Executive Moves

Chad Cooper. CEO of Riverwood Healthcare Center (Aikin, Minn.).Mr. Cooper became CEO of Riverwood Healthcare Center in July 2013. During his career, which spans nearly two decades, Mr. Cooper has led both independent and system-based healthcare organizations, including Little Falls,…

Texas Health Aetna selected Douglas Sanders to serve as chief sales officer and Delanor D. Doyle, MD, as CMO.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Hospital President and CEO John Popovich, MD, announced his retirement, effective at the end of the second quarter of 2018.

Paula Chermside. CEO of Aspirus Ironwood (Mich.) Hospital & Clinics. Ms. Chermside was named CEO of Aspirus Ironwood Hospital in May 2016 after spending three years as the hospital’s COO. During her tenure as COO, Ms. Chermside oversaw an expansion and…

Arthur Blank. President and CEO of Mount Desert Island Hospital (Bar Harbor, Maine). Mr. Blank began his tenure as CEO of Mount Desert Island Hospital in 1999. He oversaw the hospital’s efforts to forge a teaching partnership with Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine,…

Rebecca Beck. President of Hawkins County Memorial Hospital (Rogersville, Tenn.) and Hancock County Hospital (Sneedville, Tenn.). Ms. Beck became director of surgical services at Wellmont Health System’s Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center in 2012 and was promoted to president of Wellmont’s…

Ryan Jones. CEO of Aultman Orrville (Ohio) Hospital. Mr. Jones spent nearly two decades in various positions at the 25-bed Aultman Orrville Hospital before Aultman Orrville’s Advisory Board of Directors named him CEO in August 2017. He previously served as executive…

Eugene Della. President of Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington, Mass.) and BMC Hillcrest Campus (Pittsfield, Mass.). Mr. Della joined BMC Hillcrest in 1962 and was named president and COO in 1981. He continued to serve as president of Hillcrest after the hospital merged…

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

Mercy Hospital El Reno (Okla.) appointed Cindy Carmichael administrator for the second time.