CONCORD, N.C., January 12, 2009—Adam Cook has been named the new executive director of NorthEast Foundation. A national search was conducted by a committee from the Foundation Board to find a replacement to succeed Jim Monroe who will retire on January 14. Cook has held the position of Foundation Campaign Director since his employment with CMC-NorthEast in 2004.

A lifetime resident of Cabarrus County Cook begins his new role on January 15 replacing Monroe, who led the Foundation since first being established in 1993.

“Adam has demonstrated outstanding leadership as Campaign Director,” says Dr. Linny Baker, Chairman of the Foundation. “He has built strong relationships in our community as well as with the Foundation Board, the medical staff, and the employees of Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast. He also possesses a passion and talent for fundraising. All of these attributes and talents make him highly qualified for this position.”

Cook said, “I look forward to the challenges and opportunities ahead. Our Foundation Board has created significant relationships and charitable contributions from our community which have improved our healthcare delivery system. We look forward to continuing this tradition.”

A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill where he majored in communications, Adam resides in Concord with his wife, Amy, a social worker in the hospital’s Case Management Department. He also graduated from Concord High School where he lettered in both Track and Swimming,

At present NorthEast Foundation is conducting a three-year campaign to raise $5.5 million to support the Breast Health Program at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast. Previous Foundation campaigns included raising $9.3 million to create the Jeff Gordon Children’s Hospital at CMC-NorthEast and $9.6 million to construct the building for the Cabarrus College of Health Sciences.