Executive Moves

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health Senior Vice President and CFO Ronald J. Knaus plans to retire Jan. 1, 2018.

Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, a healthcare communications and engagement firm, hired Rebecca Climer as an of-counsel advisor.

The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., named Ann Marie Leichman senior vice president of patient care services, according to an NJ Biz report.

J.C. Blair Health System in Huntingdon, Pa., selected Adam Dimm to serve as CEO, effective July 1.

Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Regional Medical Center appointed Michele Finney its permanent CEO, effective immediately, according to a News Channel 3 ABC/CBS Local 2 report.

Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services President and CEO Larry Mullins is stepping down at the end of the year, after leading the health system for 25 years. He will take on a new part-time role as leader of the Samaritan…

Chad Eckes has left his position as CFO of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, N.Y., promoted William LeCates, MD, to vice president of medical affairs, according to All Otsego.

University Medical Center of El Paso (Texas) named Joel Hendryx, DO, its new CMO, according to an El Paso Herald Post report.

Canton, Ohio-based Mercy Medical Center President and CEO Thomas E. Cecconi is retiring, effective Dec. 31.