Brattleboro Retreat Appoints Nursing Vice President

August 21, 2007

BRATTLEBORO, VT—Vareen O’Keefe-Domaleski has joined the executive team of the Brattleboro Retreat as Vice President of Patient Care. She comes to the Retreat having served most recently as Chief Nursing Officer at Hampstead Hospital in Hampsted, NH. Before that she was the Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Sheppard Pratt Health System in Baltimore, MD.

With more than 35 years of experience in behavioral health care, O’Keefe-Domaleski’s background includes both clinical and administrative leadership positions at well-respected institutions such as McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA, and New Hampshire Hospital in Concord, NH.

“I am very pleased that Vareen has joined us,” said Robert E. Simpson, president and chief executive officer of the Brattleboro Retreat. “She is an extremely experienced professional with a strong reputation in the field of psychiatric nursing as a leader focused on quality care.”

O’Keefe-Domaleski received her nursing degree from Massachusetts General Hospital, her bachelor of science in Nursing from Worcester State College and her master’s degree in Administration of Nursing Services from the University of Lowell. In 1996 she completed a fellowship in Management for Nurse Executives at Johnson & Johnson/ Wharton, and in 2004 completed studies in the Executive Leadership Doctoral Program in Human and Organizational Studies at George Washington University.