Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is a 190-hospital, for-profit system that reported $75.6 billion in revenues in 2025. Here are the CFO and assistant CFO leadership changes the system and its affiliates have seen in 2026:
1. Jordan Fulkerson has been named CFO of Jacksonville-based HCA Florida Memorial Hospital.
2. Edjola Xhaferi was appointed CFO of HCA’s The Woman’s Hospital of Texas in Houston.
3. Fred Ashworth was named CFO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare TriStar division.
4. Luke Nakamoto was appointed CFO of Methodist Hospital | Westover Hills in San Antonio, part of HCA’s Methodist Healthcare System in San Antonio.
5. Robby Payne was named CFO of Tamarac-based HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital.
6. Maria Caruso was appointed CFO of HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital.
7. Hunter Gullickson was named CFO of HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital and HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital.
8. Drew Hartmann was appointed CFO of Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital, an affiliate of HCA.
9. Onel Rodriguez was named Far West Division CFO of HCA Healthcare.
10. Stu Simpson has been named assistant CFO of HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge in Lone Tree, Colo.
11. Henry Capote, CFO of HCA Florida Highlands Hospital in Sebring, Fla., was promoted to CEO.
12. Francis Tezanos was named CFO of HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball (Texas).
13. Eram Ahmed was appointed assistant CFO of HCA Florida Englewood (Fla.) Hospital.
14. Zane Evans was named CFO of HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital.
15. Nicole Garlinghouse was appointed CFO of HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce.
16. Kristopher Russell was named CFO of Idaho Falls-based Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
17. Justin Inglett was named CFO of Independence, Mo.-based Centerpoint Medical Center.
18. David Wylie was appointed CFO of Waycross, Ga.-based Memorial Satilla Health.
19. Aaron Martin was named CFO of Medical City Plano (Texas) and Medical City Sachse (Texas), a campus of Medical City Plano.
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