Richard Vath, MD, president and CEO of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady (FMOL) Health System, has announced the promotion of two executives to lead the health system’s Ambulatory Division. Jennifer Clowers, former interim market president for Our Lady of Lourdes, has been promoted as the division’s new vice president where she will report directly to the CEO as a member of the health system’s senior executive team and strategy council. Laura Davis, operational leader for the Community Care Division of Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group, has been promoted to senior director of the Ambulatory Division.
“Naming these leaders signals the momentum we are achieving as an integrated operating company and the strong performance of our outpatient services,” said Vath. “Hospitals are essential to our health system however we absolutely know that care is moving away from these facilities and out to meet consumers.”
Clowers has served as the chief financial officer for the Acadiana market and most recently as interim market president for Our Lady of Lourdes. Through her leadership, she helped guide the Lourdes’ organization through key growth activities, most recently the acquisition and integration of the Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Lafayette.
Clowers holds both a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from Louisiana Tech University. She is a graduate of the Leadership Lafayette Class XXVIII.
Davis has led several efforts for the health system’s physician groups and ambulatory consumer-focused activities. As the operational leader for the Community Care Division of Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group, she has been responsible for all adult primary care operations including the creation of FMOL’s patient service center, the addition of extended hours and the availability of virtual appointments, Safe at Work, and the essential operations of the system’s COVID-19 vaccine clinics.
Davis is a licensed clinical nuclear medicine technician and holds a bachelor’s degree in nuclear medicine from Northwestern State University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas.