22 women making moves in healthcare

The following leadership moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker’s since Dec. 24:

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Editor’s Note: This live webpage was created on Jan. 2 and will be updated regularly.

Feb. 14-20

1. Laura Hinson was named medical group services CFO at Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.

2. Donna Anthony was appointed senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

3. Catherine Bollard, MD, was appointed senior vice president and chief research officer of the Children’s National Research Institute.

4. Molly Biwer was appointed chief marketing officer of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.

5. Nicole Dollison was appointed president and CEO of WVU Medicine Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, W.Va.

6. Melanie Bull was appointed chief advocacy officer at Ascension Saint Thomas in Nashville, Tenn.

7. Carole Billington, MSN, RN, was appointed president and chief nursing officer of Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Mass.

8. Paula Brooks, DNP, was appointed inaugural associate vice president of advanced practice providers for MCV Physicians, part of Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health. 

9. Crista Durand was appointed president and CEO of New Britain, Conn.-based Hospital for Special Care.

10. Deb Lienhardt is now executive vice president, chief business development and legal officer for West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.

11. Paula Stabler, MSN, RN, was appointed CEO of Van Wert (Ohio) Hospital.

12. Jen Rosati was appointed CFO of Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System. 

13. Rebecca Hutton Schulkowski, PharmD, was appointed COO of UNC Health Nash in Rocky Mount, N.C.

14. Laurie Labarca was appointed president of Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kan.

15. Khelsea Bauer was appointed president and CEO of AdventHealth DeLand (Fla.).

16. Marie Moore, BSN, was appointed president of Mercy Washington and Lincoln communities, part of St. Louis-based Mercy’s eastern Missouri region.

17. Teresa Rasmussen, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer and vice president at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. 

18. Tina Hodges was appointed vice president of reimbursement and revenue integrity for Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System.

19. Patricia Boeckmann, RN, was appointed CEO of Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

20. LaTanya Love, MD, was appointed interim president of UT Health Science Center at Houston.

21. Robin Steaban, MSN, RN, will retire in November as chief nursing officer of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

22. Brenda Palmore was appointed vice president of operations at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Va.

Feb. 7-13

1. Maria Garvin was appointed CFO of El Paso, Texas-based Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare.

2. Jessica Darnell, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

3. Richelle Graham, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville, Tenn.

4. Reyne’ Gallup, BSN, RN, was appointed vice president and COO for Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Ga.

5. Tricia Costigan was appointed president of MaineHealth Memorial Hospital in North Conway, N.H. 

6. Lana Zerrer, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Health.

7. Julie McCormick, RN, BSN, was appointed president of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health’s northeast market. 

8. Emily White was appointed vice president of revenue cycle for Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.

9. Dawn Anuszkiewicz was appointed president of MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Wash., and market leader for East Pierce County.

10. Sarah Nekrasz, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Newport (R.I.) Hospital.

11. Beth King is stepping down as CEO of JCH HealthCare, which manages the 67-bed Jersey Community Hospital in Jerseyville, Ill. COO Kevin Goss has been appointed interim CEO.

12. Char Boulch, DNP, was appointed CEO of Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Ark.

13. Julie Balluck, DNP, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nurse executive for Arlington-based Texas Health Resources.

14. Julia Gorecki, BSN, RN, was appointed vice president and chief nursing officer at Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital.

Jan. 31 to Feb. 6

1. Melissa Anderson, MSN, RN, was appointed CEO of Aspen Mountain Medical Center in Rock Springs, Wyo.

2. Nat’e Guyton, MSN, RN, was appointed president of St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho.

3. June-Ann Garafano was appointed vice president and chief human resources officer of New Brunswick, N.J.-based St. Peter’s Healthcare System.

4. Kamaria Smith-Frayer was appointed CFO of Sun City Center, Fla.-based HCA Florida South Shore Hospital.

5. Celina Holson was appointed COO of HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast in Pasadena, Texas.

6. Carolyn Jackson, CEO of St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and its Massachusetts market, plans to step down Feb. 14.

7. Lauren Kane, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of TriStar Hendersonville (Tenn.) Medical Center.

8. Mandy Eaton, PhD, was appointed president and CEO of Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health.

9. Courtney Dalton was appointed CFO of Bowling Green, Ky.-based TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital.

10. Ruth Bash was appointed senior vice president and chief experience officer of Mullica Hill, N.J.-based Inspira Health.

11. Vickie Taylor, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Fishersville, Va.-based Augusta Health. 

12. Kelsie Green, BSN, RN, was appointed CEO and chief nursing officer of Cache Valley Hospital in Logan, Utah.

13. Sharon Toups, COO of Covington, La.-based St. Tammany Health System, will retire after 23 years in the role. Jack Khashou will succeed Ms. Toups as COO.

14. Shannon Piatkowski was appointed vice president of operations for HCA Florida Englewood (Fla.) Hospital.

15. Charlotte Haisch, RN, was named COO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s home health division. 

16. Lisa Stephenson, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing informatics officer for Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai. 

17. Teresa Noland, RN, BSN, was appointed vice president and chief nursing officer for AdventHealth Lenexa (Kan.) City Center.  

18. Susan Murin, MD, was appointed dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine.

19. Kim Manus was appointed CEO and superintendent for Newport (Wash.) Hospital and Health Services. 

20. Melissa Payne was appointed COO of Ocoee, Fla.-based Orlando Health–Health Central Hospital.

Jan. 24-30

1. Helen Ballantyne was appointed CEO of Alta Vista Regional Hospital in Las Vegas, N.M.

2. Samantha Ing was appointed chief strategy officer of Palm Beach Gardens (Fla.) Medical Center.

3. Caryl Perdaems was appointed chief administrative officer of Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson, Mont.

4. Pamela Guillory, BSN, was appointed chief nursing officer for Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., ahead of its integration into Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

5. Nicole Larcomb, was appointed vice president of human resources for Catholic Medical Center.

6. Christine Lunger was named chief nursing officer of TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center in Springfield, Tenn.

7. Hannah Henry was appointed CEO of Rehabilitation Hospital of Newnan (Ga.).

8. Charmaine Blanchard, RN, was appointed CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital in Stuart, Fla.

9. Aida Avdic, MD, was named chief medical officer for Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital. 

10. Tara Williams, DNP, RN, was appointed vice president and chief nursing officer of Cincinnati-based UC Medical Center.

11. Anna Roth, RN, was appointed president and CEO of Tahoe Forest Health System in Truckee, Calif.

12. Angie Orth was appointed senior vice president and chief of staff to the CEO at Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health.

13. Taylor Boyle was appointed CFO of Sentara Norfolk (Va.) General Hospital.

14. Leanne Yanni, MD, was appointed president and CEO of Illinois physician enterprise for Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System.

15. Sharyl Smith was appointed executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health.

16. Kathy Shupe was appointed assistant CFO for Las Vegas-based Valley Health System.

17. Emily Shields was appointed chief strategy officer for Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare.

Jan. 17-23

1. Callie Parks was appointed hospital chief executive at Presbyterian Santa Fe (N.M.) Medical Center.

2. Brenda Weigel, MD, was appointed the inaugural vice president of clinical research industry engagement at Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

3. Lisa Cain, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at UPMC Memorial in York, Pa. 

4. Jenna Lambrecht was appointed associate vice president of back end revenue cycle for St. Louis-based Ascension.

5. Amanda Shrout, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at Sinai Hospital and Grace Medical Center, both part of Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health. 

6. Susan Huang, MD, will serve as chief physician executive of Renton, Wash.-based Providence and chief executive of the health system’s clinical network.

7. Sara Vaezy was appointed chief transformation officer for Providence.

8. Ali Santore will serve as chief communication and external affairs officer for Providence.

9. Ivette de Rubens will serve as interim CIO of Providence.

10. Hoda Asmar, MD, will depart her role as chief clinical officer of Providence “to pursue new opportunities.”

11. Stacey-Ann Okoth, PhD, DNP, was appointed chief nursing officer for Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s Mountain Region. 

12. Amica Ghebremariam was appointed COO of HCA Houston Healthcare West.

13. Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, RN, will resign as president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. Kirk Calhoun, MD, will serve as interim president beginning Feb. 1.

14. Carrie Damon joined Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare as CIO. 

15. Wendy Watson was appointed president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals of the Northwest.

16. Teri Lash-Ritter, MD, was appointed president of Cleveland Clinic’s south submarket in northeast Ohio.

17. Julie Floyd was appointed vice president of revenue cycle for Brunswick, Ga.-based Southeast Georgia Health System.

18. Elizabeth Flail, DO, was appointed chief of staff at Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health. 

19. Elise Myers was appointed chief revenue officer for Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC.

20. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, will serve as executive dean for the UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C. 

21. Azita Hamedani, MD, was appointed president of UNC Faculty Physicians and vice dean for clinical affairs at the UNC School of Medicine.

Jan. 10-16

1. Crystal Bohannan, vice president of operations at CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs (Ark.) since 2018, was promoted to president.

2. Pamela McClain was named vice president of revenue cycle and managed care for Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare.

3. Nikki Daily was promoted to chief team resources officer for Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare.

4. Kimberly Guy was named COO of BayCare.

5. Seanna Zimmerman, DNP, RN, was appointed vice president and chief nursing officer of The Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I.

6. Candice Saunders, BSN, president and CEO of Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System, plans to retire June 30.

7. Jennifer Khelil, DO, was promoted to executive vice president and chief clinical officer of Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health.

8. Daffodil Baez was appointed president of Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington (Md.) Medical Center.

9. Kate Johnston was appointed vice president of revenue analytics for Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health.

10. Kelley Skoloda was appointed chief marketing and communications officer for Butler, Pa.-based Independence Health System.

11. Jean Halpin was appointed president of OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus. 

12. Tara Yurinich, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Gottlieb Memorial hospital in Melrose Park, Ill.

13. Erin Shaffer Beadle was promoted to executive vice president and CFO of Georgetown, S.C.-based Tidelands Health.

14. Jennifer Mojica was named CFO of Ocoee, Fla.-based Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital.

15. Julie Hall, DNP, RN, was appointed senior vice president and chief nursing officer of Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System.

16. Ann Pohl, DNP, MSN, BSN, was appointed chief nursing officer of UNC Health Blue Ridge in Morgantown, N.C.

17. Mary Prybylo, MSN, RN, will retire as president of Bangor, Maine-based St. Joseph Healthcare and senior vice president of Andover, Mass.-based Covenant Health.

18. Sharon Smyth, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. 

19. Elise MacCarroll-Wright was named president and CEO of UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale (Ill.).

20. Kathleen Downey, DNP, RN, was promoted to vice president and chief nursing officer at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange. 

21. Jennifer Grenier, DNP, RN, was appointed vice president and chief nursing officer at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook (Ill.) hospital.

Jan. 3-9

1. Celestina Bryson, DNP, MSN, was named chief nursing officer for San Antonio, Texas-based Methodist Healthcare’s specialty and transplant hospital. 

2. Marleina Davis, who served as deputy chief legal officer and assistant secretary at Cleveland Clinic for 13 years, was appointed executive vice president and chief legal officer for The Joint Commission.

3. Katherine Valcin, DNP, RN, was appointed chief nursing executive for University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center and CNO of Strong Memorial Hospital. 

4. Cara Camiolo, MD, was appointed chief quality and safety officer for Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health.

5. Christi Pramudji Dawe, MD, was appointed president of the medical staff at Houston Methodist West Hospital. 

6. Arnette Marbella was named vice president of revenue cycle for Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare.

7. Kristian Spear was named administrator of Memorial Hospital Biloxi (Miss.).

8. Nanette Logan, DNP, was appointed CEO of Dominion Hospital in Falls Church, Va.

9. Deborah Yount was named chief human resources officer of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.

10. Emily Ryan, MD, is the newly-elected chief of medical staff at Dignity Health-Glendale (Calif.) Memorial Hospital and Health Center.

11. Heather Markell, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md.

12. Marita Romine was named CFO of Hot Springs, Va.-based Bath Community Hospital.

13. Melissa Golombek, DNP, was named executive vice president and COO of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.

14. Opeyemi Oluwole was appointed chief marketing officer of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health.

15. Joy Bischoff, MSN, president of OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital, was appointed vice president of enterprise shared services at Columbus-based OhioHealth.

16. Katrina Ascencio-Holmes, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nurse officer of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health. 

17. Ruth Cassidy, PharmD, was named chief pharmacy officer for New York City-based Montefiore Health.

18. Melissa Bowker-Kinley, PhD, was appointed vice president of medical affairs for child and adolescent services in MaineHealth’s behavioral health division, based in Portland.

19. Heather Corte-Real, DNP, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer for Wilson (N.C.) Medical Center.

20. Janice Grankowski was named vice president of revenue cycle performance at Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth.

21. Kim Hale, DNP, was named chief nursing officer of Providence St. Joseph Hospital of Orange (Calif.).

22. Kandice Bledsaw, PhD, RN, accepted a new appointment as the inaugural chief nursing information officer for The University of Texas Medical Branch health system, based in Galveston.

Dec. 24 to Jan. 2

1. Kara Estenson, DNP, MSN, RN, joined San Francisco-based Dignity Health as chief nurse executive and COO of Woodland (Calif.) Memorial Hospital.

2. Crystal Arthur, MD, was selected as the inaugural chief medical director of emergency services for Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.

3. Jenna Bedwell, MSN, RN, was appointed interim chief nursing officer at Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, Ind.

4. Kristen Shoup was named executive director of revenue cycle for Middleburg Heights, Ohio-based Southwest General Health Center.

5. Dana Anderson, MSN, RN, was appointed COO of Mosaic Medical Center-Maryville (Mo.).

6. Lin Lin was named CFO of Orlando Health St. Cloud (Fla.) Hospital.

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