North Carolina health system names CEO

Rutherfordton, N.C.-based Rutherford Regional Health System has promoted its interim CEO, Tory Shepherd, to the permanent post, effective immediately. 

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Ms. Shepherd has served as the health system’s interim CEO since September, according to a Nov. 23 news release shared with Becker’s. She previously served as interim CEO and chief operating officer of Sovah Health-Martinsville (Va.), a part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health. 

Rutherford Regional Health System is a member of Duke LifePoint Healthcare. 

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