Executive Moves

St. Louis-based SSM Health appointed Michael Richards to system vice president of government affairs and public policy, effective Oct. 1.

Marysville, Wash.-based Smokey Point Behavioral Hospital appointed Sally Anne Schneider to CEO, according to HeraldNet.

Two vice presidents are leaving Medical Center Health System in Odessa, Texas, according to an OA Online report. Additionally, the health system named a new vice president of IT.

Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following hospital and health system executive moves in the last week.

Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System appointed Jon D. Hennemyre administrator of Memorial Manor, a 120-bed nursing home that offers long-term care and short-term rehabilitative services.

Butler Health System hired Hillary Harlan, BSN, to serve as chief compliance officer.

Williamson (W.Va.) Memorial Hospital tapped Loretta Simon, BSN, to serve as chief nursing officer, according to a Williamson Daily News report.

David M. Zechman, president and CEO of McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey, plans to retire at the end of 2018.

Burlington, Mass.-based Wellforce selected Michael Wagner, MD, to serve as interim CEO, beginning Jan. 1, 2019. He succeeds Norm Deschene, who announced Oct. 2 that he is retiring at the end of the year.

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley, Calif., appointed Brian Evans, MD, president and CEO, effective Dec. 2, according to The Union.