Mark Bachara has been named the new chairman of the Dosher Memorial Hospital Foundation.

Bachara had been vice chair and succeeds Barbara Boland, who remains on the foundation board, according to a news release. Bachara is an attorney at Oak Island and has served on the foundation board for five years.

Also elected as new officers are Adam Powell, as vice chair; Joyce John, as treasurer; and Melody Ryan, as secretary, officials said in the release.

Dosher Memorial Hospital Foundation, established in 2010, encourages funding to the hospital from individuals and organizations within the hospital's service area, according to the foundation's website.