beyond the annual budget cycle.
Position MCDC as a national leader and role model for provision of accessible, high-quality oral health care while ensuring resilience and sustainability.
Strengthen and modernize organizational systems—communication flow, operational cadence, decision pathways, and center-level support—to ensure clarity, consistency, and execution at scale.
Build and reinforce a predictable leadership rhythm across MCDC’s distributed centers, improving coordination between clinical, operational, and administrative teams.
Instill discipline in follow-through: clear owners, timelines, and accountability norms that support reliable performance.
Attract, mentor, and retain a high-performing, mission-driven leadership team that embodies MCDC’s values and models collaborative behaviors.
Build a leadership culture grounded in trust, transparency, and shared responsibility across operations and clinical partners (dyad alignment).
Ensure leaders at all levels have the tools, coaching, and structure necessary to thrive and grow.
Advance a forward-looking digital and operational strategy—including data analytics, workflow automation, AI-enabled tools, and patient-experience improvements—to strengthen clinical outcomes and operational reliability.
Promote a learning organization that embraces continuous improvement and responsible innovation.
Serve as the public voice for MCDC’s mission, advocating for oral health equity, community wellbeing, and access expansion at the state and national level.
Build strong partnerships with state agencies, payers, community organizations, philanthropy, and policymakers to advance MCDC’s work, increase available resources, and expand impact
Build a transparent, trust-centered partnership with the Board, ensuring alignment on strategy, financial oversight, enterprise risks, and organizational performance.
Collaborate with the Board Chair and Officers to maintain clear governance rhythms, informed decision-making, and consistent reporting.