Several hospital and health system CEOs have recently exited their roles, including through retirements and transitions to new organizations.
CEO turnover has remained high, with hospitals reporting 107 CEO exits between January and November 2025 — a nearly 6% increase over the same period in 2024. Some executives have cited heightened burnout stemming from evolving financial and regulatory challenges.
Some leaders exited their roles to step into non-CEO positions, such as COO and president positions.
Below are the hospital and health system CEO exits Becker’s has recently reported.
Note: This page was created Jan. 8 and updated Feb. 19.
Feb. 6-17
1. Eric Cecava, president and CEO of McLaren Port Huron (Mich.), will take a leave of absence to focus on personal health matters.
2. Marty Guthmiller plans to retire Aug. 1 as CEO of Orange City (Iowa) Area Health System.
3. Richard Lofgren, MD, plans to retire June 30 as president and CEO of Oklahoma City-based OU Health.
4. Douglas Koch exited his role as CEO of Kearney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center.
5. Mike Swick will retire in July as president and CEO of Lima (Ohio) Memorial Health System.
6. Balavenkatesh Kanna, MD, exited his role as CEO and medical center director of the James J. Peters Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center and was named CEO and vice president of hospital affairs at University Hospital at Downstate in New York City.
Jan. 29-Feb. 4
1. Dean Mazzoni exited his role as president and CEO of Francisan Health Michigan City (Ind.) and Franciscan Health Michigan City at La Porte (Ind.) and was named president and CEO of McLaren Greater Lansing (Mich.), effective March 16.
2. Skip Gjolberg, president and CEO of WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital in Buckhannon, W.Va., will step down in mid-March.
3. Timothy Quinn, MD, plans to retire April 3 as president and CEO of Mercy Cedar Rapids (Iowa).
4. Michael Nagowski plans to retire July 1 as CEO of Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health.
5. Liz Sellers, MSN, stepped down as CEO of Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colo., to step into a new CEO role out of state.
6. Patrick Shannon exited his role as CEO of Huntsville (Texas) Memorial Hospital and was named CEO of MountainView Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M.
7. Carlos Migoya plans to step down as CEO of Miami-based Jackson Health System on May 31.
Jan. 16-28
1. Brett Altman, CEO of Atlantic, Iowa-based Cass Health, plans to retire on Jan. 1, 2027.
2. Kevin Strecker plans to exit his role as CEO of the Ascension Via Christi Ministry market in Wichita, Kan.
3. Richard Duvall resigned as president and CEO of Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based North Star Health Alliance.
4. Tom Parker stepped down Jan. 23 as CEO of Mammoth Hospital in Mammoth Lakes, Calif.
5. Tony Coleman plans to step down March 13 as CEO of Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health in Washington, D.C.
Jan. 8-14
1. Denten Park exited his role as CEO of Tenet Healthcare’s St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and Tenet’s Massachusetts market.
2. Jodi Coombs, BSN, RN, exited her role as interim CEO of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.
3. Thomas Klemond, MD, stepped down as interim CEO of Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare.
4. Shawn McKenzie will retire Nov. 30 as CEO of Chester, Calif.-based Seneca Healthcare District.
5. Nanette Logan, DNP, exited her role as CEO of Dominion Hospital in Falls Church, Va.
Dec. 22-Jan. 7
1. Chip Hubbs, president and CEO of Marysville, Ohio-based Memorial Health, plans to retire in January 2027.
2. Carolyn Jackson will exit her role as CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Braintree (Mass.) and become president and COO of Kent Hospital in Warwick, R.I., effective Feb. 2.
3. Helen Arteaga Landaverde, PhD, exited her role as CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst to become deputy mayor of health and human services in New York City.
4. Paul Peterson exited his role as assistant CEO of Lake Granbury (Texas) Medical Center and was named COO of Detar Healthcare System in Victoria, Texas.
5. Brian Sinotte exited his role as market CEO of Tucson, Ariz.-based Northwest Healthcare and was named president of the UCSF Health Network, part of San Francisco-based UCSF Health.
6. Joanne Carrocino stepped down Nov. 7 as CEO of Cape May, N.J.-based Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional.
7. Richard Willett, CEO of Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan, Maine, stepped down after serving in the role for more than 30 years.
