Penrose-St. Francis COO takes new job

Andrea Coleman, chief operating officer at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services since April 2005, will resign Feb. 28 to become president and chief executive officer of Trinity Regional Health System in Rock Island, Ill.

Coleman has been instrumental in developing cardic and oncology services at Penrose and played a key role in estlablishing the hospital system's cardiac council, implementing the Vascular Center of Colorado and recruiting new physicians, the hospital said.

A search for her replacement is beginning, according to Johnny Rea, spokesman for Penrose-St. Francis Health Services.

Des Moines, Iowa-based Trinity Regional Health System is a three-campus, nonprofit health care system and an affiliate of Iowa Health System.