1. Roddey Gattys III, CEO of Baptist Easley (S.C.) Hospital, announced he will retire.
2. Ken Rivers, CEO of Inland Valley and Rancho Springs Medical Centers in Wildomar and Murrieta, Calif., resigned to take a position as CEO of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles.
3. Susan Davila was named CEO of Carson Valley Medical Center in Gardnerville, Nev.
4. St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., chose Kristin McManmon as its COO.
5. Mindy Burdick, president of Mercy Hospital Ardmore (Okla.), and Ryan Barnard, the hospital’s COO, both announced their resignation.
6. St. John’s Lutheran Hospital in Libby, Mont., named Bruce Whitfield, CPA, as its new CEO and CFO.
7. Robert Esker, COO of St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Ill., announced he will retire at the end of the year.
8. Frank Almendarez joined Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville, Ore., as COO.
9. Chuck Adams, CEO of Royston, Ga.-based Ty Cobb Healthcare System, announced his resignation.
