GW Hospital announced its choice for the next CEO Friday.

Kimberly Russo, who currently serves as the hospital’s chief operating officer, will take over as CEO June 3, according to Becker Hospital Review.

Russo will replace Barry Wolfman, who had served as CEO since 2012.

Russo began working at the hospital in 1997 as a speech-language pathologist before she was promoted to the executive director of rehabilitation services. She was named an associate administrator in 2006 and upgraded to COO in 2009, Becker Hospital Review reported.

Russo was named as an “Up and Comer Under 40” by Modern Healthcare and Becker’s Hospital Review in 2010. She was also recognized in the Washington Business Journal’s 2010 list of “Women Who Mean Business,” according to her bio on the GW Hospital website.