5 women making moves in healthcare

The following leadership moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker's since June 29:

Editor's note: This live webpage was updated Dec. 28 and will continue to be updated. View moves by women in healthcare for the first half of the year here.

Dec. 22-28

1. Beata Mastalerz, DNP, RN, was appointed executive director of Phelps Hospital in Tarrytown, N.Y., succeeding Eileen Egan, RN, who has retired.

2. Deborah Berini was named chief intergation officer and interim chief administrative officer of Iowa City-based UI Health Care.

3. Maria Caruso is serving as the interim CFO for HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital.

4. Laura Easton is retiring as president and CEO of Lenoir, N.C.-based UNC Health Caldwell after 28 years of service. David Lowry, MD, the health system's chief medical officer, stepped into the CEO role Dec. 10 and will fully replace Ms. Easton after she retires.

5. Cynthia Ziegler was named vice president of revenue cycle management at Teaneck, N.J.-based Holy Name Medical Center. 

Dec. 15-21

1. Cheri Canon, MD, was named as the next president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation and chief physician executive of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System.

2. Lorraine Lutton, president and CEO of Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, will retire in April.

3. Kathleen Morimoto was named president and CEO of Honolulu-based St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii.

4. Whitney Johnson, RN, was selected president of Allina Health's Owatonna (Minn.) Hospital and Faribault (Minn.) Medical Center. 

5. Lee Ann Liska, COO and interim president of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Hospital, was selected to serve as the hospital's president.

6. Amanda Pruitt Motley was named CFO of Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, N.C.

7. Tina Haskins Smith was named senior vice president and CIO of Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.

8. Cynthia Hundorfean — the chief living health development officer at Highmark Health and former president of its subsidiary health system Allegheny Health Network — will exit the Pittsburgh-based organization at the end of this year.

9. Gratia Pitcher, MD, was named chief medical officer of Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health.

10. Cherise Giddens, BSN, RN, was promoted from vice president of clinical nursing to vice president and chief nursing officer at Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health.

11. Jessica Busque was named director of medical staff services at SGMC Health.

12. Julie Blodgett was named director of physician recruitment at SGMC Health.

13. Jessica Alsop, chief legal officer of Morgantown W.Va.-based WVU Medicine, was promoted to senior vice president.

14. Leeann Kaminsky, chief human resources officer of WVU Medicine, was promoted to senior vice president.

15. Lydia Hendrix is the new COO of UF Health St. John's in St. Augustine, Fla. 

16. Katy Ostermaier, MD, will serve as division chief of developmental behavioral pediatrics in the department of pediatrics at Houston-based Texas Children's.

17. Debra Palazzi, MD, was named chief of infectious disease in the department of pediatrics at Texas Children's. 

18. Katri Typpo, MD, will return to Texas Children's as chief of critical care in the department of pediatrics.

19. Ruth Brooks was named COO of Farmington. N.M.-based San Juan Regional Medical Center.

20. Jessica Glover was named assistant vice president and COO of Orlando (Fla.) Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital.

21. Katharine Woods, DO, resigned as chief medical officer of Eleanor Slater Hospital, a public facility in Cranston, R.I., less than a year after her appointment.

22. Adrienne Joseph, PhD, was named CEO of Houston Methodist Baytown (Texas) Hospital.

Dec. 8-14

1. Shauna Cameron was named CEO of Houlton (Maine) Regional Hospital.

2. Laura Iavicoli, MD, is the new chief medical officer at NYC Health & Hospitals' Elmhurst hospital in New York City.

3. Marilyn Margolis retired as CEO of Emory Johns Creek (Ga.) Hospital. Heather Redrick, who serves in a dual capacity as the hospital's COO and chief nursing officer, is its new leader. 

4. Alyssa Moyer, MD, was named president of WellSpan Health's York (Pa.) Hospital. 

5. Tonya Darner was appointed the permanent chief executive officer of UP Health System-Marquette (Mich.).

6. Cindy Rios, who has served as interim CFO since 2022, was named executive vice president and CFO of Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health.

7. Kristen Lepore, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, will also assume additional responsibilities and oversee Beth Israel Lahey Health's emergency management. 

8. Penny Castellano, MD, was named president of the Emory Healthcare Physician Division, a newly created position, as well as interim director of Emory Clinic.

9. Terika Richardson was named senior executive vice president and COO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.

10. Kristen Bowman was named CEO of Broward Health's community hospital in Coral Springs, Fla.

Dec. 1-7

1. Amy Feeley-Austin is the new COO of the Hawaii Health System Corp.'s West region.

2. Emilee Albright, BSN, RN, was named vice president of patient services and chief nursing officer for Logansport (Ind.) Memorial Hospital.

3. Vicki Byrd, vice president of planning and development for Logansport Memorial, will retire at the end of December from her career after 17 years of service. 

4. Felicia Turnley was named CEO of Pembroke Pines, Fla.-based Memorial Hospital Pembroke.

5. Melida Akiti was named the first chief community officer of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System.

6. Denise Kvapil, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass.

7. Emily Serck was appointed senior vice president, communications and corporate affairs at Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.

8. Meggin Roberts was named CEO of Animas Surgical Hospital, a physician-owned hospital in Durango, Colo.

9. Margaret Fry, MD, was selected as the next president and CEO of the Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Boston Children’s Hospital. 

10. Debra Deeken, DNP, will serve as interim chief nursing officer of Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Mo., when the hospital joins Columbia, Mo.-based University of Missouri Health Care.

Nov.17-30

1. Sandra Wong, MD, was named chief academic officer of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and dean of Emory University School of Medicine.

2. Mumtaz Darbar was named chief clinical and academic integration officer of Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health. 

3. Dana Beckton was named chief diversity and inclusion officer of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.

4. Laurie Lamarre will lead a newly appointed leadership team for Berkshire Medical Center North Adams (Mass.) campus as vice president. 

5. Jennifer Dowling, BSN, RN, was selected as operational manager of the emergency room and medical/surgical inpatient care for Berkshire Medical Center North Adams campus.

6. Lynsey Wilk, DPN, RN, was selected as operational manager for perioperative services for Berkshire Medical Center North Adams campus.

7. Allison Baker was named vice president of development for Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Health System and president of the Nicklaus Children's Hospital Foundation.

8. Sondra Hornsey was named chief privacy officer of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

9. Emily Sneed, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Medical City Lewisville (Texas).

10. Jodie Becker, DNP, RN,  left HCA North Carolina Division to become the chief ambulatory officer at St. Ignace, Mich.-based Mackinac Straits Health System.

11. Jennifer Nikolai is joining ThedaCare as vice president supporting healthcare services at new community hospital campuses in Fond du Lac, Wis., and Oshkosh, Wis.

12. Megan Baker, MD, was named interim CEO of Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, S.C.

13. Kathleen Jacobs was named chief investment officer of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.

14. Sandra Scott, MD, was named interim CEO of New York City-based One Brooklyn Health.

15. Cathleen Wheatley will have executive oversight over Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Davie Medical Center in Bermuda Run, N.C.

16. Diana McDaniel left her role as vice president of operations for Springdale-based Arkansas Children's Northwest to launch a healthcare consulting company.

17. Cathy Garzio was named executive vice provost and COO of New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine.

Nov. 10-16

1. Dana Rye was selected as chief value based care officer of Duly Health and Care, a Downers Grove, Ill.-based medical group.

2. Charleen Phillips is Duly's new chief accounting officer.

3. Sarosh Rana, MD, was selected as the first chief obstetrical transformation officer for UChicago Medicine.

4. Marcie Peirick was named vice president of revenue cycle for physician services at Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.

5. Elizabeth Wako, MD, is the permanent president and CEO of Seattle-based Swedish Health Services.

6. Michelle Fortune, BSN, will exit her role as CEO of St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, N.C., on Dec. 31. Alex Bell, a previous interim CEO at St. Luke's, was selected to temporarily helm the organization.

Nov. 3-9

1. Courtney Lewis Starnes was named senior vice president and chief information officer of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health.

2. Shelly Loop, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of UH St. John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio.

3. Minedy Laracuente, MSN, APRN, was named assistant vice president of clinical development and integration at Orlando Health for operations in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

4. Anna Michelle Brandt was named COO of University Hospital in Newark, N.J.

5. Minedy Laracuente, MSN, APRN, was named assistant vice president of clinical development and integration at Orlando Health for operations in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

6. Tulay Aksoy, MD, was named chief medical officer of St. Luke's South Shore hospital in Cudahy, Wis.  

7. Anne Boat, MD, was named anesthesiologist-in-chief at Cincinnati Children's.

8. Donna Zuk was named chief accounting officer of Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica.

9. Lourdes Boue was named CEO of Baptist Health Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla. Ms. Boue will also continue serving as CEO of Baptist Health West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami.

10. Tanya Phares, MD, was selected as health officer for Sonoma County in California.

11. Daphne Haas-Kogan, MD, chair of radiation oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber since 2015, will become chair of the radiation oncology department for Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital and chief of enterprise radiation oncology for Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham. 

12. Andrea Eklund was named chief senior vice president of compliance and internal audit and chief compliance officer for Jacksonville, Fla-based Baptist Health.

13. Sarah Morrison is retiring from her position as CEO of the Shepherd Center, an Atlanta-based neurorehabilitation hospital. Jamie Shepherd, the hospital's current COO, will succeed Ms. Morrison.

14. Cassie Penn was named COO of Callaway (Neb.) District Hospital and Medical Clinics.

15. Yael Heher, MD, was selected as the inaugural chief quality officer for Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health.

16. Emma Maria Montes-Ewing was named CEO of South Texas Health System McAllen.

17. Christina Mathis is the new CEO of Medical City Frisco (Texas).

18. Joanna Caballero was named corporate vice president of revenue cycle for San Diego-based Scripps Health.

19. Maria Morales-Menendez was selected as the new group COO for the Palm Beach Health Network and West Palm Beach, Fla.-based St. Mary's Medical Center.

20. Cheryl Klass, BSN, RN, executive vice president and COO and the former chief nursing executive for Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, plans to retire from the organization. Ms. Klass will leave next year, once her successor as COO is chosen and in place.

21. Dianna Pelay was named assistant vice president of revenue cycle for Intermountain Health's Broomfield, Colo.-based Peaks Region.

22. Angela Kelly was named executive director of operations at HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Ill.

23. Meena Iyer, MD, was named the pediatric chief medical officer for Ascension Texas.

24. Abha Agrawal, MD, was selected as the next president and CEO of Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital. 

Oct. 27-Nov. 2

1. Amber Rollins, MSN, RN, interim chief nursing officer of South Arkansas Regional Hospital in El Dorado, was promoted to the permanent position. 

2. Clarissa Barnes, MD, was named president of the American College of Physician Advisors  board of directors.

3. Marti Strand was named vice president of revenue cycle operations at Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph's/Candler Health System.

4. Pat Folcarelli, PhD, RN, was named senior vice president for patient care services and the Cynthia and Robert J. Lepofsky chief nursing officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

5. Carla LaFever was named president of Aurora Medical Center-Grafton (Wis.). 

6. Tara Laumenede, RN, was named chief nursing officer of North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y.

7. Irene Macyk, PhD, RN, was named executive director of Northwell's South Shore University Hospital in Bayshore, N.Y.

8. Vicki Good, DNP, RN, was selected by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses as its next chief clinical officer.

9. Brenda Carroll, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Merit Health Wesley in Hattiesburg, Miss.

10. Cathy Madigan, DNP, RN, chief nurse executive at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health, will retire Nov. 17.

11. Nancy Levett was named CIO and vice president at Rome (N.Y.) Health.

12. Kelley Wachtman, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Henry County Hospital in Napoleon, Ohio.

13. Lynn Severson was named CFO of Watertown, S.D.-based Prairie Lakes Healthcare System.

14. Emily Sedgwick, MD, is no longer president and CEO of University Medical Center New Orleans, part of LCMC Health. John Nickens IV selected as interim CEO of the hospital. 

15. Michele Goldhagen, MD, was appointed the first chief medical officer of Alexander City, Ala.-based Russell Medical Center.

16. Rachel Drake, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of the MUSC Health Catawba (S.C.) Division.

Oct. 20-26 

1. Alicia Gresham was named CEO of Pennsylvania Hospital, part of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine. 

2. Shakira Henderson, PhD, DNP, was named system chief nurse executive for the UF Health system and dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

3. Peggy Troy, MSN, RN, plans to retire as president and CEO of Milwaukee-based Children's Wisconsin by the end of December 2024.

4. Maya Hogg, MD, was named chief of medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital.

5. Christina Oh is leaving her role as president and CEO of Charleston, S.C.-based Trident Health to become president of Sutter Health's Greater San Francisco market.

6. Stephany Jacques, MSN, RN, was promoted from interim to permanent president of Bridgton (Maine) Hospital and Rumford (Maine) Hospital.

7. Julie Quirin was named president of Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Health System.

8. Jenny Markham was named chief legal officer of Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health.

9. Krista Roberts is retiring as CEO of St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Enid, Okla.

10. Corinne Francis was named executive vice president and chief mission integration officer of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health.

11. Nancy Susick, RN, COO of acute and post-acute care for Corewell Health East, will become president of Corewell Health's Beaumont Hospital, Troy (Mich.). 

12. Anika Gardenhire, BSN, RN, was named the inaugural chief digital information officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services.

13. Joan Welch was named CFO of HCA Florida Mercy Hospital in Miami.

14. Marilee Arnold, MSN, RN, was named new chief nursing officer of Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C.  

15. Pamela Levering, RN, MSN, was named chief nursing officer of Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center. 

Oct. 14-19 

1. Magdalena Spariosu, MD, who specializes in addiction medicine, brain injury medicine and consultation-liaison psychiatry, was named director of behavioral health at Englewood (N.J.) Health.

2. Anita Ramsetty, MD, an internal medicine physician with a subspecialty in endocrinology and metabolism, was named director of health equity at Englewood (N.J.) Health.

3. Teresa Herbert, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of AdventHealth Palm Coast (Fla.) and AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway.

4. Faye Collins, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Orlando Health St. Cloud (Fla.) Hospital.

5. Rebecca Altman, RN, was named senior vice president and chief administrative officer for the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus in West Baltimore. 

6. Lori Morris was named CFO of Piedmont Newton Hospital in Covington, Ga.

7. Lynn Fulton was named CEO of Wailuku-based Maui Health.

Oct. 6-13

1. April Tolson, RN, was named chief nursing officer for San Antonio-based Methodist Hospital's upcoming 54-bed Westover Hills location.

2. Jane Denten, MSN, was named chief nursing officer of UnityPoint Health – Trinity in Moline, Ill.

3. Sheree Boyd, BSN, RN, DBA, was named vice president of ambulatory services at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields (Ill.).

4. Gwendolyn Oglesby-Odom, EdD, MSN, RN, who in her previous role served as the chief nursing officer and vice president for Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago, was named enterprise vice president of community engagement for Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health.

5. Stacey Brandt was named executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.

6. Jennifer Crabtree was named vice president of corporate communications and chief of staff at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.

7. Peggy Duggan, MD, was named executive vice president, chief physician executive and chief medical officer at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.

8. Wendi Goodson-Celerin, DNP, will remain senior vice president and chief nursing officer, now reporting directly to Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital's president and CEO, John Couris.

9. Bethanie McDowell, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care at Salina (Kan.) Regional Health Center.

10. Kasey Bustamante, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer and assistant vice president of quality and safety at McLeod Health Dillon (S.C.). 

11. Gabrielle Finley-Hazle was named president of Aurora Health Care, effective Nov. 27, and will lead the growth, development and strategic direction of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health's Wisconsin market.

12. Deborah Browning, MSN, RN, was named CEO of Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health's Children's and Women's Hospital. 

13. Gabrielle Cummings was named president of Evanston (Ill.) Hospital, effective Jan. 1.

14. Nikki Fernandez, RN, was named president of Highland Park (Ill.) Hospital, effective Jan. 1.

15. Maria Knecht, RN, was named president of Glenview, Ill.-based Glenbrook Hospital, effective Jan. 1.

16. Morgan Lankford was named senior director of system strategy at St. Louis-based Ascension.

17. Hetal Desai was named chief strategy officer for Ascension in Illinois.

18. Rachel Raymond was named chief strategy officer for Ascension for horizontals (post-acute/at-home, ASCs, behavioral health, pharmacy and rehabilitation services).

19. Brenda Woodcock, DNP, RN, was named president of Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Va., and Southern Virginia Medical Center in Emporia.

20. Lynn Jackson was named CEO of Northside Hospital Forsyth in Cumming, Ga.

21. Shantel Krebs was named regional president and CEO of Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, S.D.

22. Heather Dexter was named president of the Emory Healthcare Regional Hospital Division, which includes Emory's Johns Creek (Ga.) Hospital; Decatur (Ga.) Hospital; Long-Term Acute Care Hospital in Decatur; Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta; and Hillandale Hospital in Lithonia, Ga.

Sept. 29-Oct. 5

1. JoDee Knox, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health's Waterloo market.

2. Megan Gillespie, DNP, RN, was named CEO of Sutter Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Hospital.

3. Laura Gillenwater was named assistant vice president of revenue cycle at Searcy, Ark.-based Unity Health.

4. Joan Bachleitner was named chief strategy officer at St. Louis-based SSM Health. 

5. Patricia "Trish" Shucoski, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing executive at Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System.

6. Cheryl Porter, MSN, RN, was named chief quality officer of Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center.

7. Lisa Bowman was named chief nursing officer for AdventHealth Waterman in Tavares, Fla.

8. Linn Block, BSN, RN, was named CEO of Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City, Iowa.

9. Michelle Johnson Tidjani was named senior executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.

10. Ceonne Houston-Raasikh, DNP, MSN, was named chief nursing officer of Keck Hospital of USC in Los Angeles.

11. Marcie Ordowich was named COO of the RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group.

Sept. 22-28

1. Amy King was named chief human resources officer of Denver Health.

2. Melissa Mendoza was named CFO of HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center.

3. Tammy Lett, RN, was named senior vice president of the physician network at Chesterfield, Mo.-based St. Luke's. 

4. Pam Galley, RN, was appointed senior vice president and area manager of the Kaiser Permanente Diablo Service Area.

5. Julie Grow was named CFO of Lancaster, Ohio-based Fairfield Medical Center.

6. Dinee Simpson, MD, was selected as the first chief health equity executive of Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine.

7. Cynthia Sparer will step down as executive vice president of ambulatory services at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health.

8. Jennifer Havens, RN, was named market president at UnityPoint Health-Dubuque (Iowa).

9. Leigh Ehrlich was selected as the next executive vice president and CFO of Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health.

10. Karen Murphy, PhD, chief innovation and digital transformation of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, will step down from her role. She will take a part-time position as senior adviser to the health system's CEO Jaewon Ryu, MD.

11. Tammy Powers, BSN, RN, was named CEO of Sutter Roseville (Calif.) Medical Center. 

12. Vanessa Walker, DO, was tapped as chief medical executive of Sutter Roseville (Calif.) Medical Center. 

13. Debra Feigin Sukin, PhD, was selected as the new president of Houston-based Texas Children's.

14. Felissa Koernig was named president and CEO of Oneida (N.Y.) Health.

Sept. 15-21

1. Sara Carmack, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Saint Mary's Health Network in Reno, Nev.

2. Shelly Anderson was named Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's inaugural hospital president.

3. Odette Bolano, BSN, CEO of Trinity Health's West Region and president of Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Health System, will retire in June.

4. Jen Alderfer will leave her role as president of Intermountain Health's Montana and Wyoming Market and Billings, Mont.-based St. Vincent Healthcare on Oct. 20. 

5. Jamanda Haddock, MD, was named chief of staff for Cleveland Clinic London.

6. Janie Wade stepped down from her role as CFO of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health.

7. Denise Robinson, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health's medical center in Murrieta, Calif.

8. Lawana Leonhardt, MSN, RN, was named associate chief nursing officer of TriStar Hendersonville (Tenn.) Medical Center.

9. Michelle Gaskill-Hames, BSN, MHA, was appointed regional president of Kaiser Permanente for Southern California and Hawaii. 

10. Shannon Striebich was named president and CEO of Trinity Health Michigan Market.

11. Laura Tortorella was named CEO of post-acute healthcare provider AccentCare.

Sept. 8-14

1. Lara Johnson, MD, was named chief medical officer of Covenant Health's Lubbock service area in Texas.  

2. Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, is retiring as executive chief nursing officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 

3. Irene Macyk, PhD, RN, was named executive director of South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y.

4. Sahar Takkouche, MD, associate chief medical officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Wilson and Sumner County regions.

5. Cynthia LaCourt was named system vice president of revenue cycle optimization of  Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health.

6. Brenda Wolf is retiring as president and CEO of La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago.

7. Heather Moynihan, BSN, RN, was named associate chief nursing officer at Orlando (Fla.) Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital.

8. Kim Hodgkinson left her role as CFO of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System.

Sept. 1-7

1. Erika Batcheller was selected as chief external affairs officer of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health.

2. Samantha Silverberg was named CFO of Loxahatchee-based HCA Florida Palms West Hospital.

3. Christine McSweeney was selected as CEO of Holy Cross Hospital – Jordan Valley in Utah.

4. Angie Simonson was selected as CEO of Holy Cross Hospital – Jordan Valley West in Utah.

5. Sally Seymour was named CEO of HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital in Hudson.

6. Bridget Denzik, DNP, NSN, RN, was selected as the chief nursing officer of Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C.

7. Jonelle Thomas, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of St. David’s Georgetown (Texas) Hospital.

8. Allie Krass was named associate vice president of community engagement for Overland Park, Kan.-based HCA Midwest Health.

Aug. 25-31

1. Amy Gray was named CFO of Salem (Ill.) Township Hospital.

2. Hadeel Alkhairw, MD, was named chief quality officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in New York City.

3. Thaina Rousseau-Pierre, DO, was named patient safety officer and chief equity officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in New York City.

4. Gail Young, DNP, RN, will serve as deputy chief nursing officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in New York City.

5. Kari McCord, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen.

6. Dee Weber will serve as chief human resources officer of Marysville, Ohio-based Memorial Health.

7. Yvonne Wigington was named CFO of Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Health System.

8. Dori Marshall, MD, was named chief medical officer of Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y.

9. Darlene Sweet, MSN, RN, was named the new vice president for Georgia Heart Institute in Gainesville.

10. Megan Amalakuhan was named CEO of San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare's new Westover Hills hospital. 

11. Jenn Freund, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Trident Medical Center in North Charleston, S.C.

12. Joanie White-Wagoner was named CEO of Hayti, Mo.-based Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems.

13. Nandita Gupta, MD, was named chief medical officer of PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview, Wash. 

14. Buffy Key, who has served as Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center's interim CEO since March, was promoted to the permanent position. 

15. Abbey Herrera-Williams will serve as vice president of human resources at two hospitals in California: Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach. 

16. Heather Foster was named vice president of quality and patient safety at two hospitals in California: Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach.

Aug. 18-24

1. Rachel Nosowsky was named chief counsel for San Francisco-based UCSF Health. 

2. Stevanie Reynolds, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Piedmont Walton Hospital in Monroe, Ga.

3. Tammy Moore, RN, BSN, was named chief nursing officer of Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville, N.C., and Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville, N.C.

4. Judy LaFrance is the chief administrative officer of Hendrick Medical Center South in Abilene, Texas. 

5. Susan Wade is the Abilene Market COO at Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health.

6. Heather Ray, DNP, RN, is the Abilene Market chief nursing officer at Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health.

7. Jessica Connell, MSN, RN, is chief nursing officer of Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood (Texas). 

8. Jesiree Driskell is the assistant vice president of strategic communication and digital experience for Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health.  

9. LouAnn Woodward, MD, extended her contract to lead the Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center for four more years.

10. Aimee Daily, PhD, was named president and CEO of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

11. Patty Howard, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of two Texas hospitals: HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake in Webster and HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland in Texas City. 

12. Emily Williams was named chief compliance officer of Cleveland Clinic.

13. Jordi Disler, MSN, RN, is now serving as president of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health's North market.

14. Karen Farst, MD, was promoted to senior vice president and chief medical officer for Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. 

15. Michelle Niermann will become COO of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health's East Division.

16. Pamela Delagardelle will become COO of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health's West Division.

17. Jenni Friedly was named market president for UnityPoint Health – Waterloo (Iowa). 

18. Sharon Marine was named chief philanthropy officer of Cincinnati Children's.

Aug. 11-17

1. Cindy Hecker, BSN, CEO of the Seattle-based University of Washington Medical Center, will retire in June 2024. 

2. Maria Garvin was named CFO of Medical City Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. 

3. Sheryl Rickard will retire as CEO of Bonner General Health at the year's end.

4. Brenda Kuhn, PhD, RN, was named interim president of Kettering Health Dayton (Ohio).

5. Diane Comer is set to retire as chief information and technology officer of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente.

6. Raquel Morian was named chief human resources officer of University Hospital in Newark, N.J.

7. Lois Greene, DHA, RN, was named senior vice president of wellness, diversity, equity and inclusion at University Hospital in Newark, N.J.

8. Madeline Watts was named director of its government and regulatory affairs at Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.

9. Elizabeth Golden was named executive vice president for communications and marketing of New York City-based NYU Langone Health.

10. Karen Reilly, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston. 

11. Chelsea Reynolds Desrosiers was selected for the combined role of COO and CFO of Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine.

12. Jennifer Jackson, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer of Mercy Health-West Hospital in Cincinnati, will rejoin UC Health as its vice president of operations, West Chester (Ohio) Hospital site leader and chief nursing officer, effective Sept. 11.

13. Ashley Hindman was named CEO of Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, N.C., and Swain Community Hospital in Bryson City, N.C.

Aug. 4-10

1. Catherine Codispoti was named senior vice president and chief people officer of St. Louis-based Mercy. 

2. Sherrie Somers, DO, was named chief medical officer of HCA Florida's North Florida Hospital in Gainesville.

3. Krista Curell, RN, was appointed executive vice president and COO of University of Chicago Health System. 

4. Sarah Currie, MSN, RN, was named senior vice president and chief nursing executive of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

5. Lindsey Petrini is the new CEO of Piedmont Newton Hospital in Covington, Ga.

6. Ivelesse Mendez-Justiniano was promoted to vice president and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals.

7. Lilicia Bailey, PhD, was named senior executive vice president and chief people officer of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.

8. Heather Cianfrocco was named president of UnitedHealth Group's Optum.

9. Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing.

10. Judy Bachman, who joined New York City-based Maimonides Health in 2022 as chief transformation officer, this past September assumed the additional role of interim COO. 

11. Erin McDonough was named executive vice president and chief marketing and communication officer of New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

July 28-Aug. 3

1. Jacqueline Carberry Baratian was named senior vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer for Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals.

2. Rachel Marek, MD, was named chief medical officer of Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands. 

3. Stacy Kreil, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer for AdventHealth Lake Placid, AdventHealth Wauchula and AdventHealth Sebring in Florida.

4. Victoria Selley, DO, MSN, was named chief medical officer of AdventHealth Sebring in Florida.

5. Tara McVay, MSN, RN, was named president and CEO of Logansport (Ind.) Memorial Hospital.

6. Gina Temple, PhD, RN, is no longer serving as CEO of HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital in Hudson.

7. Elsie Graves, RN, BSN, was named chief nursing officer for Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health's Greensboro market.

8. Patti Pilgrim was named CFO of MemorialCare's Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center and Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach. 

9. April Settles was named CFO of Washington, Ind.-based Daviess Community Hospital.

July 21-27

1. Erin Lewis was named senior vice president, general counsel and chief administrative officer of Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health.

2. Cathy Pimple, DNP, RN, was promoted from chief administrative officer to CEO of Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kan.

3. Jennifer Peters was named executive vice president and chief administrative and legal officer of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.

4. Jill Anelli was named senior vice president and chief human resources officer of Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga.

5. Jessica Macalino will become the first president of Riverside Smithfield (Va.) Hospital, set to open in about two and a half years. 

6. Geeta Nastasi, RN, was named vice president and chief nursing information officer of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.

7. Catherine White was named interim CEO of Burns, Ore.-based Harney District Hospital.

8. Julie Eastman was named CIO of Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health. 

9. Michelle Ruru was named COO of Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital.

10. Brenda Baker was named CFO of Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach, Fla. 

11. Katie Kato was named chief human resources officer of Broward Health Coral Springs (Fla.).

12. Carol Fox, MD, was named chief medical officer of Independence Health System, the organization formed by the merger of Butler (Pa.) Health System and Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health System.

13. Karen Allen, RN, was named president of Butler (Pa.) Memorial and Clarion (Pa.) hospitals.

July 14-20

1. Anne Marie Watkins, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing executive of Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health. 

2. Michelle Stemley, DNP, RN, plans to leave her vice president role at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center - Fort Worth (Texas) and become the chief nursing officer of The Woman's Hospital of Texas in Houston.

3. Michelle Bruhn was named executive vice president and CFO of Phoenix Children's.

4. Rebecca Harless was named vice president at CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Lewisburg, W.Va.

5. Julie Lautt, CFO of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health, was selected as the organization's interim president and CEO.

6. Sarah Hatchett was named interim CIO of Cleveland Clinic. 

7. Amaka Eneanya, MD, was named chief transformation officer of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.

8. Deborah Addo was named president of Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health.

9. Kris O'Shea, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Conemaugh Health System in Johnstown, Pa. 

10. Darla Fish, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach in Florida.

11. Kim King, RN, ACM-RN, was named vice president of case management at HCA Midwest Health.

12. Julie Barnes, MD, will retire as chief medical officer at AdventHealth Redmond, Ga.

13. Hamila Kownacki, RN, was named CEO of California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.

July 7-13

1. Patricia Hiserote, DO, was named physician-in-chief at Santa Rosa (Calif.) Medical Center.

2. Carey Estes joined HCA Florida JFK North Hospital in West Palm Beach as vice president of quality. 

3. Mary Christoffersen, DNP, RN, was named senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital.

4. Tanya Townsend was appointed chief information and digital officer of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine Children's Health. 

5. Susan Ibanez was named CIO of Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Health System.

6. Lizette Otero, BSN, was named chief nursing officer at Miami-based HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.

7. Amy Jibilian, MD, was tapped by Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network as chief wellness officer for the hospital and its affiliated physician network.

8. Christine Woolsey was named senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer for Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System.

9. Ashley Dickinson will resign as CEO of Valparaiso, Ind.-based Northwest Health, effective in late July.

June 29-July 6

1. Kristi Henderson, DNP, left her executive roles at Optum to helm Confluent Health, a family of physical and occupational therapy companies based in Louisville, Ky. 

2. Heather Havericak is no longer CEO of Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 

3. Karen Tracy, RN, was named CEO of Rochelle (Ill.) Community Hospital.

4. Michelle Lee stepped down as CFO of Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System. 

5. Nancy Bussani was named executive vice president and chief philanthropy officer of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, as well as president of the CommonSpirit Health Foundation.

6. Jill Berry Bowen, MSN, RN, was named interim president of North Conway, N.H.-based Memorial Hospital, part of MaineHealth. 

7. Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD, was named inaugural chief of infection control at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham.

8. Stephanie Jackman-Havey was named CFO of Framingham, Mass.-based MetroWest Medical Center.

9. Kimberly Salazar, MD, was named chief medical officer of HCA Florida Citrus Hospital in Inverness.

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