CenterPlace Health appoints new CEO

A Sarasota-based health care organization has appointed a new leader. Kathleen Marshall will take on the role of CEO for CenterPlace Health, effective May 4.

CenterPlace Health is a federally qualified health center (FQHC), meaning it is a federally funded nonprofit health care organization that provides primary care services regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. 

Marshall has more than 20 years of experience in FQHCs. Most recently, she was interim CEO and was previously COO at Western Sierra Medical Clinic, an FQHC with seven locations in California. Throughout her career, Marshall has led organizational transformations, fiscal and financial stewardship and program expansions, including mergers and acquisitions that integrated more than 20 new service sites, according to a statement.

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“Kathleen Marshall is a strategic leader who deeply understands the complexities and the vital importance of the FQHC model,” CenterPlace Health Board Chair Bill Little says in a statement on her appointment, which followed a nationwide search. “What stood out to the board is her ability to forge community partnerships and lead through collaboration. This, combined with her commitment to fiscal stewardship, makes her the ideal leader to guide CenterPlace Health into its next chapter of growth.”

Marshall will succeed CenterPlace Health Interim CEO Bob Rodriguez, who will remain with the organization during the transition period to facilitate the handover, according to the statement.

“I am deeply honored to join CenterPlace Health and to lead an organization so clearly dedicated to the well-being of our community,” says Marshall, who has an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University and is a certified professional in health care quality.

CenterPlace Health provides primary medical and dental care as well as integrated behavioral health services at four locations throughout Sarasota County. It handled more than 76,000 patient visits in 2025, serving nearly 26,000 patients. According to ProPublica, it posted $22.38 million in revenue last year.