AtlantiCare’s board of trustees has chosen fellow board member Michael J. Charlton to serve as interim president and CEO of the health system while the board conducts its search for a candidate to fill the post on a full-time basis.

Charlton will work closely with outgoing President and CEO Lori Herndon, who is retiring at the end of June as she caps a 40-year career with AtlantiCare.

“Charlton is a highly experienced and successful healthcare thought leader and entrepreneur who served as AtlantiCare’s Board Chair from 2017 until earlier this year and has been on the Board since 2009,” said an…