23 women making moves in healthcare

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Since March 14, the following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker’s.

Editor’s note: This live webpage was created March 20 and updated on Dec. 18.

Dec. 12-18

1. Laura Fultz was appointed chief digital information officer at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.

2. Lauren Dudley was appointed CEO of TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. 

3. Sherron Rogers was named vice president of finance for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

4. Jennifer Nickoles was appointed president and CEO of Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health.

5. Lydia Watson, MD, plans to retire as president and CEO of Midland-based MyMichigan Health, effective July 5. Bryan Cross, PharmD, the health system’s COO, will assume the role of CEO on March 29, allowing for a leadership transition ahead of Dr. Watson’s official retirement.

6. Marjorie Clark was appointed AVP of back-end revenue cycle at St. Louis-based Ascension.

7. Julia Iyasere, MD, was appointed senior vice president and chief medical officer for New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian.

8. Mumtaz Darbar was appointed executive vice president and chief transformation officer for Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health.

9. Ariana Urquia was appointed president of the Miami-Dade Market at Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s.

10. Saima Aftab, MD, will continue as senior vice president and chief strategy officer while also serving as president of network services at Nicklaus Children’s.

11. Stefanie Dendy was promoted to CEO of Yazoo City, Miss.-based Baptist Memorial Hospital-Yazoo.

12. Karen Coleman will retire as assistant CFO of Laredo (Texas) Medical Center.

13. Melissa Gardner was appointed president and COO of Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health’s clinically integrated network.

14. Tiffany Anderson was appointed vice president of revenue cycle at Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health.

15. Claire Seguin, DNP, was named president and COO at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, Mass.

16. Charlene MacDonald was appointed president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals.

17. Jenni Friedly, BSN, was named COO of Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health.

18. Lana Vulicevic was named vice president of revenue cycle consumer operations at Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth.

19. Tara Gardner, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer for Hampden Medical Center in Enola, Pa., and Holy Spirit Medical Center in Camp Hill, Pa.

20. Cheryl Matejka, CFO of St. Louis-based Mercy, will retire Dec. 31, after being with the system for 19 years.

21. Sophie Culver, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Winchester (Mass.) Hospital.

22. Nneka Comfere, MD, was named the Juanita Kious Waugh Executive Dean of Education and dean of the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Rochester, Minn. 

23. Terra Swanson, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based Froedtert ThedaCare’s North Region. 

Dec. 5-11

1. Joan Culver, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Illinois.

2. Muriel Osburn was appointed CFO of Meridian, Miss.-based Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center.

3. Melissa Fausnaugh, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of OhioHealth Berger Hospital in Circleville.

4. Jane McCurley, DNP, RN, will retire from her role as chief nursing officer of San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare in February. 

5. Miranda Garvin was appointed president of UofL Health-Frazier Rehabilitation Institute in Louisville, Ky.

6. MaryJo McPhail was appointed COO of Alan B. Miller Medical Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

7. Lauren Respress, BSN, RN, was appointed system director of accountable care services at Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System. 

8. Rebecca Cooper-Piela, APRN, was promoted to senior vice president and chief quality officer of Southern New Hampshire Health, based in Nashua, N.H. 

9. Erin Smith, RN, was named COO of Jefferson Community Health & Life in Fairbury, Neb. 

10. Mary Beth Remorenko was appointed senior vice president of revenue cycle at Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health.

11. Virginia Tenpenny was appointed vice president of community engagement at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

12. Kelly Morse Nowicki was appointed executive vice president of operations and COO at St. Paul, Minn.-based Gillette Children’s.

13. Carrie Owen Plietz was appointed group senior vice president and COO of care delivery at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente.

14. Deepa Kumaraiah, MD, was appointed executive vice president and COO of NewYork-Presbyterian.

15. Jaime Bentley, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of USMD Hospital at Arlington in Texas.

16. Lydia Ameka was appointed COO of USMD Hospital at Arlington.

17. Kim Bourne shared plans to retire as president and CEO of Taylorville (Ill.) Memorial Hospital. 

Nov. 26 to Dec. 4

1. Amy Rice was named CFO of Benton, Ark.-based Saline Health System.

2. Crystal Bryan, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Jacksonville, N.C.-based Onslow Memorial Hospital.

3. Alicia Maitland was named CFO of Monterey, Calif.-based Montage Health.

4. Katie Scott, MSN, RN, was appointed COO of Waco, Texas-based Ascension Providence. 

5. MarCia Ekworomadu was named vice president of operations at West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health.

6. Selwena Brewster, MD, was named chief medical officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health in New York City. 

7. Theresa Fite was named CFO of Somerset, Ky.-based Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. 

8. Ashley Dowler was appointed COO of Doctors Hospital of Laredo in Texas. 

9. Mo Sheldon was named CEO of McCamey (Texas) County Hospital District.

10. Michele Szczypka was named vice president and chief marketing officer at Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare.

11. Hilary Gibbs was named senior vice president and chief administrative officer at Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health.

12. Melonie Lagalante was appointed COO of Lakeview Hospital in Covington, La.

13. Jennifer Ploeger was named COO of Sabetha (Kan.) Community Hospital.

14. Edith Ballard, DHI, was named vice president of revenue cycle at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Nov. 21-25

1. Penny Koval, MSN, RN, critical access hospitals administrator at Wailuku, Hawaii-based Maui Health, was named to an expanded role as vice president and assistant CEO.

2. Christy Mehringer was named CFO of Washington, Ind.-based Daviess Community Hospital, effective Dec. 16.

3. Rhonda Roberts was appointed human resources vice president of MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas.

4. Bridget Burshears, MD, was named chief medical informatics officer at Owensboro (Ky.) Health.

5. Deborah Burley, BSN, was appointed COO of HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge in Lone Tree, Colo., effective Dec. 1.

6. Wendy Hernandez was appointed chief administrative officer of Good Samaritan in Vincennes, Ind.

7. Julie Goebel was appointed president of Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health’s Nebraska and Iowa market.

8. Sandi Weiss was named CFO and vice president of finance at Paramus, N.J.-based Bergen New Bridge Medical Center.

Nov. 14-20

1. Cristy Page, MD, was appointed CEO of Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health and dean of the UNC School of Medicine.

2. Karen Blount, MSN, RN, was appointed president of Buffalo (N.Y.) General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute, part of Kaleida Health. 

3. Sewit Teckie, MD, was appointed vice president of enterprise clinical operations at New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals.

4. Michelle Oxford was appointed CEO of Sutter Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Hospital.

5. Julie Manas was appointed region president of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s Northwest Region.

6. Erica DiCicco, DO, was appointed chief medical officer of McLaren Lapeer Region, part of Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.

7. Zeah Schlisner was named CFO of AdventHealth Manchester in Kentucky.

8. Erica Shaffer was appointed chief access officer and senior vice president of post-acute care at Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System.

9. Melinda Fagan was appointed chief human resources executive at Ascension Wisconsin.

10. Carmen Kramer was named CEO of Collin Springs, a behavioral health hospital in McKinney, Texas.

11. Selma Ward, PhD, was named CEO of Rock Springs, a behavioral health hospital in Georgetown, Texas.

12. Sarah Falade was appointed CFO of TriStar Horizon Medical Center.

13. Nanette Mickiewicz, MD, president and CEO of Dignity Health Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, Calif., plans to retire next year.

14. Julie Ishak, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nurse and operations executive of Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine’s academic medical center.

15. Elizabeth Jackson, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Johnson City (Tenn.) Medical Center. 

16. Paris Dukes was appointed chief people officer for AdventHealth’s Georgia market. 

17. Patricia “Trish” Price, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer for AdventHealth’s Georgia market.

Nov. 7-13

1. Charmaine Weis was appointed vice president of marketing and communications for Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System.

2. Angela Hinnegan was appointed CEO of Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska.

3. Mary Maldonado was named chief human resources officer at NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health in New York City.

4. Jacquelyn Bombard was appointed system senior vice president of government affairs at Chicago-based CommonSpirit.

5. Taylor Bothwell was appointed COO of AdventHealth Winter Park (Fla.). 

6. Jillyan McKinney was named CEO of Florida Specialty Network, part of Altamonte Springs, Fla. -based AdventHealth.

7. Jennifer Keehbauch, MD, is chief education officer of the AdventHealth Central Florida Division.

8. Katrina Mesa, BSN, was appointed vice president and COO of AdventHealth Altamonte Springs.

9. Jennifer Ambs was appointed CFO of AdventHealth Orlando.

10. Alexis Mussi was appointed CEO of MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas.

11. Deana Sievert, DNP, RN, joined Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center as chief nursing officer. 

12. Jessica Baird-Wertman was appointed CEO for AdventHealth’s primary care network.

Oct. 31 to Nov. 6

1. Kim DeRoche, MD, was appointed chief of primary care at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham.

2. Deborah Feldman shared plans to retire as president and CEO of Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital.

3. Marilyn Schock shared plans to retire as president of UCHealth Greeley (Colo.) Hospital.

4. Sarah Becker was appointed vice president and administrator of the pediatric care joint venture between Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

5. Michelle McEwen shared plans to retire as president and CEO of Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth, N.H.

6. Stephanie Rosentreter was named CFO of Merriam, Kan.-based AdventHealth Shawnee Mission. 

7. Leah Shrull was appointed vice president of human resources at TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital in Bowling Green, Ky.

8. Launette Woolforde, EdD, DNP, was appointed executive vice president and chief nursing officer at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.

9. Jenny Miller, BSN, RN, was appointed CEO of Highland Hills Medical Center in Senatobia, Miss.

10. Mandi Murray, BSN, RN, was appointed executive vice president and chief legal officer of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health.

11. Shannon Ducat was named vice president of revenue cycle – patient access at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health.

12. Kim Morrow was appointed CFO of Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, Neb.

13. Carolyn Gorman, senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health, shared plans to retire.

Oct. 24-30

1. Joan Pirrung, MSN, APRN, was appointed president of ChristianaCare Cecil County Campus in Elkton, Md. 

2. Janet Hadar, MSN, was appointed COO of University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System.

3. Bethany Slater, MD, was appointed chief of pediatric surgery at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital in New York City. 

4. Stacey Kuzak, MSN, RN, was appointed CEO of John C. Fremont Healthcare District in Mariposa, Calif. 

5. Kimberly Scaccia was named vice president of revenue cycle at Cincinnati-based TriHealth.

6. Cynthia Muñiz was appointed vice president of graduate medical education at Austin, Texas-based St. David’s HealthCare.

Oct. 17-23

1. Tamar Kutz was appointed president and CEO of Lincoln (Ill.) Memorial Hospital.

2. Kelly Tomaszewski will retire as president of Manistee (Mich.) Hospital and Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital in Frankfort, Mich.

3. Kristi Johnson was appointed chief nursing officer for Cadillac, Manistee and Paul Oliver Memorial hospitals. 

4. Laren MacMillan was promoted to chief marketing and communications officer of Salisbury, Md.-based TidalHealth.

5. Natalie Fox, DNP, was appointed CEO of Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health.

6. Kerri Anne Scanlon, MSN, RN, was appointed executive vice president and president of the eastern market for New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.

7. Maria Carney, MD, an internist, geriatrician and palliative care physician, was appointed president at Glen Cove (N.Y.) Hospital. 

8. Michele Frankel was appointed deputy eastern market president at Northwell Health.

9. Laurie Athans, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Golisano Children’s Hospital in Rochester, N.Y.  

10. Michelle Wimes was appointed chief people officer at Kansas City, Mo.-based Children’s Mercy.

11. Nichole Reed, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer at Hot Springs, Ark.-based National Park Medical Center.

12. Jani Johnson, MSN, RN, president of Saint Luke’s Central Region and Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City (Mo.), will retire Feb. 1.

13. Jalima Trank was appointed senior vice president and regional CFO for St. Louis-based Ascension.

Oct. 10-16

1. Laura Dannels, PhD, was appointed chief human resources officer for UC San Francisco.

2. Lauren Sligh was appointed CFO of Hermitage, Tenn.-based TriStar Summit Medical Center.

3. Elizabeth Haines, DO, was appointed COO of Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital and senior vice president of pediatric services for New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System.

4. Tracie Stratton, MSN, RN, was appointed CEO of Lovelace Women’s Hospital and Lovelace Westside Hospital, both in Albuquerque, N.M.

5. Gretchen Nichols, BSN, RN, was appointed president and CEO of Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore.

6. Stefanie Murphy was appointed senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer at Philadelphia-based Temple Health. 

7. Kim Ellender was appointed CEO of Ochsner Health’s St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, La.

8. Eileen Kang was appointed deputy president of New York City-based Lenox Hill Hospital. 

9. Christina Corkery was appointed vice president of revenue cycle at Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare.

10. Rebecca Beck was appointed CEO of Johnson City (Tenn.) Medical Center.

11. Amy Lee was appointed director of human resources at Pineville (Ky.) Community Health Center.

12. Nancy Blake, PhD, MSN, RN, is retiring as chief nursing officer of Los Angeles General Medical Center. 

13. Kelley Kaiser was appointed president and CEO of Sonoma (Calif.) Valley Hospital.

Oct. 3-9

1. Diana Richardson was appointed president and CEO of Haverhill, Mass.-based Merrimack Health.

2. Lauren Gordon was appointed senior vice president and chief human resources officer of Philadelphia-based Temple Health.

3. Lori Mazanec, CEO of Alliance, Neb.-based Box Butte General Hospital since 2016, will not return to the role after taking medical leave in March. Chief Medical Officer Brian Shelmadine, DO, PhD, will continue to serve as interim CEO.

4. Meagan Sills was appointed president of Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital.

5. Leianne Everett was appointed interim CEO of Driggs, Idaho-based Teton Valley Health Care following Troy Christensen’s resignation.

6. Shannon Sullivan was appointed president and CEO of Hartford-based Connecticut Children’s.

7. Susan Szulewski, MD, was appointed president and COO of McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.

8. Liz Daunt-Samford was appointed vice president and CFO at Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

9. Elizabeth McLarney, MD, and Tony Blofson, MD, were named acting co-CEOs of Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital while Christopher Dougherty is on a leave of absence.

10. Ashley Zinn was appointed senior vice president and chief people officer at York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health.

11. Jennifer Swenson was appointed president and CEO of Killeen-based AdventHealth Central Texas and Lampasas, Texas-based AdventHealth Rollins Brook.

12. Shelly Kortkamp, MD, was appointed president and CEO of Lawrence, Kan.-based LMH Health.

13. Jill O’Brien, MD, was appointed chief medical officer and medical director of hospital medicine at Taunton, Mass.-based Morton Hospital.

14. Elizabeth Ortega was appointed president of St. Luke’s Health-The Vintage Hospital in Houston.

15. Angie Long, DNP, MSN, was appointed senior vice president and chief nursing officer of Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.

16. Jessica Hodges was appointed CFO of San Antonio-based St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital.

17. Chelle Keplinger was appointed vice president of finance at Owensboro (Ky.) Health.

18. Susan Beaty, MSN, RN, was promoted to chief nursing officer for Pinehurst, N.C.-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas.

19. Catherine Hughes joined FirstHealth of the Carolinas as vice president of operations for Moore Regional Hospital.

20. Christine Markowitz was appointed senior vice president and CFO of Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital.

21. Sarah Hunter was appointed president of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill.

Sept. 27 to Oct. 2

1. Tracy Moyer was appointed executive vice president and CFO of Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health.  

2. Traci d’Auguste was appointed vice president and CEO of William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. 

3. Carole Johnson was appointed president and CEO of University Hospital in Newark, N.J.

4. Tresa Kruis, MSN, RN, was appointed vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer for Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich.

5. Netonua Reyes, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of West Palm Beach, Fla.-based St. Mary’s Medical Center.

6. Sara Campbell was appointed vice president of revenue cycle – physician services at West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.

7. Petrena Saunders, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing informatics officer at Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare. 

Sept. 19-26

1. Anne Baum, the inaugural president of Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital in Allentown, Pa., shared plans to step down from her role. 

2. Courtney Adams, MSN, RN, was appointed COO of Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch in Wesley Chapel.

3. Tanya Knepp was appointed CFO of Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch.

4. Susan Dolezal, BSN, RN, will serve as chief nursing officer of Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch.

5. Teresa Bennett, an administrative staff member at Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, Ind., is retiring after a career spanning more than 42 years at the organization.

6. Colleen Kannaday, president of Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, Ill., and Carle Eureka (Ill.) Hospital, will retire next year.

7. Cassie Dike, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing executive at St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare.

8. Ellen Cutter was appointed vice president of government relations for Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health. 

9. Amanda McCann was appointed CFO of St. David’s Round Rock (Texas) Medical Center.

10. Crystal Dugger, RN, was appointed chief clinical learning and ops officer at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

11. Kristan Eaton was appointed senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System.

12. Deanna Kyrimis was appointed president and CEO of Springhill Medical Center in Mobile, Ala.

Sept. 7-18

1. April Anderson was appointed the inaugural chief marketing and communications officer for the emerging academic health system anchored by Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.

2. Celeste Brizzee, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center. 

3. Joyce So, MD, PhD, was appointed the inaugural chief genomics officer at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai.

4. Tanya Andricks, BSN, RN, was appointed president and CEO of Decatur (Ill.) Memorial Hospital.

5. Erin Swenson Little was appointed CEO of Northern Nevada Medical Center in Sparks.

6. Kathleen Fedoronko, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Hospital.

7. Sara Vaezy is leaving Renton, Wash.-based Providence after nearly a decade. She most recently served as chief transformation officer. 

8. Tracy Gates was appointed president of UPMC Chautauqua in Jamestown, N.Y. 

9. Shari Johnson was appointed chief revenue cycle officer at Oakland, Calif.-based Alameda Health System.

Sept. 6-11

1. Kathy Wilets was appointed chief communications officer of Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health. 

2. Megan Keenan, RN, DNP, was appointed vice president and chief nursing officer of Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center.

3. Imelda Dacones, MD, was appointed president of care delivery and value at Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth.

4. Pam Wright was promoted to CFO of Columbus, Miss.-based Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle.

5. Jamie Phillips was appointed president of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn.

6. Sonja Fulmer, PhD, was appointed senior director of health policy at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic. 

7. Teresa Edwards was appointed interim CEO of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health University Medical Center.

8. Sarah Sanders was appointed executive vice president and chief consumer officer at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health.

9. Rachel Kemp, DNP, MSN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Singing River Health System in Ocean Springs, Miss.

Sept. 2-5

1. Lauren Trumbo was named CFO of Valparaiso, Ind.-based Northwest Health-Porter.

2. Ruchita Sharma was appointed chief human resources officer of New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

3. Georgia McIntosh, MD, was named chief quality and safety officer of VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Va.

4. Jennifer DeCubellis was appointed president and CEO of America’s Essential Hospitals.

5. Karyn Baum, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Madison, Wis.-based UnityPoint Health-Meriter.

6. Beth Draves, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Tucson, Ariz.-based Banner-University Medicine.

7. Gina Bertolini was appointed chief counsel for health affairs at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.

8. Jennifer La Luz was named vice president of operations for Warwick, R.I.-based Kent Hospital.

Aug. 22-28

1. Abby Cyboron is exiting her role as CEO of Imperial, Neb.-based Chase County Community Hospital & Clinics to return to her previous role as the facility’s CFO.

2. Carolyn Harraway-Smith, MD, joined Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth as chief medical officer of its Daytona Beach hospital. 

3. Theresa Dix, MSN, RN, was appointed CEO of Wythe County Community Hospital in Wytheville, Va.

4. Charlotte Brown-Zalewa was appointed vice president of marketing and communications at Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System. 

5. Shannon Levesque was appointed Nashua, N.H.-based Southern New Hampshire Health’s first chief people officer.

6. Lyndsy McIntyre, MSN, RN, was appointed vice president of clinical quality and patient safety at Brattleboro (Vt.) Retreat.

7. Sarah Ginnetti was appointed chief revenue cycle officer and vice president of clinical revenue cycle at Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health.

8. Michelle Peña, MSN, RN, was appointed regional chief nursing officer at Trinity Health Michigan.

Aug. 16-21

1. Loretta Schmidt, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer at Warsaw, Ind.-based Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital.

2. Kavitha Subramanian, MD, was appointed vice president and chief medical officer at Dover, Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital.

3. Jennifer Pugh, DNP, APRN, was appointed nurse executive at Texas Children’s Hospital’s North Austin campus.

4. Pamela Serbin-Olson was appointed interim CFO of Estes Park (Colo.) Health.

5. Sherrie Somers, DO, was appointed chief medical officer at Las Vegas-based Sunrise Hospital.

6. Tamara Holzer, DO, was appointed chief medical officer at Mount Vernon, Ohio-based Knox Community Hospital. 

7. Cindy Russo, BSN, was appointed COO of Knox Community Hospital. 

8. Katie Galbraith was appointed as the Rosenberg Family President at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston.

9. Megan Gillespie, DNP, RN, was appointed CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Medical Center. 

10. Christina Slemp was appointed system vice president of revenue cycle – financial services at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health.

11. Wendy Wilcox, MD, was selected to serve as chief of obstetrics and gynecology at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull in New York City.

12. Terri Couts, RN, was appointed chief digital information officer at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare.

13. Angela Hinnegan was appointed CFO of Soldotna, Alaska-based Central Peninsula Hospital.

14. Katrina Vargas Mesa, BSN, was appointed COO of AdventHealth Altamonte Springs (Fla.).

15. Amy Townsend, EdD, MSN, RN, was appointed president of  Research College of Nursing in Kansas City, Mo.

Aug. 8-15

1. Christy Maraone was appointed vice president of marketing and communications at Owensboro (Ky.) Health.  

2. Paulette Woodard, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer at North Richland Hills, Texas-based Medical City North Hills.  

3. Valerie Helms was appointed assistant CFO of Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz. 

4. Elizabeth Wise, MSN, was appointed executive vice president and COO of Lincoln, Neb.-based Bryan Health.

5. Vanessa Roshell-Stacks was appointed vice president and COO of Indianapolis-based Riley Children’s Health.

6. Alison Madden, MD, was named chief medical officer of Greenport, N.Y.-based Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital.  

7. Laura Wiess was appointed CFO of Austin, Texas-based St. David’s Medical Center.

8. Tracy Griffin was appointed chief information security officer at Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health.

9. Elisabeth King, DNP, was appointed vice president of operations for Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute and COO for Cancer Centers of South Florida.

Aug. 1-7

1. Lauren French was appointed COO of St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center in Texas.

2. Hillary Rosenfeld, MSN, RN, was appointed COO of Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz. 

3. Judy Young, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Bradenton, Fla.-based Manatee Memorial Hospital.

4. Rachelle Capps was appointed vice president of managed care contracting at Hampton Roads, Va.-based Sentara Health.

5. Jennifer Opsut was appointed CEO of Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, Ariz.

6. Tiffany Means, DNP, RN, was appointed CEO of Eureka Springs (Ark.) Hospital.

7. Kim Williams was appointed CFO of Decatur (Ala.) Morgan Hospital.

8. Jonelle Thomas, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center in Texas. 

9. Stephanie Schmittou, MSN, RN, was appointed COO of Magnolia (Ark.) Regional Medical Center.

10. Mandy Richards, DNP, RN, was appointed president of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Children’s Health.

11. Patty Jo Toor, MSN, was named vice president and chief nursing officer for care innovations within AdventHealth’s Central Florida division.

12. Melissa Leonard, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of AdventHealth Celebration (Fla.).

13. Leah Blackwell, MSN, RN, was appointed president of nursing and patient services and chief nursing officer at UF Health Shands in Gainesville, Fla.

July 25-31

1. Kathy Martin was appointed CFO of Russellville (Ala.) Hospital.

2. Ellen Pollack, MSN, RN, retired as CIO of Los Angeles-based UCLA Health. Jeanne Markland was named interim CIO.

3. Mary Williams was appointed vice president of marketing and communications for the Central region of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.

4. Tanya Andreadis was appointed senior vice president and chief marketing, communications and digital officer of University of Miami.

5. Rachael Kincaid, DNP, APRN, was appointed COO of Homer, Alaska-based South Peninsula Hospital.

6. Amber Gall, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of South Peninsula Hospital.

7. Kim Barker, BSN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Heart Hospital of Austin (Texas).

8. Catherine Maloney was appointed executive vice president and COO of Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health.

9. Christine Woolsey was appointed chief communication and marketing officer of Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine.

10. Jessica Lee-Hansen was appointed CFO of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health.

11. Heather King-Semple, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer for Hardeeville, S.C.-based Coastal Carolina Medical Center and Novant Health Hilton Head (S.C.) Medical Center.

12. Toni Green-Cheatwood, DO, was appointed chief clinical officer of Cincinnati-based Mercy Health’s Toledo market.

13. Angela Sklenka was appointed executive vice president and chief people officer Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University.

14. Barbara “Barb” Martin, CEO of St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill., stepped down from her role. Colleen Pawlik, MSN, was named interim CEO and will continue serving as Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare’s regional vice president of nursing operations.

15. Emily Moorhead was appointed president of Clinton Township, Mich.-based Henry Ford Macomb Hospital.

July 21-24

1. Latonya McCoy, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of AdventHealth Apopka (Fla.).

2. Autum Shingler-Nace, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J.

3. Rachel Beasley was named vice president of revenue cycle at Houston-based Nexus Health Systems.

4. Wendy Wilcox, MD, was appointed the new chief of OB-GYN at New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull.

5. Celeste Brizzee, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center.

6. Tina Citro was appointed vice president of York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health and president of WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon, Pa.

7. Haley Biggers was named CFO of HCA New England Healthcare’s Seacoast Market, which includes Rochester, N.H.-based Frisbie Memorial Hospital and Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital.

8. Liann Breyer was named CFO of AdventHealth Minneola (Fla.).

9. Kandy Medlen, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of AdventHealth Minneola (Fla.).

10. Michele Saysana, MD, was named president of Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health’s metro region.

11. Michelle Franklin, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic.

12. Jennifer Tschida was appointed to an expanded role as president of St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare’s Melrose and Paynesville regions.

July 11-18

1. Wendy Horton, PharmD, was appointed senior vice president and president of adult care services at San Francisco-based UCSF Health.

2. Melina Kibbe, MD, was named the sole finalist for the presidency of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

3. Destiney Deschenes was appointed COO of Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Ky.

4. Dawn Nichols, DNP, RN, was appointed vice president of women’s and children’s services at Austin, Texas-based St. David’s HealthCare. 

5. Laura Magstadt, PhD, RN, became chief nursing officer at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage in February.

6. Serene Perkins, MD, joined Alaska Regional Hospital as chief medical officer in June.

7. Bela Nand, MD, was selected as the first regional chief medical officer for Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth’s mid-America region.

8. Kathleen Healy was appointed chief legal officer of Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health. 

9. Emily Chapman, MD, was appointed president and CEO of Minneapolis-based Children’s Minnesota.

10. Karey Powers was appointed chief human resource officer of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.

11. Heather Fagan, MD, was named chair of the department of pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at Orlando, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Hospital.

July 4-10

1. Rachel Wasserstrom was appointed senior vice president of strategy and chief strategy officer at Concord, Mass.-based Emerson Health.

2. Melissa Mendoza was appointed CFO of Weslaco, Texas-based Knapp Medical Center.

3. Sony Sidhu, DNP, RN, was appointed CEO of Madera (Calif.) Community Hospital.

4. Mary Beckerle, PhD, shared plans to step down as CEO of Huntsman Cancer Institute, part of Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health. Brad Cairns, PhD, Huntsman’s head of academic affairs and a professor of oncological sciences at the university, will succeed Dr. Beckerle.

5. Amy Blasing, MSN, was appointed president of Intermountain Health’s St. Joseph Hospital in Denver.

6. Liz Dunne, president and CEO of Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, will retire after a decade of service to the organization. PeaceHealth Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Sarah Ness will succeed her, effective Jan. 3.

7. Aimee Keller-Pickford was appointed CEO of AdventHealth Winter Garden (Fla.).

8. Sheila Rankin was appointed CEO of AdventHealth Winter Park (Fla.). 

9. Melissa Smith was appointed system vice president of finance at Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Health System.

10. Theresa Kloewer, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer at Las Vegas-based MountainView Hospital.

11. Emily Emery-Shea was appointed CFO of King City, Calif.-based Mee Memorial Healthcare System.

12. Elizabeth McNulty, DNP, RN, was promoted to chief nursing officer at Catholic Health’s St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown, N.Y.

13. Shannon Duval was appointed chief philanthropy officer of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health.

14. Patty West retired June 30 as executive CFO of the Pleasanton, Calif.-based The Permanente Medical Group.

15. Anne Gunther, DNP, RN, was appointed CEO of Pomerene Hospital in Millersburg, Ohio. 

16. Lia Lansky was appointed chief well-being officer at Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care’s BestHealth Employee Well-being Program.

June 27 to July 3

1. Charmaine Patel, MD, was appointed senior physician executive at Bangor, Maine-based Northern Light Acadia Hospital.

2. Debra Jaeger, MSN, RN, was appointed inaugural chief revenue officer at New York City-based Mount Sinai.

3. Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, RN, was appointed president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

4. Ella Goss, MSN, RN, plans to retire Aug. 1 as chief executive of Anchorage-based Providence Alaska.

5. Jita Pandya Buño appointed CEO of the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.

6. Jean Bryll was appointed senior vice president and chief revenue cycle officer at West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.

7. Michele Wingate was appointed CFO of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine Medical Group.

June 14-26

1. Lita Kapuscinski was appointed senior vice president of strategy and development at Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare. 

2. Sonya Boulware was appointed executive director of revenue cycle, back-end operations, at Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health.

3. Jane Russell, PharmD, was appointed president and CEO of Bath Community Hospital in Hot Springs, Va.

4. Heather Ambrose, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Pittsburgh-based AHN Allegheny General Hospital.

5. Jill Muir, DNP, RN, was appointed CNO of Erie, Pa.-based AHN Saint Vincent Hospital and AHN Grove City (Pa.) Hospital.

June 13-19

1. Margaret Bollmeier was appointed president of the UNC Health Foundation and chief philanthropy officer for Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

2. Cyndee McGuire, president and CEO of Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough, N.H., plans to retire next year.

3. Elizabeth Early was appointed president of Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill.

4. Melanee Tiura was appointed chief administrative officer of Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics in Laurium, Mich.

5. Nicole Tucker, RN, was appointed CEO of LewisGale Hospital Alleghany in Low Moor, Va.

6. Angela Davis was appointed CFO of Juneau, Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital.

7. Cynthia Dold was appointed president of Kaiser Permanente’s Washington market.

8. Janette Townsend was appointed CFO of Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health.  

9. Omayra Mansfield, MD, was appointed vice president and chief medical officer at AdventHealth Celebration in Kissimmee, Fla.

10. Minka Schofield, MD, was appointed chief quality and patient safety officer at Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health.

11. Alice Kim, MD, was appointed vice president and chief medical officer at Marymount Hospital in Garfield Heights, Ohio.

12. Diana Glasser, MD, was appointed chief medical officer at Dignity Health–Northridge Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles. 

13. Kara Rother, BSN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Mercy’s Oklahoma City market.

14. Angela Sonon, DNP, CRNP, was appointed senior vice president and COO of Penn State Health Lancaster (Pa.) Medical Center.

15. Valerie Ritter, MSN, RN, was appointed vice president and chief nursing officer of Penn State Health Lancaster.

16. Heather Coleman, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s Northwest Region. 

June 6-12

1. Tonya Smith, PharmD, was appointed COO of Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health.

2. Molly Luton was appointed chief strategic communications officer at Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health.

3. Lynn Detterman was appointed president of Milwaukee-based Froedtert ThedaCare Health’s north region.

4. Allison Viramontes was appointed vice president and CFO of Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center.

5. Henrietta Skeens was appointed CFO of Reston (Va.) Hospital Center.  

6. Kimberly Haverly was appointed administrator at Abilene, Kan.-based Memorial Health System.

7. Kristen Taylor, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of St. Luke’s Health-The Woodlands Hospital in Texas. 

8. Lisa Foo was appointed Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s first COO. 

9. Clara Guixa was appointed CIO and digital officer for Baystate, Mass.-based Baystate Health. 

May 30 to June 5

1. Meg McConnell, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer for UP Health System – Marquette (Mich.).

2. Anisha Sheth, MSN, APRN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Port Huron, Mich.-based Lake Huron Medical Center.

3. Amy Wimpey Knight was appointed chief administrative officer of Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children’s Health Care System.

4. Jennifer Liter, DNP, RN, was appointed CEO of Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, Ky.

5. Minal Vahora was appointed assistant CFO of Mequon, Wis.-based Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital – Ozaukee.

6. Donna Fortson was appointed senior vice president and chief revenue officer for York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health.

7. Marci Cancic-Frey was appointed chief administrative officer at The University of Toledo (Ohio) Medical Center. 

8. Christy Jordan, BSN, RN, was appointed president and CEO of Brunswick, Ga.-based Southeast Georgia Health System. 

9. Megan Ryan, president and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., shared plans to resign. Ms. Ryan is among 10 leaders who have recently left the organization or announced plans to do so, following a state-approved restructuring of the hospital’s governing board.

10. Rosey Barrera, MSN, RN, was appointed interim CEO of Prime Healthcare’s Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., in addition to her role as chief nursing officer.

11. Lori Morgan, MD, president and CEO of Pasadena, Calif.-based Huntington Health, plans to step down from the role.  

12. Margaret Fontana was appointed CFO of Lakin, Kan.-based Kearny County Hospital.

May 23-29

1. Cardinale Smith, MD, PhD, was selected as the inaugural chief medical officer at New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

2. Kari Snyder, executive director of nursing at Elkhart (Ind.) General Hospital, will become vice president of nursing at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich.

3. Julie Kline was appointed chief human resources officer of Erie County Medical Center Corp., a Buffalo, N.Y.-based organization that operates a 573-bed advanced academic medical center. 

4. Hollie Seeley was named CEO of Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.

5. Sudandra Ratnasamy, BSN, was appointed CEO of Rutherford Regional Health System, a Duke LifePoint facility in Rutherfordton, N.C.

6. Anitha Srinivasan, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Metropolitan Hospital in New York City.

7. Janelle Christie, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Onamia, Minn.-based Mille Lacs Health System.

8. Joy Coulston stepped down as CEO of Powell (Wyo.) Valley Healthcare. Her exit follows CFO Coby LaBlue’s departure. Ms. LaBlue was appointed CFO of Cody (Wyo.) Regional Health.

9. Mary Marshman, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Va.

10. Kim Hodgkinson was appointed executive vice president and CFO of Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network.

11. Kathy Griffis, RN, chief nursing officer of Mount Pleasant, Texas-based Titus Regional Medical Center, was selected to also serve as COO in a dual role.

12. Letitia Bridges, MD, was appointed executive vice president and chief quality officer of the Permanente Federation, based in Oakland, Calif. 

May 16-22

1. Sarah Gaskell was appointed senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.

2. Pat Samples, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer at Estes Park (Colo.) Health, is retiring after five years in the position. 

3. Heather Bomstad, MSN, RN, was appointed president of OSF HealthCare Saint Clare Medical Center in Princeton, Ill., and OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota, Ill.

4. Sarah Johnson Conway, MD, was appointed senior vice president for the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians and Physician Group Practice.

5. Kerin Da Cruz, MSN, RN, was appointed vice president and COO of UF Health Jacksonville (Fla.).

6. Linda Walker was appointed CEO of Llano (Texas) Regional Hospital.

7. Michele Morrison, RN, was appointed president and chief hospital executive of JFK University Medical Center in Edison, N.J.

8. Tamar Kutz was appointed interim president and CEO of Decatur (Ill.) Memorial Hospital.

9. Kimberley Allsbrook was appointed CFO of Southeastern Virginia Health System at Hampton (Va.).

10. Sara Grambling was appointed CFO of Perry, Fla.-based Doctors’ Memorial Hospital.

11. Erin Langmead, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing informatics officer at Rancho Mirage, Calif.-based Eisenhower Health. 

May 9-15

1. Carolyn Jackson was appointed CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Braintree (Mass.).

2. Leslie Beining, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital.

3. Stephanie Schnittger was appointed CFO of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health.  

4. Ilene Moore was appointed executive vice president and chief legal officer of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger. 

5. Audrey Gregory, PhD, MSN, RN, was appointed senior executive vice president and CEO of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth’s multi-division delivery network. 

6. Traci Morris, CFO of Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health, will retire July 18. Melanie Wilson, Essentia’s senior vice president of revenue services, is serving as interim CFO.

7. Alyson Cole was appointed COO of Penn Medicine Doylestown (Pa.) Health.

8. Jessica Graham was appointed CFO of Banner–University Medical Center Tucson (Ariz.).

9. Brittany J. was appointed CFO of CenterPointe Hospital of Columbia (Mo.).

10. Megan Gray, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer and COO of Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass.

11. Allison Viramontes plans to exit her role as CFO of Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

12. Lori Tackett, MSN, RN, was appointed president of Via Christi St. Teresa Hospital in Wichita, Kan.

13. Tamara Moores Todd, MD, was appointed chief health informatics officer for Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health.

May 2-8

1. Sandra Scott, MD, was appointed CEO of New York City-based One Brooklyn Health.

2. Misty Robertson, DNP, RN, was appointed CEO of Blue Mountain Hospital District, consisting of a 25-bed hospital located in John Day, Ore., and a 40-bed care center in Prairie City, Ore.

3. Marianna Vazquez, RN, chief nursing officer and associate executive director of patient care services at Northwell Health Plainview and Syosset Hospitals in New York, will retire after a 51-year career in healthcare. Theresa Dillman, DNP, MSN, RN, will succeed Ms. Vazquez.

4. Tameka Wallace, MSN-RN, CCRN, was appointed CNO and associate executive director of patient care and perioperative services at Northwell Health’s Glen Cove Hospital in New York.

5. Paige Dworak was appointed system COO of New Jersey-based Hudson Regional.

6. Anna Schoenbaum, DNP, RN, was appointed chief applications officer for Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.

7. Cheryl Cioffi, DNP, RN, was appointed president and CEO of Frederick (Md.) Health.

8. Olivia Mislankar was appointed executive director of revenue cycle optimization for University of Miami Health System.

9. Rachael Prather, BSN, RN, was appointed CEO of Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado, Ill. 

10. Keri Eisenbeis was promoted to chief of staff and chief communications and marketing officer for Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System.

11. Alicia Bolton was promoted to vice president of corporate accounting for Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health.

12. Bonnie Panlasigui was appointed senior vice president and area manager for the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Service Area.

13. Deirdre Salanger was appointed COO of Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y.

14. Melissa Armstead, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer for Florence-based North Alabama Medical Center.

15. Julie Keese was appointed regional vice president of finance and CFO of Philadelphia-based Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic and Silver Spring, Md.-based Holy Cross Health.

16. Cindy Bergmeier was appointed CEO of TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tenn.

17. Lauren Cooksey, MD, was appointed department chair and physician executive of emergency medicine at Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare.

18. Megan Mickley, MD, was appointed department chair and physician executive of the pediatric service line for ChristianaCare.

19. Aimee Sznewajs, MD, will succeed Susan Sencer, MD, as clinical vice president of specialty pediatrics at Minneapolis-based Children’s Minnesota.

20. Maitreya Coffey, MD, was appointed chief quality officer of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

April 25 to May 1

1. Jenny Way, BSN, RN, was appointed president of affiliated networks at Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi. 

2. Brittany Mooney was appointed CFO of Pilot Knob, Mo.-based Iron County Medical Center.

3. Michelle Savoie, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer and vice president of acute care services of Exeter (N.H.) Hospital. 

4. Amber Deardorff, BSN, RN, was appointed president and CEO of Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa.

5. Nicki Gamet, BSN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Mercy Springfield (Mo.) Communities.

6. Jackie Wilkerson, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Benton, Ark.-based Saline Health System.

7. Julie Covault, COO of Sidney, Ohio-based Wilson Health, was appointed acting CEO.

8. Nanette Wilcox, MSN, RN, was appointed president of BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel (Fla.).

9. Kelli Yancey, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Rock Springs, Wyo.-based Aspen Mountain Medical Center.

10. Julie Lacy was appointed CEO of Crete (Neb.) Area Medical Center, part of Lincoln, Neb.-based Bryan Health.

April 18-24

1. Divya Pathak was appointed vice president and chief data and artificial intelligence officer for New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals.

2. Kenra Ford was appointed senior vice president of clinical services operations for NYC Health + Hospitals.

3. Kolaleh Eskandanian, PhD, the former chief innovation officer of Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Hospital, was appointed chief strategy and innovation officer of Compremium AG.

4. Sue Shugart was appointed CEO of Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, N.C., and market president of two other Duke LifePoint hospitals in the state.

5. Kim Henrichsen, MSN, RN, was appointed president of SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital and SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital-St. Louis.

6. Victoria Woodrow will step down as CEO of Hamilton Memorial Hospital District in McLeansboro, Ill. CFO Justin Epperson was appointed interim CEO.

7. Krista Hatley, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of HCA Florida Lake City Hospital.

8. Kaitlan Baston, MD, was appointed interim CEO of University Hospital in Newark, N.J.

9. Cathy Bukowski was appointed CFO of Black River Falls, Wis.-based Black River Health.

10. Jennifer Crabtree was appointed president of the Tampa (Fla.) Medical & Research District. Ms. Crabtree was also named senior vice president of Tampa General. 

11. Lillian Montoya was appointed senior vice president for Christus Health’s New Mexico region.

12. Jodi Coombs, BSN, RN, was appointed interim president and CEO of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.

13. Christine Searight was appointed vice president and chief marketing and communications officer for Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health.

14. Cheryl Cornwell was appointed CFO of Elma, Wash.-based Summit Pacific Medical Center.

15. Jeanne McKerrigan departed from her role as CFO at Regional West Health Services, based in Scottsbluff, Neb.

16. LaTasha Barnes was appointed CFO of Orlando (Fla.) Health’s ambulatory and post-acute care division.

17. Michelle McGuire joined Morehouse School of Medicine as executive vice president of business affairs and COO.

April 11-17

1. Misty Jones, MSN, RN, was appointed president and CEO of Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley in Pleasanton, Calif.

2. Carey Roach was appointed vice president of mid-revenue cycle for Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health.

3. Elva Sipin was appointed COO of PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview, Wash.

4. Mairilise Pothin-Owen was appointed senior vice president and CFO of AdventHealth DeLand (Fla.), Orange City, Fla.-based AdventHealth Fish Memorial and Tavares, Fla.-based AdventHealth Waterman.

5. Nicole Whims, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Dignity Health St. Bernadine Medical Center in San Bernardino, Calif.  

6. Julie Freischlag, MD, CEO and chief academic officer of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, will retire at year’s end. 

7. Kim Needham was appointed CEO of Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Health System.

8. Ruth Kain, PhD, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer for HCA Mission Health in North Carolina.

April 4-10

1. DeAnn Bullock, MD, was appointed chief medical officer for Nashville General Hospital in Tennessee.

2. Ann Marie Creed was appointed president of University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Lansing.

3. Kimberly Russo was appointed CEO of the central region for Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare.

4. Victoria Hanson, PhD, was appointed regional president and CEO of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, S.D.

5. Amy Chatterton was appointed CFO of Aiken (S.C.) Regional Medical Centers.

6. Hannah McRae, CFO of Cody (Wyo.) Regional Health, was appointed CEO.

7. Catherine LoPresti was appointed vice president of professional revenue cycle operations for Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health.

8. Karen Pinsky, MD, was appointed permanent CEO of Penn Medicine’s Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa.

9. Thea Campbell was appointed vice president of mid-revenue cycle for Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care.

10. Brenda Cadorette, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing executive for Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems.

11. Gina Melby was appointed CEO of Alan B. Miller Medical Center, a 156-bed hospital slated to open in spring 2026 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

12. Deirdre Blaus was appointed chief administrative officer at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville, N.J. 

13. Jeanette Foulk was appointed chief revenue officer for Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health.

14. Shannon Fernandez was appointed CFO of Anacortes, Wash.-based Island Health.

March 28 to April 3

1. Amanda Lowry was appointed senior vice president of revenue cycle for Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare.

2. Julie Eastman was appointed CIO of Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth.

3. Heather Dunn was appointed chief revenue officer for Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health.

4. Michelle Waller, MSN, RN, was appointed CEO of Granite City, Ill.-based Gateway Regional Medical Center.

5. Monica Cintado was appointed senior vice president of development for Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

6. Kristi Baker was appointed senior executive for AdventHealth for Children in Orlando, Fla.

7. Kathy Vancampen was appointed CEO and market president of Fleming County Hospital in Flemingsburg, Ky., and Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville, Ky.

8. Melanie Wetmore, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer of HCA Healthcare’s Mission Health in Asheville, N.C., will depart her role, with plans to take on another nursing leadership role within HCA.

9. Elizabeth Albaugh, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Port Charlotte-based HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital.

10. Kelly Jo Golson was appointed executive vice president and chief brand and external affairs officer for Houston-based Texas Children’s.

11. Heather Masters, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Va.  

12. Jessica Bartell, MD, was appointed chief medical information officer for Risant Health, the nonprofit formed by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente.

March 21-27

1. Tina Eden, RN, was appointed CEO of Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton, Iowa. 

2. Marissa Kiefer was appointed president of UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s and UH MacDonald Women’s hospitals, both in Cleveland.

3. Stefanie Gefroh, MD, was appointed president of Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health’s west market. 

4. Lynnette Focht was appointed assistant vice president of human resources for Marysville, Ohio-based Memorial Health. 

5. Jennifer DeCubellis will step down May 10 as CEO of Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare System.

6. Reba Celsor, RN, was appointed CEO of Murray-Calloway County Hospital in Murray, Ky.

7. Stephanie Clements, BSN, RN, was promoted to chief nurse executive for Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy.

8. Machelle Allen, MD, will retire March 31 after a nearly 50-year career at NYC Health + Hospitals.

9. Darlene Stromstad, president and CEO of Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System, will retire in late 2025.

10. Mihaela Bujoi, MD, was appointed chief medical officer for St. David’s Round Rock (Texas) Medical Center.

11. Cindy Bo was appointed the inaugural chief of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health Children’s.

12. Katie Barnes was appointed COO of City of Hope Phoenix.

13. Beth Carlson was appointed chief revenue officer for Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine.

14. Lorrayne Ward was appointed chief strategy officer of Renton, Wash.-based Providence’s North Division. 

15. Jinoos Yazdany, MD, was appointed inaugural executive director of AI monitoring in clinical care at San Francisco-based UCSF Health.

March 14-20

1. Diana Richardson was appointed interim president and CEO of Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital and Holy Family Hospitals.

2. Shannon Johnson, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Aberdeen, Wash.-based Harbor Regional Health.

3. Kyle Sims started a new role as market vice president of ambulatory and post-acute services at Houston-based St. Luke’s Health.

4. Mary Jo Cagle, MD, will step down as president and CEO of Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health, effective May 31. 

5. Annette White has been named chief administrative officer at Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, overseeing real estate and human resources.

6. Anita Chou was appointed CFO of Adventist Health’s Glendale and Simi Valley service area, part of the Roseville, Calif.-based system.

7. Joyce Soule, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing executive of HCA Healthcare’s Central and West Texas division and Austin, Texas-based St. David’s HealthCare.

8. Leslie Lawson was appointed president of WVU Medicine Summersville (W.Va.) Regional Medical Center and WVU Medicine Braxton County Memorial Hospital in Gassaway, W.Va.

9. Sirisha Talari, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Jacksonville, Fla.-based  HCA Florida Memorial Hospital.

10. Joan Pirrung, MSN, APRN, was appointed interim president of ChristianaCare Cecil County Campus in Elkton, Md.

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