St. Mary’s of Michigan announced the appointment of Andrew Allen as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer on Aug. 1.

Allen is currently Senior Vice President of Leadership Development and Succession Planning at Ascension Health.

Prior to his current position, he served as President for the Ascension Health Western and Southern States Operating Group.

He has also worked at the senior executive level at Carondelet Health System in St. Louis, Missouri, where he held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer.

Allen is a Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science and Master’s of Public Health in Hospital Administration, both from Tulane University in New Orleans.

Allen will serve as Interim President and CEO pending a search for a permanent replacement for outgoing President and CEO Fleury Yelvington.

Yelvington is taking a similar position at Carondelet Health in Kansas City, Mo.

Her last day at St. Mary’s of Michigan is August 17.