Valerie Powell-Stafford was named senior vice president and area manager of Kaiser Permanente’s Greater Southern Alameda service area in California. Ms. Powell-Stafford will oversee hospital operations and the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan for the area, which has more than 6,700…
Executive Moves
Tauana McDonald plans to retire at the end of 2026 as president and CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System after nearly a decade with the organization. Ms. McDonald joined Mount Carmel in 2017 as its first chief administrative…
Richard Yochum plans to retire April 30 as president and CEO of Pomona (Calif.) Valley Hospital Medical Center after nearly 50 years with the organization. Mr. Yochum joined the hospital in the late 1970s as an administrator and held several…
Matt Kinsella, regional CFO within St. Louis-based SSM Health, is stepping into a new role at Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health. Mr. Kinsella has spent 18 years with SSM Health, he wrote in an Aug. 22 LinkedIn post. Most recently, he…
Jenn Schwartz began serving as president and CEO of Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare Sept. 1, succeeding Janice Nevin, MD, who retired after nearly 25 years with the health system. Ms. Schwartz joined ChristianaCare in 2018 and most recently served as executive…
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Janelle Reilly, market president for Chicago-based CommonSpirit in Tennessee and Georgia, has retired after a decade of leadership with the organization. Ms. Reilly’s healthcare career spanned 37 years, CommonSpirit South Region President Matt Brown said in a statement shared with…
Nicole Marquez has been named CFO of Carlsbad (N.M.) Medical Center, according to an Aug. 31 LinkedIn post. Carlsbad Medical Center is a 99-bed hospital that comprises a 12-bed intensive care unit, a 24-hour emergency room and a level III…
Christine Markowitz has been named CFO of Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., according to an Aug. 31 news release. In her new role, Ms. Markowitz will oversee the hospital’s financial operations and work with hospital leaders on strategic planning,…
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health named Katie Peterson, MD, chief medical officer. In her new role, Dr. Peterson will lead the system’s ongoing work to support quality, safety and medical staff leadership and partner with operational and executive leaders to ensure…
Two Florida hospitals within Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare have appointed new COOs, including one who will also serve as chief nursing officer. J.R. Rehmann, BSN, RN, was named COO of HCA Florida Largo Hospital, according to an Aug. 21 LinkedIn…