Pamela Meyer Davis
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Pamela Meyer Davis was the president and C.E.O. of Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois who was a key witness in the investigation that led to the arrest of the governor of Illinois.
Life[edit]
She began work in about 1989 at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois.[1]
She was leading Edward Hospital in 2004 when the hospital was planning to build a new $90m hospital and a $23m office building in Plainsville.[2] She was threatened by a corrupt financier. She was told that she needed to employ a certain companies or the hospital plans for would be rejected by the state. She realised that this was illegal and she approached the FBI.[3] The FBI were initially dubious at her report of wrongdoing.[4] She told them that Nicholas Hurtgen had made it clear that she needed to employ a named building company and his organisation if she wanted the hospital's plans to proceed.[3]
Her complaints and covert recordings she made led to an investigation that led to the 2008 arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.[4]
When she retired after 28 years service in 2017, a day in June was identified in her honor.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Wilson, Marie (2017-06-21). "Retiring Naperville hospital CEO gets day in her honor". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "USA v. P. NICHOLAS HURTGEN" (PDF). Justice.gov. August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ a b ABC7. "Whistle-blower helped bring down gov. | ABC7 Chicago | abc7chicago.com". ABC7 Chicago. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Burleigh, Nina (20 December 2008). "Whistle-Blower". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-01-18.