Pattie K. Buchanan-Major is named Chief Financial Officer of the Year, Division IV for Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HMA). Buchanan-Major has served as CFO for Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center in Paintsville, Kentucky since February 2002.
Prior to joining HMA, Buchanan-Major served as Assistant Chief Financial Officer at Carlisle Regional Medical Center, Carlisle, PA, and at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, Mooresville, NC. Buchanan-Major also served as the Regional Finance Director at ResCare Inc. in Charlotte, NC; as well as a self-employed CPA/Consultant and Business Manager in Moundsville, WV.
A native of Wheeling, WV, Buchanan-Major earned a Bachelor of Science degree, Accounting major from Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV and a Masters in Health Services Administration from the University of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois. Buchanan-Major currently resides in Paintsville along with her husband, Dwight.