New Whitman Hospital CEO enjoys assembling the pieces

Debbie Glass brings nursing experience to hospital’s top post.

A familiar and new experience has begun for Debbie Glass.

The new CEO of Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, who is in her third week on the job, comes to the Palouse from small hospitals in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

A longtime nurse, Glass begins her first stint as a chief executive. She has previously served as a chief operations officer. She has earned degrees in nursing and a masters in community health care systems from Oregon Health Sciences University.

She grew up in Corvallis, Ore., and spent nine years on the nursing st...