Executive Moves

Peter Banko. President and CEO of Centura Health (Centennial, Colo.). Mr. Banko transitioned from COO to CEO of Centura Health in September 2017. Prior to joining the 17-hospital system, he cut his teeth at Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives in both…

David Bailey, MD. President and CEO of Nemours Children’s Health System (Jacksonville, Fla.). Dr. David Bailey was promoted to president and CEO of Nemours in 2006. Under his leadership, Nemours has expanded its delivery network to include approximately 75 specialty,…

Carl Armato. President and CEO of Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Since joining Novant Health in 1998 as vice president of finance and operations for its physician divisions in Charlotte, N.C. and Winston-Salem, N.C., Mr. Armato has worn many hats at the health…

Barry Arbuckle, PhD. President and CEO of MemorialCare Health System (Fountain Valley, Calif.). MemorialCare’s six-hospital integrated delivery network has grown substantially in size and reputation under Dr. Arbuckle’s leadership. The hospital system has earned many accolades for workplace culture and patient care,…

Richard Anderson. President and CEO of St. Luke’s University Health Network (Bethlehem, Pa.). Mr. Anderson arrived at St. Luke’s in 1985 and has held the senior executive title for more than 30 years. He remains among the longest-serving top healthcare executives in…

Duke Anderson. President and CEO of Hillsdale (Mich.) Hospital. Mr. Anderson joined Hillsdale Hospital as COO in August 2006. Hillsdale includes a 47-bed hospital, 39-bed skilled nursing facility and 10-bed behavioral health clinic. Under Mr. Anderson’s leadership, Hillsdale Hospital received…

Robert Eardley, the senior vice president, CIO and chief information security officer at Houston Methodist Hospitals in Texas, will replace Joy Grosser as CIO at Cleveland-based University Hospitals, effective Feb. 19, 2018, the hospital confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review. 

Terry Akin. CEO of Cone Health (Greensboro, N.C.). Mr. Akin joined Cone Health as COO in 2009, before being named president in 2012 and CEO in 2014. He has vast experience in healthcare leadership, previously holding various executive leadership positions…

Nancy Howell Agee. President and CEO of Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.). Ms. Agee has served as president and CEO of Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Va., since July 2011. The $1.5 billion nonprofit integrated healthcare organization includes eight hospitals, a multispecialty physician group,…

Richard Afable, MD. President and CEO of St. Joseph Hoag Health (Irvine, Calif.).  Dr. Afable has worked in healthcare for more than 35 years, spending half as a practicing internist and geriatrician and the other half in hospital administration. As president…