Atlantic Health announces medical center leadership changes
PR contact: Joy Lee-Calio
732-294-7082 EmailNew leaders at Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center and Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center
MORRISTOWN, NJ, May 21, 2026 – Highlighting the strength of its leadership team, Atlantic Health today announced the following updates to its senior executive structure:
- Maureen Schneider, PhD, MBA, RN, FACHE, Senior Vice President, Atlantic Health, will transition from President, Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center to serve as Interim President and CEO, Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center.
- Stephanie Schwartz, MHSA, FACHE, Senior Vice President and President, Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, will assume additional responsibility as Interim President, Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, where she previously served in the role.
The appointments follow the resignation of Tom Scott, who successfully led CentraState Healthcare System for more than a decade. Following a strategic co-membership agreement that became effective on January 1, 2022, CentraState Healthcare System became part of Atlantic Health.
Schneider, who has served as a member of CentraState Healthcare System’s Board of Trustees since 2022, will focus her time at Atlantic Health CentraState to ensure continued leadership stability.
“Maureen Schneider brings to Atlantic Health CentraState not only the passion and vision she has exemplified since joining Atlantic Health but valued institutional knowledge about this distinctive community hospital. Similarly, Stephanie Schwartz, who previously served as president of Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center is experiencing a homecoming as she deftly plays double duty,” said Saad Ehtisham, President and CEO, Atlantic Health. “Their commitment to a seamless leadership transition that prioritizes patient care and the well-being and engagement of our team members deserves high praise.”
Schneider joined Atlantic Health in 2014 as Chief Nurse and Operations Officer, Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center. She was named President of the medical center in 2022, and since then the medical center has garnered numerous clinical care and quality achievements. Her leadership of nursing teams has been instrumental in many of Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center's achievements and accolades. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, she led Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center to achieve Magnet® Accreditation Recognition for Nursing Excellence, the third health care organization to achieve this award under her leadership.
Schneider received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Hunter College-Bellevue School of Nursing, an MBA from Monmouth University, and a doctorate from Seton
Hall University. She is certified in Advanced Nursing Administration, Quality Healthcare, is a Fellow in the College of Healthcare Executives and is a Johnson and Johnson Executive Wharton Fellow. She also teaches nursing doctoral and graduate leadership/management students at Seton Hall University.
Stephanie Schwartz was named president of Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center in 2021, following a successful tenure as president at Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center that saw numerous achievements and enhancements in care. Schwartz graduated Summa Cum Laude from The University of Maryland. She earned her Master of Science, health services administration degree from George Washington University. Before coming to Atlantic Health, she served in administrative and leadership roles at Southern Ocean County Hospital in Manahawkin and Community Medical Center in Toms River. Prior to coming to New Jersey, she also served in leadership roles at hospitals in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
About Atlantic Health
Atlantic Health is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area. Powered by a workforce of 25,000 team members and more than 5,667 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, Atlantic Health serves more than half of the state of New Jersey including 14 counties and 7.5 million people.
The not-for-profit system offers more than 550 sites of care, including its eight hospitals: Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ, Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center in Newton, NJ, Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, NJ, Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center in Hackettstown, NJ, Atlantic Health Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute in Madison, NJ and Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, NJ.
The system includes Atlantic Medical Group, part of a physician enterprise that makes up one of the largest multispecialty practices in New Jersey with almost 2,000 physicians and advance practice providers. Joined with Atlantic Accountable Care Organization and Optimus Healthcare Partners they form part of Atlantic Alliance, a Clinically Integrated Network of more than 4,000 health care providers throughout northern and central NJ.
Atlantic Health provides care for the full continuum of health care needs through 26 urgent care centers, Atlantic Visiting Nurse and Atlantic Health Virtual Visits. Facilitating the connection between these services on both land and air is the transportation fleet of Atlantic Mobile Health.
Founded by Atlantic Health, the Healthcare Transformation Consortium is a partnership of seven regional hospitals and health systems dedicated to improving access and affordability. Atlantic Health has a medical school affiliation with Thomas Jefferson University, is home to the regional campus of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Centers and is the official health care partner of the New York Jets.