As CFO turnover continues across some of the country’s biggest health systems, several long-tenured finance leaders have either retired or stepped into other large roles.
Here are five of the biggest CFO moves Becker’s has reported on in 2026:
1. Greg Hoffman shared plans to retire in March as executive vice president and CFO of Renton, Wash.-based Providence after more than 10 years with the health system, including the last five as CFO.
2. Linda Hoff retired as executive vice president and CFO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care at the end of fiscal 2026 after nine years with the system. Adam Horst succeeded her on June 8.
3. Aaron Lewis, CFO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, was named president and COO of the system in June.
4. Arnim Dontes, deputy dean for finance and administration at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., was appointed CFO of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health.
5. Rosemary Pitts was named executive vice president and CFO of Columbus-based OhioHealth in February. She succeeded Michael Browning, who exited the system Jan. 2 to serve as senior executive vice president and CFO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit.
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