Satterlee to lead hospital foundation

Alan Satterlee is the new executive director of the North Valley Hospital Foundation.

Satterlee will be responsible for supporting the mission and vision of the foundation, building community and donor relationships, developing and directing fundraising campaigns and events, directing grant sources and overseeing endowments and planned giving.

Prior to joining the foundation, Satterlee was the executive director of the Glacier Symphony and Chorale and served that organization for over 10 years. He oversaw the administrative and fundraising aspects of the symphony.

“Alan brings a wealth of business, administrative and fundraising skills to the North Valley Hospital Foundation,” said Marcus Duffey, Chairman of the North Valley Hospital Foundation, in a prepared release. “His familiarity with the local community combined with his operational experience in leading large non-profit organizations, fundraising and organizational/board development will be a great contribution to the foundation and the communities we serve.”

In a prepared release, Satterlee said the foundation’s board and community’s generosity has already resulted in enhanced access to quality healthcare in the community such as the new hospital in 2007, the expansion of the Birth Center, and the construction of the new North Valley Professional Center.

“I’m so pleased to join such a respected and forward-thinking organization as North Valley Hospital,” he said. “I am excited to work with the foundation board of directors and members of our community who have supported our organization over the years.”

Satterlee grew up in Whitefish and holds a bachelor’s degree in earth sciences from Montana State University. Upon completing university, he embarked upon a 19-year career with Texaco in Denver, Colorado, as a geologist/geophysicist focusing on oil and gas exploration and production. He then accepted overseas positions in China and Indonesia for six years before transferring to Texaco Headquarters in White Plains. His next assignment was in Myanmar as country manager for three years, then he gained a position as vice president of marketing for gas and power in Houston, Texas. Satterlee left Texaco in 1999 to pursue a career in the nonprofit sector.

After completing a summer internship running a YMCA in Clear Lake, Texas, he spent two years as the chief operating officer of SEARCH Homeless Project, the second largest social service agency serving the homeless in Houston, Texas. He then joined Hope Ranch in Whitefish as director of development for one year. From 2003 to 2008, Satterlee owned and managed a social service agency called Northwest Passages, which provided transitional living services to young women in recovery. Additionally, he was one of the founders of the Flathead Community Foundation and also has served on the board of directors of the Whitefish Theatre Co. from 2013 to 2015.

Alan is single with two grown children and resides in Whitefish.

North Valley Hospital became an affiliate of Kalispell Regional Healthcare system in May and continues to operate as a separate acute care hospital. A key point in the affiliation agreement is for North Valley Hospital Foundation and Kalispell Regional Healthcare Foundation to maintain their reporting structures to each respective governing board along with their respective focus on philanthropic efforts.

All donations to the North Valley Hospital Foundation, both historical and future contributions, remain under the direction of the North Valley Hospital Foundation Board.