The Valley Hospital Dedicates Family Care Pavilion in Honor of Audrey Meyers and Her 45 Years of Service to Valley
PARAMUS, NJ, December 23, 2024 – Valley Health System is pleased to announce the dedication of the Audrey Meyers Family Care Pavilion, named in honor of Audrey Meyers, FACHE, CEO Emeritus of Valley Health System. A dedication ceremony was held on Wednesday, December 18, and attended by members of Valley Health System’s Board of Trustees, leadership team, donors, and Audrey’s family.
The dedication of the pavilion was made possible by a generous gift from an anonymous donor in support of The Valley Hospital Foundation’s $125 million Serve. Care. Transform. campaign to support construction of The Valley Hospital in Paramus. To commemorate the dedication, a portrait of Meyers was unveiled at the celebration. The portrait, which hangs in the first-floor lobby of the Paramus hospital, was a generous gift from Valley Health System’s Board of Trustees.
The Family Care Pavilion is home to the Labor and Delivery, Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU), Postpartum, and Pediatric units at The Valley Hospital. This pavilion’s staff cares for thousands of members of families each year and will assist parents to welcome almost 4,000 babies this year.
“I am so thankful for this amazing honor,” said Meyers. “To know that my name will be on the building where so many families in our community will receive care, is a lasting tribute for which I am profoundly grateful. I thank Valley’s anonymous donor for making this possible and want all to know that I am humbled by this incredible gesture.”
“Audrey’s extraordinary contributions to Valley are well known, but what truly defines her legacy is her unwavering commitment to the community and, especially, to families,” said Robert Brenner, MD, MMM, FACHE, President and CEO of Valley Health System, at the dedication event. “Having had the privilege of working closely with Audrey for many years, I can say without hesitation that no one is more deserving of this recognition.”
Meyers used the momentous occasion to announce that she will retire at the end of January 2025. During her 45-year career with Valley, she has held virtually every key executive leadership position in strategic planning, management, operations, and governance. She served as both the President and CEO of The Valley Hospital and Valley Health System for more than two decades.
Under Audrey’s leadership, Valley has thrived as a highly successful standalone hospital system in the country through the development of key strategic relationships with leading national healthcare systems; fostering a culture of service, performance, and high reliability; and driving a rigorous systemwide approach to margin enhancement through growth and cost control. She also oversaw a busy home care agency, and an award-winning medical group of close to 500 physicians and advanced practice providers across 50 specialties and multiple locations.
Capping her long and distinguished career, Audrey led Valley through the successful planning, design, financing, and building of Valley’s new campus and state-of-the-art hospital in Paramus, which opened on Sunday, April 14, 2024.
“As President and CEO of Valley Health System, Audrey led the organization to this pivotal milestone, opening the doors of The Valley Hospital located in Paramus earlier this year,” said Kevin Lobo, Chair of Valley Health System’s Board of Trustees. “Since becoming CEO Emeritus, she has dedicated her talents to revitalizing Valley Health System – Ridgewood Campus into a healthcare destination that will meet our community’s outpatient needs long into the future.”
Audrey is the recipient of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Jersey Hospital Association and is included as one of the top leaders in both the NJBIZ Power 100 list as well as its list of the Health Care Power 50. In 2024, she was recognized by ROI-NJ as one of the top three female leaders and one of the most influential individuals in the business world on the Super 60 Power list.
To learn more about The Valley Hospital, please visit ValleyHealth.com.
Photo caption: Vincent Forlenza, Chair Emeritus, VHS Board of Trustees; Kevin Lobo, Chair, VHS Board of Trustees; Audrey Meyers, CEO Emeritus, Valley Health System; and Robert Brenner, MD, MMM, FACHE, President and CEO, Valley Health System