1. Kevin Halter, CEO of Bon Secours Kentucky Health System in Ashland, was elected and installed as chairman of the Kentucky Hospital Association’s board of trustees for 2015-16.
2. Federico “Fred” Martinez, CEO of St. Charles Parish Hospital in Luling, La., will retire later this year.
3. R. Craig McCoy was named CEO of Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Health System.
4. Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro, Texas, appointed Michael Ellis CEO, effective May 11.
5. Joel Criste, a long-time Bay Area health leader, was named CEO of the Bay Area-wide healthcare network being developed through a collaborative effort recently announced by University of California San Francisco Medical Center and Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health.
6. Adams County Regional Medical Center in Seaman, Ohio, named Roland D. Gee interim CEO.
