Directors of Philanthropy
Newport Hospital & Saint Anne's Hospital | Brown University Health

Sarah Frost, MBA
Chief, Brown University Health Hospital Operations, and President, Rhode Island Hospital

Sarah Frost, MBA is chief of hospital operations at Brown University Health and president of Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children’s. 

As president of Rhode Island and its Hasbro Children’s, Frost oversees high-quality and safe patient care, staff engagement, patient experience, process improvement and operating financial results. In addition, as Brown University Health’s chief of hospital operations, she provides executive oversight for The Miriam, Newport and Bradley hospitals, to ensure all Brown University Health hospitals work together to achieve system objectives, patient care goals and to standardize quality and safety functions.

Prior to joining Brown University Health, Frost was chief executive officer for two Banner Health hospitals in Arizona: Banner - University Medical Center Tucson, and Banner - University Medical Center Tucson South. As CEO, she was responsible for guiding the strategic vision of two academic medical centers and outpatient clinics with more than 6,000 employees and 900 inpatient beds and $1.5 billion in operating revenue. Prior to her role as CEO, she acted as chief operating officer for the medical centers.

Frost holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Arizona and a master of business administration degree from the University of Phoenix. She currently serves on the boards of the AAMC Council of Teaching Hospitals, Pima County Joint Technical Education District Foundation, and the American Heart Association. She has also been recognized by many organizations for her leadership, including Beckers Hospital Review's Women Hospital Presidents and CEOs to Know (2023), AZ Big Media's Most Influential Women in Arizona (2023) and BizTucson's Women Leading the Region (2022), to name a few.

Marcia Neiberg, MBA
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, Brown University Health

Marcia Neiberg is executive vice president and chief strategy and planning officer for Brown University Health. Neiberg is responsible for providing strategic and general planning and administrative leadership across Brown University Health and leading Brown University Health to achieve key strategic and operational objectives. 

Neiberg joined Brown University Health from Mass General Brigham (MGB), where she served as vice president, start-up and planning, and interim vice president, finance, for Integrated Care and Urgent Care. In this role she was charged with leading all new ambulatory growth for MGB. With a focus on access, both virtual and in-person, she worked to bring a new full-service, multi-specialty, relationship-based care model to the Mass General Brigham system.

Prior to joining MGB, Marcia worked at Yale School of Medicine as senior director for business planning and analysis, where she was responsible for network development, including business planning for new physician groups and ambulatory practices, volume strategies, impact/data analysis, and market research.

Neiberg brings a strong balance of strategic planning, financial and performance improvement, and operational excellence. She has an MBA with a concentration in healthcare policy from Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.

Joseph G. Pannozzo, Vice President of Development
Brown University Health

Joe Pannozzo is Vice President for Development and leads our philanthropic enterprise. Joe came to Brown University Health nearly 12 years ago as Chief Development Officer (CDO) for Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s. He was promoted to system VP in 2021.

As CDO for RIH and HC, Joe led the Every Child, Every Day campaign for Hasbro Children’s and Bradley hospitals from start to finish.  This effort represents Brown University Health’s largest fundraising initiative to date. The campaign exceeded its goal by raising more than $42 million for renovations, programs and research.

Brown University Health Development, which encompasses the efforts of four separate hospital foundations as well as the Brown University Health Foundation, collectively raised $24.7 million in FY24

Prior to coming to Brown University Health in 2013, Joe worked in leadership fundraising roles at Tufts Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Stonehill College.