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Community Hospital CEOs to Know | 2025

Community hospitals play a vital role in closing healthcare access gaps, and the CEOs who lead them are committed to providing high-quality, cost-effective care tailored to the needs of their local communities.

While many community hospitals focus on acute care, these forward-thinking CEOs are also expanding services to include primary care, specialty treatments, rehabilitation, public health programs and beyond. They are responsible for shaping a positive workplace culture, steering long-term strategy, growing service lines and ensuring financial sustainability, all with their communities at the heart.

Note: Becker’s Healthcare developed this list based on nominations and editorial research. This list is not exhaustive, nor is it an endorsement of included leaders or associated healthcare providers. Leaders cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Leaders are presented in alphabetical order. We extend a special thank you to Rhoda Weiss for her contributions to this list. 

Contact Anna Falvey at afalvey@beckershealthcare.com with questions or comments.

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Abel Biri

President and CEO

AdventHealth Waterman

Tavares, FL

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Aimee Brewer

President and CEO

Sturdy Health

Attleboro, MA

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Al Campbell, RN

President

Beth Israel Lahey Health–Winchester Hospital

Winchester, MA

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Alan Qualls

CEO

Northern Colorado Division, Banner Health

Greeley, Loveland and Fort Collins, CO

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Alicia Gresham

CEO

Pennsylvania Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

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Amanda “Mandi” Ennen, DNP, RN

Chief Administrative Officer

Hospital Sisters Health System St. Joseph’s Hospital Breese

Breese, IL

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Amanda Lucas

Executive Director

The Ohio State University East Hospital, Harding Hospital and Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital

Columbus, OH

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Amanda Maggard

President and CEO

AdventHealth Celebration

Celebration, FL

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Amit Rastogi, MD

President and CEO

Jupiter Medical Center

Jupiter, FL

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Amy Blasing

CEO

Lovelace Women’s Hospital

Albuquerque, NM

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Amy E. Lee

President and COO

Nantucket Cottage Hospital

Nantucket, MA

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Amy Hoey, BSN, RN

President

Tufts Medicine Lowell General Hospital

Lowell, MA

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Amy Jerdee

President and CEO

St. Francis Regional Medical Center

Shakopee, MN

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Angela Mortoza

CEO

Dallas County Hospital

Perry, IA

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Armand H. Dorian, MD

CEO

USC Verdugo Hills Hospital

Glendale, CA

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Benjamin “Ben” Richaud

CEO

Lakeview Hospital

Covington, LA

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Bill Hoefer

President

Corewell Health Zeeland and Pennock Hospitals

Zeeland, MI and Hastings, MI

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Bob Adams

President

Newton Medical Center and Hackettstown Medical Center and Senior Vice President of Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

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Brandon McBride

CEO and Administrator

Logan Regional Hospital

Logan, UT

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Brett Altman

CEO

Cass Health

Atlantic, IA

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Brian Murphy, MD

CEO

Valley View Hospital

Glenwood Springs, CO

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Brian Ring

President and CEO

Henry Community Health

New Castle, IN

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Brian Wetzel

President

Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital and Vice President of Orlando Health

Cloud, FL

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Caitlin Miller, BSN, RN

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Bayshore Medical Center

Holmdel, NJ

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Carl Cline

President and Administrator

Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital

Rocky Mount, VA

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Carol Friesen

CEO

OSF HealthCare Eastern Region

Peoria, IL

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Casey Greene

President

UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids, IA

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Cathy Pimple, DNP, MSN, RN

CEO

Newman Regional Health

Emporia, KS

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Charles “Chuck” Kassis

Administrator

Adventist Health Clear Lake

Roseville, CA

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Chelsie Falk

CEO

Sanford Wheaton Medical Center

Wheaton, MN

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Chris Klay

Southern Illinois Market CEO and President and CEO

HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

O’Fallon, IL

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Chris Lumsden

Former President and CEO of Northern Regional Hospital (Mount Airy, N.C.)

Mount Airy, NC

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Chris Peek

President and CEO

CaroMont Health

Gastonia, NC

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Chris Self

President and CEO

AdventHealth Gordon and AdventHealth Murray

Calhoun, GA

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Chris Thomas

President and CEO

Colorado West Healthcare System

Grand Junction, CO

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Chris Ware

CEO

Russellville Hospital

Russellville, AL

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Christina Maguire

President and CEO

Mount Desert Island Hospital

Bar Harbor, ME

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Christine Schuster

President and CEO

Emerson Health

Concord, MA

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Clay Farell

CEO

St. Francis Medical Center

Lynwood, CA

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Clay Jordan, RN

CEO

Tri Valley Health System

Cambridge, NE

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Colin McHugh

President and CEO

Southern New Hampshire Health

Nashua, NH

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Connie Martin

President and Chief Administrative Officer

Fort Loudoun Medical Center

Lenoir City, TN

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Courtney Ophaug

CEO

Banner Estrella Medical Center

Phoenix, AZ

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Cristina Contreras

CEO

NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan

New York, NY

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Dan Woods

CEO

El Camino Health

Mountain View, CA

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Dara Bartels

CEO

Mile Bluff Medical Center

Mauston, WI

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Darlene Rodowicz

President and CEO

Berkshire Health Systems

Pittsfield, MA

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Darrell Wachowiak, BSN, RN

President

ProMedica Flower Hospital

Sylvania, OH

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Darryl Wolfe

CEO

Olympic Medical Center

Port Angeles, WA

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David Brash, CEO of Logan Regional Medical Center

Logan, WV

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David Huffstutler

President and CEO

St. David’s HealthCare

Austin, TX

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David Walz

CEO and President

Madelia Health

Madelia, MN

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David Weis

CEO

AdventHealth of East Volusia, Flagler and St. Johns Region of AdventHealth

AdventHealth, FL

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Dawn Trompeter

Associate Region CEO, Western Region

OSF HealthCare and President of OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center

Peru and Ottawa, IL

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Debbie Flores

CEO

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center and Banner Behavioral Health Hospital

Scottsdale, AZ

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Denise Schepici

President

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital

Vineyard, MA

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Denise Webber

President and CEO

Stillwater Medical

Stillwater, OK

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Dennis Campbell II, DHA, RN

President

ECU Health Beaufort Hospital

Washington, NC

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Dennis Pfleiger

President

St. Luke’s Upper Bucks Campus and St. Luke’s Quakertown Campus

Quakertown, PA

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Denyse Bales-Chubb

President and CEO, and Market CEO for Flagler and St. Johns Counties

AdventHealth Palm Coast

Palm Coast, FL

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Derrick Glum

CEO

Saint Mary’s Health Network

Reno, NV

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Donna Handley

Regional President

Hartford HealthCare’s East Region

Hartford, CT

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Doug Faus

President and CEO

Ivinson Memorial Hospital

Laramie, WY

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Drew Grossman

CEO

Baptist Health Mariners Hospital and Baptist Health Fisherman’s Community Hospital

Coral Gables, FL

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Ed Freysinger

CEO

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center

Lewiston, ID

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Edward Herrman

President and CEO

Hays Medical Center

Hays, KS

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Elizabeth Wise

President and CEO

UM Upper Chesapeake Health

Bel Air, MD

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EM V. Garcia

CEO

Sherman Oaks Hospital and Encino Hospital Medical Center

Encino, CA

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Eric Carney

President and CEO

Monmouth Medical Center and Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

Long Branch, NJ and Lakewood, NJ

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Eric Packer

CEO and Administrator

Cedar City Hospital

Salt Lake City, UT

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Erik Shannon

CEO

UVA Community Health

Manassas, VA

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Erik Thorsen

CEO

Columbia Memorial Hospital and the CMH-OHSU Health Medical Group

Astoria, OR

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Felissa Koernig

President and CEO

Oneida Health

Oneida, NY

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Fernis LeBlanc

CEO

Ochsner Health’s Bayou Region

Houma, LA

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Floyd Long

CEO

NYC Health+Hospital/Carter

New York, NY

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Frank Citara

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Ocean University Medical Center

Brick Township, NJ

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Gary Herbst

CEO

Kaweah Health

Visalia, CA

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George Mikitarian

President and CEO

Parrish Medical Center

Titusville, FL

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Gordon Lintz

President and Chief Administrative Officer

Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System

Morristown, TN

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Greg Brown

Administrator

Ascension St. Vincent’s Blount Hospital

Oneonta, AL

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Greg Madsen

CEO, and Vice President of Carilion Clinic Eastern Division

Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital

Lexington, VA

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Gregory Nielsen

CEO

East Jefferson Medical Center

Metairie, LA

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Ike Mmeje

President and CEO

USC Arcadia Hospital

Arcadia, CA

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Irene Richardson

CEO

Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County

Wyoming

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J. Scott Steiner

President and CEO

Phoebe Putney Health System

Albany, GA

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J. William “Bill” Hankins

CEO

AVALA

Covington, LA

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Jaf Fielder

President and CEO

Willis-Knighton Health

Shreveport, LA

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Jake Erickson

CEO

Bingham Healthcare

Blackfoot, ID

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James G. Demetriades

CEO

Penn Medicine Princeton Health

Princeton, NJ

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James Holmes

President and CEO

Redlands Community Hospital

Redlands, CA

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James Matney

President and CEO

Colquitt Regional Medical Center

Moultrie, GA

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Jared M. Smith

CEO

Bethesda Hospital East and Bethesda Hospital West

Boynton Beach, FL

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Jarrod Johnson

CEO

UAB Medicine Callahan Eye Hospital

Birmingham, AL

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Jason Paret

CEO

Catalina Island Medical Center

Avalon, CA

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Jason Pilant

President and Chief Administrative Officer

Roane Medical Center

Harriman, TN

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Jeff Edge

CEO

Ochsner Health’s Mississippi Gulf Coast Division

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Jeff Mengenhausen

CEO

Montrose Regional Health

Montrose, CO

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Jeff Mock. Operations Executive for Adventist Health Ukiah Valley, Adventist Health Howard Memorial and Adventist Health Mendocino Coast

Fort Bragg, CA

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Jeff Zewe

President and CEO

Northern Maine Medical Center

Fort Kent, ME

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Jeremiah “JJ” Hodshire

President & CEO

Hillsdale Hospital

Hillsdale, MI

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Jim Brexler

CEO

Penn Medicine Doylestown Health

Doylestown, PA

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Joan M. Coffman

President and CEO

St. Tammany Health System

Covington, LA

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Jodi Fincher

CEO

St. Joseph Medical Center

Kansas City, MO

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John “Shanon” Hamilton

Administrator

Ascension St. Vincent’s Chilton Hospital

Clanton, AL

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John J. Herman

CEO

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

Lancaster, PA

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John Langlois

CEO

Riverview Regional Medical Center

Gadsden, AL

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John Moore

President

Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital and Senior Vice President of Orlando Health West Florida Region

St. Petersburg, FL

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John Whiteside

Market CEO of SageWest Health Care (Riverton and Lander, Wyo.)

Riverton and Lander, WY

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Jon Duarte

President and CEO

Overlake Medical Center & Clinics and CEO of MultiCare Health System–North Sound Region

Region, WA

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Joseph Sawyer

CEO

Guthrie Troy Community Hospital and Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital

Troy, PA and Sayre, PA

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Justin P. Kendrick

Senior Vice President and CEO

Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center and Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital

Shenandoah, TX and Humble, TX

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Kandice Allen

CEO

Share Medical Center

Alva, OK

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Kane Dawson

CEO

Mission Regional Medical Center

Mission, TX

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Karen Kerr

President

South Florida Baptist Hospital and Bartow Regional Medical Center

Plant City, FL and Bartow, FL

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Karen M. Pinsky, MD

CEO

Chester County Hospital

West Chester, PA

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Kathleen Silard, BSN, RN

President and CEO

Stamford Health

Stamford, CT

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Katrina Keefer

President and CEO

DCH Health System

Tuscaloosa, AL

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Kay Barnett

CEO

AdventHealth Minneola

Minneola, FL

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Kay Whitley

CEO

Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center and Spanish Peaks Veterans Community Living Center

Walsenburg, CO

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Kaye Green

CEO

Roosevelt General Hospital

Portales, NM

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Keith Dacus

CEO

St. Charles Parish Hospital

Luling, LA

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Kelly Driscoll, RN

President and CEO

Faith Regional Health Services

Norfolk, NE

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Kelly Macken-Marble

CEO

Osceola Medical Center

Osceola, WI

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Kelly Pearce

CEO

St. Mary’s Medical Center

Blue Springs, MO

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Kevin Unger, PhD

President and CEO

UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital and UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies

Fort Collins, CO and Loveland, CO

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Kristie Williams

Administrator and Vice President

Carilion Giles Community Hospital and Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital

Virginia

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Kurt Barwis

President and CEO

Bristol Health

Bristol, CT

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Kyle Grate

President

SSM Health St. Clare Hospital–Fenton

Fenton, MO

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Lance Sewell

President, and Senior Vice President of Orlando Health North Central Region

Orlando Health South Lake Hospital

Clermont, FL

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Lani Fast

CEO

St. Bernard Parish Hospital

Chalmette, LA

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Laura Gentry, BSN, RN

CEO

Atrium Health Navicent Peach

Macon, GA

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Lisa Iachetti, BSN, RN

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center

North Bergen, NJ

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Lisa Nichols

Hospital Administrator

UAB St.Vincent’s St. Clair

Pell City, AL

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Lorraine Smith

Vice President and CEO

Monroe County Hospital

Forsyth, GA

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Loy Howard

President and CEO

Tanner Health System

Carrollton, GA

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Lynnette Watkins, MD

President and COO

Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Northampton, MA

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M. Shafeeq Ahmed, MD

President

Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center

Columbia, MD

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Marcia Manker

CEO

MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center

Fountain Valley, CA

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Mark Rubino, MD

President

Forbes Hospital and Allegheny Valley Hospital

Monroeville, PA and Natrona Heights, PA

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Martha Henley

CEO

Unity Medical Center

Manchester, TN

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Mary Deynoodt

CEO

Ochsner Baptist

New Orleans, LA

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Mary Mannix

President and CEO

Augusta Health Care

Fishersville, VA

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Matt Shelak

Executive Director

Temple University Hospital–Jeanes Campus

Philadelphia, PA

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Matt Smith

CEO

Clark Regional Medical Center

Winchester, KY

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Matthew McDonald, MD

President and CEO

Children’s Specialized Hospital

West Orange, NJ

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Maureen “Mimi” Coomler

CEO

Tucson Medical Center

Tucson, AZ

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Maureen Schneider, PhD

President

Chilton Medical Center and Senior Vice President of Atlantic Health System

Pompton Plains, NJ and Morristown, NJ

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Meagan Weber, DPT

CEO

Scotland County Hospital

Memphis, MO

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Michael Calhoun

CEO

Citizens Memorial Hospital

Bolivar, MO

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Michael F. Stapleton Jr.

President and CEO

UR Medicine Thompson Health

Canandaigua, NY

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Michael Hansen

President and CEO

Columbus Community Hospital

Columbus, NE

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Michael Lauf

President and CEO

Cape Cod Healthcare

Hyannis, MA

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Michael Prilutsky

President and CEO

Jersey City Medical Center

City, NJ

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Michele Morrison, RN

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Southern Ocean Medical Center

Edison, NJ

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Michelle Fuentes

President and CEO

AdventHealth Castle Rock

Castle Rock, CO

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Michelle Joy

President and CEO

Carson Tahoe Health System

Carson City, NV

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Mickey Foster

CEO

FirstHealth of the Carolinas

Pinehurst, NC

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Mike Delfs

President and CEO

Jamestown Regional Medical Center

Jamestown, ND

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Mike McCafferty

CEO

Sheridan Memorial Hospital

Sheridan, WY

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Mike Riley, RN

President and COO

Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

Huntersville, NC

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Myron Lewis

President and CEO

Blanchard Valley Health System

Findlay, OH

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Nancy DiLiegro, PhD

President and CEO

RWJBarnabas Health Trinitas Regional Medical Center

Elizabeth, NJ

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Nizar Kifaieh, MD

President and CEO

Hudson Regional Hospital

Secaucus, NJ

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Parker Pridgen

CEO

AdventHealth Apopka

Apopka, FL

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Parrish Scarboro

CEO

San Dimas Community Hospital

San Dimas, CA

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Patricia Carroll

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay and Old Bridge Medical Centers

Bridge, NJ

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Patrick Ahearn

CEO

Community Medical Center

Toms River, NJ

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Patti VanDort

CEO

Holland Hospital

Holland, MI

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Paul Hiltz

President and CEO

Naples Comprehensive Health

Naples, FL

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Paul P. Hinchey

President and CEO

St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System

Savannah, GA

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Philip Koovakada

President, and Senior Vice President of Orlando Health South Florida Region

Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital

Orlando, FL

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Phillip M. Kambic

President and CEO

Riverside Healthcare

Kankakee, IL

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R. Kyle Kramer

CEO

Day Kimball Healthcare

Putnam, CT

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Rachelle Schultz, EdD

President and CEO

Winona Health

Winona, MN

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Regginald Jordan

Executive Director

Montefiore Wakefield Hospital and Vice President of Clinical Services for Montefiore Health System

New York City, NY

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Rob Calhoun

CEO

West Jefferson Medical Center

Marrero, LA

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Rob Vissers, MD

President and CEO

Boulder Community Health

Boulder, CO

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Robert Braithwaite

President and CEO

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

Newport Beach, CA

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Roger Sharma

President and CEO

Emanate Health

West Covina, CA

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Rozanna Penney

President and CEO

Heywood Hospital

Gardner, MA

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Russ Johnson

President and CEO

LMH Health

Lawrence, KS

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Sandy Badinger

CEO

Slidell Memorial Hospital

Slidell, LA

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Sandy Dugger

CEO

Banner Lassen Medical Center and Platte County Hospital

Wheatland, WY

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Sarah Teaff, PhD

CEO

Patterson Health Center

Anthony, KS

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Scott Knight

CEO

Sutter Tracy Community Hospital

Sacramento, CA

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Shawn Molsberger

President, and Senior Vice President of Orlando Health Northeast Region

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital

Lake Mary, FL

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Shawn Morrow

President

UnityPoint Health–Quad Cities Market

Illinois

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Sheila Rankin

CEO

AdventHealth Kissimmee

Kissimmee, FL

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Soniya Fidler

President

UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center

Steamboat Springs, CO

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Stephanie Schwartz

Senior Vice President

Atlantic Health System and President of Overlook Medical Center

Summit, NJ

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Stephen Bowerman

President and CEO

Midland Health

Midland, TX

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Stephen Michaels, MD

Senior Vice President

Medstar Health and President of MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center

Clinton, MD

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Stephen Porter

CEO

Piedmont Fayette Hospital

Fayetteville, GA

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Stephen Robinson, Jr.

Former CEO of Ochsner Medical Center–Kenner (La.)

Kenner, LA

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Steve Lail

President and CEO

Down East Community Hospital and Calais Community Hospital

Machias, ME and Calais, ME

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Steve Purves

President and CEO

Valleywise Health

Phoenix, AZ

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Steven Edgar

CEO

Medical City Denton

Denton, TX

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Stuart Levine, MD

President

MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center

Baltimore, MD

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Svetlana Lipyanskaya

CEO

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

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Takeisha Davis, MD

CEO

New Orleans East Hospital

New Orleans, LA

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Tammy Loosbrock

CEO

Sanford Luverne Clinic and Sanford Rock Rapids Clinic

Rapids, MN

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Thomas Kleinhanzl

President and CEO

Frederick Health

Frederick, MD

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Thomas Mee, RN, BSN

CEO

North Country Healthcare

Whitefield, NH

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Thomas Miller

President

Aurora BayCare Medical Center

Green Bay, WI

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Timothy J. Hogan

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Riverview Medical Center and Executive Vice President of Network Service Lines for Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

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Vallerie Gleason

President and CEO

NMC Health

Newton, KS

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Virgil Underwood

President and CEO

Boone Memorial Health

Madison, WV

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Wade Johnson

CEO

St. Peter’s Health

Helena, MT

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Warren Geller

President and CEO

Englewood Health

Englewood, NJ

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William “Bill” Flattery

Administrator

Carilion New River Valley Medical Center and Vice President of Carilion Clinic Western Region

Region, VA

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