The Green Mountain Care Board has chosen Susan Barrett of Norwich to be its new executive director.
Barrett, an attorney, is currently director of public policy in Vermont for the Bi-State Primary Care Association.
She joined Bi-State in 2011 after nearly 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry with Novartis, Merck, and Wyeth.
Her health care experience also includes pro bono legal work and an internship with Health Law Advocates, a nonprofit public interest law firm in Massachusetts.
Barrett joins the board on Nov. 18.