Molly Wiegel joined WHA as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Operating Officer in September 2024. Her primary responsibilities include leading, implementing and executing strategies and programs to ensure WHA is positioned for fiscal sustainability in the changing health care and regulatory environment. Wiegel comes to WHA after spending over a decade in hospital finance, operations and reimbursement consulting roles. She began her healthcare career in accounting at Southwest Health, then joined Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County to serve as Finance Manager and eventually Chief Operating Officer for four years overseeing all facets of operations including human resources, facilities, marketing and communications, information technology and finance. Most recently, Wiegel worked as a senior consultant at Wiplfli, providing Medicaid reimbursement consulting services to Federally Qualified Health Centers in California.