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Cleveland, Ohio (February 2010)­­ -The Sisters of Charity Health System has named Christina Walker vice president, fund development.  Walker most recently served as director of development for The Cleveland Orchestra, where she oversaw record fundraising activities including a $10 million annual fund.

As vice president, fund development, Walker is responsible for ensuring the long-term growth and expansion of a comprehensive fundraising program at the Sisters of Charity Health System and its 20 hospitals and ministries in Ohio and South Carolina to support core centers of excellence and community outreach. She also provides counsel in the areas of overall strategic philanthropic planning and development, annual fund, major gifts, capital campaigns, planned giving and donor relations.

"Christina has more than 25 years of proven success in all aspects of nonprofit fundraising, including setting fundraising records with the Cleveland Orchestra where she managed a large department. She is a skilled development professional and we look forward to her expertise in matching our system-wide needs with potential funders so we can continue to respond to so many unmet community needs," says Sr. Judith Ann Karam, CSA, SCHS president and CEO.

Prior to her position with The Cleveland Orchestra, Walker served as a senior director for the CCS Fundraising Company and as the director of development and deputy director of the National Museum of Catholic Art and History in New York City. Walker received a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a master's degree in comparative literature from New York University.

About the Sisters of Charity Health System

The Sisters of Charity Health System was established in 1982 as the parent corporation for the sponsored ministries of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine in Ohio and South Carolina. The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, since its founding in 1851, continue their faith-based legacy of high quality, compassionate care in partnership with its co-ministers who are the heart and hands of the ministry.

The Sisters of Charity Health System sponsors St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland, Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals, a leading cardiovascular center in South Carolina, which includes Providence Hospital/Providence Heart Institute and Providence Hospital Northeast in Columbia, South Carolina. In a joint venture with University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Sisters of Charity Health System also sponsors St. John West Shore Hospital in Westlake, Ohio.  All are Catholic.  The organization also oversees three grant-making foundations located in Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, and Columbia, SC. Each foundation sponsors significant community initiatives and collaborations that address causes and consequences of poverty.

Other health and human services and education-related organizations within the Sisters of Charity Health System include Cleveland's Joseph's Home, a unique residential care center for homeless men, Canton's Early Childhood Resource Center for people working in childcare in all settings; and Healthy Learners, a South Carolina health care resource for children from low-income families. The Sisters of Charity Health System also provides residential eldercare services at Regina Health Center in Richfield, Ohio, and Light of Hearts Villa in Bedford, Ohio. Light of Hearts Villa is jointly sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati.