Matthew Chadderdon, who has held key leadership roles in public affairs with Auburn Community Hospital, Welch Allyn Inc., and UTC/Carrier Corp., has been named chief of staff, associate vice president for Upstate Medical University.
As chief of staff, Chadderdon will play a lead role in strategizing and promoting priorities and initiatives of the office of the president and of the university. He will serve as a liaison between the office of the president and campus and external groups and play a critical role in planning and decision-making on university-based priorities.
Additionally, Chadderdon will oversee and manage the operational functions of the office of the president and will support government relations, community relations, marketing, and public and media relations.
“I am delighted to have Matt join the senior leadership team here at Upstate,” said Upstate President Mantosh Dewan, MD. “His experience in health care and his background in communications and in coordinating complex initiatives make him well suited to join the talented team we have at Upstate.”
Chadderdon brings to Upstate decades of leadership and accomplishment in a variety of areas, including communications, government relations, strategy development, brand management and community relations with institutions, such as Welch Allyn, (2006-2014) where he served as vice president of marketing communications, global brand management and shareholder relations, and UTC/Carrier Corp., (1994-2001) as vice president for corporate communications and community relations, and most recently at Auburn Community Hospital, serving since 2018 as vice president for marketing communications and government relations.
At Auburn Community Hospital, Chadderdon was instrumental in securing more than $40 million in state and federal funding and developing and executing a new brand strategy for hospital and its primary care practices.
Chadderdon earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and a bachelor’s degree from the State University College of New York at Buffalo.