Mercy Southeast names COO, chief nursing officer

Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Mercy Southeast named Anna Lopez the system’s chief operating officer and Katie Finder chief nursing officer.

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Ms. Lopez previously worked at Memphis-based Methodist Le Bonheur health system for 28 years.

“I’m thrilled to be joining both Mercy and the Southeast Missouri community,” she said in a June 28 system news release.

Ms. Finder, MSN, RN, started her career at Mercy St. Louis in 2008 as an office assistant. The job supported her through nursing school until she graduated in 2010. She is returning to the state after spending two and a half years as chief nursing officer at Mercy Ardmore (Okla.). 

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