Cottage Hospital CEO Maria Ryan will step down from her post early next year. Ryan, who has led the 35-bed hospital in Woodsville for 10 years, informed the board on Nov. 19 that she plans to depart on Jan. 30, Dhaniele Duffy, the Woodsville hospital’s spokeswoman, said in an email. “Her leaving us will be an incredible loss,” Duffy said in her Friday email.