Commonwealth Fund president to step down at end of 2012

Karen Davis, who has run the health care research foundation The Commonwealth Fund since 1995, will step down at the end of 2012. 

Modern Healthcare: Davis To Retire As Commonwealth President
Karen Davis will retire as president of the Commonwealth Fund, a health care research foundation, at the end of 2012. The foundation, based in New York, has hired an executive search firm to find Davis' successor. In a news release announcing her retirement, Davis said she would spend her final year helping with the leadership transition and "pursuing opportunities for contributing toward the work that is so important to ensuring that every American receives the best possible care and the opportunity to lead healthy, productive lives" (Evans, 11/21).

Kaiser Health News: Karen Davis, the president of The Commonwealth Fund since 1995, announced today that she plans to leave her post at the health care foundation by the end of  2012 (Kulkarni, 11/21).