Executive Moves

Pamela Shipley was named Kaiser Permanente's regional president of Georgia, the payer announced Jan. 6. 

Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield named Cindy Langston as its senior vice president and CIO, making her the first woman to hold the position.

Loretta Weinberg, New Jersey's state Senate majority leader, will leave office early to join Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield's board of directors, sources told NJ.com for a Jan. 5 report. 

The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker's since Dec. 23:

A second surgeon from Jefferson Regional Medical Center has been inducted into the American Society of Breast Surgeons, a leadership organization for surgeons treating breast disease. The Pine Bluff, Ark.-based medical center also has a new chief of staff. 

Stanford Children's Health CEO Paul King has been appointed chair of the board of trustees of the Children's Hospital Association, effective Jan. 1, 2022. 

Eric McBride has been appointed CEO of Palm Beach (Fla.) Health Network Physician Group. 

Centene has appointed Jim Murray as its chief transformation officer to lead both the payer's new Value Creation Office and its advanced behavioral health division.

Jim Hinton has joined private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe after retiring on Dec. 31 as the CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health. 

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been reported since Dec. 17: