Grandview Medical Center has appointed Ashley Mathews to the role of Assistant Chief Executive Officer.

Mathews previously worked for seven years at DeKalb Regional Medical Center in Fort Payne where she most recently served as the Executive Director of Operations and Business Development. Prior to this, she was the Dekalb Regional Medical Center's Executive Director of Employed Practices. In this role, she oversaw management of DeKalb's primary care, neurology, pediatrics, interventional cardiology and orthopedics clinic operations. She also has experience in practice acquisitions and expansions, physician recruitment, and strategic planning.

A native of Gadsden, Mathews earned her bachelor's degree in Public Relations with a concentration in management from Auburn University. She earned her master's degree in Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Mathews is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Medical Group Management Association, Alabama Rural Health Association, and serves on Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center's Leadership Team.