Pryor’s priorities include recruitment and retention as well as new strategies for workforce communication and employee engagement.
VALHALLA, N.Y. (January 29, 2024) – The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) has named William B. Pryor to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. In his position, Pryor will oversee WMCHealth’s workforce recruitment, labor relations and workforce policies.
As the Chief Human Resources Officer for WMCHealth and its 13,000 workforce members, Pryor’s priorities include recruitment and retention as well as new strategies for workforce communication and employee engagement.
Most recently, Pryor served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for Catholic Health in Buffalo, a $1.2 billion health care system consisting of four hospitals, five campuses, four long-term care facilities, three home care agencies, 8,172 associates and 1,174 licensed beds. Earlier in Pryor’s career, he served as Chief Human Resource Officer for North Carolina’s Cape Fear Valley Health System’s $1.4 billion network of eight hospitals and 8,000 employees.
Pryor has more than 30 years of experience in the human resources field. He is a member of the Business Labor Task Force and the Racial Equity Committee of Buffalo, N.Y. Pryor is also a former lecturer for the School of Business at the University of North Carolina and was named to Buffalo Business First’s Power 250 List in 2021 and 2022.
Pryor graduated from Dartmouth College and earned an ED.M in Administration, Institutional Policy Studies from the University of Chicago.