COOs to Know | 2024

Angelique Richard, PhD, RN

COO

City of Hope National Medical Center, City of Hope Los Angeles, City of Hope Orange County and City of Hope’s Southern California Clinical Network

California

April Taylor

Vice President and COO

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

Baljeet S. Sangha

COO, Chief Strategy Officer and Deputy Director

San Francisco Health Network

Barry Steichen

Executive Vice President and COO

Saint Francis Health System

Tulsa, OK

Benjamin Carter

Executive Vice President and COO

Trinity Health

Livonia, MI

Biju Samkutty

COO

Mayo Clinic International

Rochester, MN

Bob Duncan

Executive Vice President and COO

Connecticut Children’s

Hartford, CT

Brad Hillmon

COO

AdventHealth Orlando

Orlando, FL

Brendan Kremer

COO

UC San Diego Health

Brett McClain

Executive Vice President and COO

Sharp HealthCare

San Diego, CA

Brian G. Donley, MD

Executive Vice President and COO

NewYork-Presbyterian

New York City, NY

Brian Lauer

Vice President and COO

Baylor Scott & White Health McKinney

Dallas, TX

Chad Cathey

Former COO of Lakeview Hospital (Covington, La.)

Covington, LA

Chad Grant

Executive Vice President and COO

McLaren Health Care

Grand Blanc, MI

Chelsea Simon

COO

Advanced Pain Care

Austin, TX

Christina Jackson

COO

UnityPoint Health–Meriter

Madison, WI

Corina B. Clark

COO

Gardner Health Services

San Jose, CA

Craig Moore

COO

AdventHealth Kissimmee

Kissimmee, FL

Craig Williams

Chief Administrative Officer

Cook County Health

Chicago, IL

Daisy Rodriguez, MSN, RN

COO

Humboldt Park Health

Chicago, IL

Daniel Chibaya

Vice President and COO

Montage Health

Monterey, CA

David Flicek

COO

Avera Health and Chief Administrative Officer of Avera Medical Group

Sioux Falls, SD

David Tkachuck

COO

AdventHealth Daytona Beach

Beach, FL

Dominica Tallarico

COO

Allina Health

Minneapolis, MN

Don Kline

COO

Bon Secours Mercy Health

Cincinnati, OH

Doug Hock

Executive Vice President and System COO

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Emily Randle

CEO

MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center

Fountain Valley, CA

Erin Asprec

Executive Vice President and COO

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

Ernest Franklin, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Operations Officer

Tenet Healthcare

Dallas, TX

Evaline “Evie” Alessandrini, MD

COO

Cincinnati Children’s

Fritz François, MD

Executive Vice President, Vice Dean and Chief

Hospital Operations at NYU Langone Health

New York City, NY

Glenn Waters

Executive Vice President and COO

Baptist Health South Florida

Coral Gables, FL

Helene Wolk

Executive Vice President and COO

Englewood Health

Englewood, NJ

James G. Terwilliger

President

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health’s Puget Sound Market

Tacoma, WA

James L. Hill, MD

COO

University Hospitals Parma Medical Center

Cleveland, OH

James Weidner

COO

Mercy Health–Toledo

Toledo, OH

Jamie Wiggins, PhD, RN

Executive Vice President and COO

Arkansas Children’s

Little Rock

Jason Zachariah

Executive Vice President and COO

Lifepoint Health

Brentwood, TN

Jay Anderson

COO

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Columbus

Jennifer Eslinger

President

Health Care Operations and COO at Rochester Regional Health

Rochester, NY

Jenny Wehrs

COO

Bon Secours St. Francis Health System

Greenville, SC

Jerry Grannan

COO

Parkview Physicians Group

Fort Wayne, IN

Joe Camillus

COO

Boston Medical Center

Joel Helmke

COO

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, PA

John Doll

COO

RWJBarnabas Health

West Orange, NJ

John Matsinger, DO

Executive Vice President and COO

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

Joi Torrence-Hill

Chief

Operations at USC Norris Cancer Hospital

Los Angeles, CA

Jon Foster

Executive Vice President and COO

HCA Healthcare

Nashville, TN

Jon Reuter

Chief

Operations for Keck Hospital of USC

Los Angeles, CA

Jonathan Curtright

COO

OU Health

OKhoma City, OK

Jonathan P. Kyriacou

COO

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York City, NY

Kathy Donovan, MSN, RN

COO

Hospital Sisters Health System

Springfield, IL

Kathy English

Executive Vice President and COO

Children’s Nebraska

Omaha, NE

Kim Milstien

Executive Vice President and COO

Children’s Hospital of Orange County

County, CA

Kimberly A. Post, DNP, RN

COO

HonorHealth

Scottsdale, AZ

Kimberly Guy and Lou Galdieri. Co-Coos for BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

Krista Curell

Executive Vice President and System COO

University of Chicago Medicine

Kurt Koczent, RN

Executive Vice President and COO

UR Thompson Health

Canandaigua, NY

Lara Khouri

President and COO

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Leslie Simmons

Executive Vice President and COO

LifeBridge Health

Baltimore, MD

Lia Christiansen

Chief Administrative Officer and COO

Valleywise Health

Phoenix, AZ

Lori Dove

Senior Vice President and COO

UNC Health Southeastern

Lumberton, NC

Loudrige Jean-Philippe

COO

Palm Beach Health Network Physician Group

Beach, FL

Marcia Messer

Vice President and COO

WellSpan York Hospital

York, PA

Mark Sevco

Senior Vice President and COO

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA

Mark Solazzo

COO and President

Strategic Initiatives for Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

Mark Stauder

System COO

Hackensack Meridian Health and President of HMH Hospitals Corporation and Ambulatory Care Services

Edison, NJ

Mathew Timmons

Senior Vice President and COO

Children’s Hospital New Orleans

Matt Walsh

Executive Vice President and COO

Rush University System for Health

Chicago, IL

Matt Zuino

Executive Vice President and COO

Baptist Health

Jacksonville, FL

Matthew Mattner

COO

Fisher-Titus Health

Norwalk, OH

Maurice “Mel” L. Lagarde III

COO

LCMC Health

New Orleans, LA

Michael Ash, MD

COO and Executive Vice President

Nebraska Medicine

Omaha, NE

Michael Condrin

Interim Chief Administrator

UC Davis Medical Center and COO of UC Davis Health Hospital Division

Davis, CA

Michael Cruz, MD

COO

OSF HealthCare

Peoria, IL

Michael Kleinschmidt

COO

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

Wilkes-Barre, PA

Michael Mewhirter

COO

AdventHealth Celebration

Celebration, FL

Michele Volpe

COO

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Mike Hulefeld

President and COO

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

Min Y. Lee

COO

UVA Health Medical Center

Charlottesville, VA

Nannette Berensen

COO

Intermountain Health

Salt Lake City, UT

Nat’e Guyton, DM, RN, MSN

COO

CommonSpirit Health–California Hospital Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Nathan Shinagawa

Senior Vice President and COO

UCI Health

Orange, CA

Niki Robinson, PhD

Vice President and COO

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Seattle, WA

Paul R. Hinchey, MD

COO

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

Paul VerValin

Executive Vice President and COO

Guthrie

Sayre, PA

Perry Ann Reed

Senior Vice President and COO

Nicklaus Children’s Health System

Miami, FL

Pradipta Komanduri

COO

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital

Aurora, CO

Puneet Freibott, DNP, RN

COO

University Medical Center New Orleans

Richard Azar

COO

UCLA Health

Los Angeles, CA

Richard DeCarlo

Executive Vice President and COO

PeaceHealth

Vancouver, WA

Rob Watson, MD

Chief Clinical Operations Officer

Baylor Scott & White Health

Dallas, TX

Robert J. Wiehe

COO

UC Health

Cincinnati, OH

Ron M. Walls, MD

COO

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Rosanna Morris, RN

Senior Vice President and COO

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Sean Flinn

COO

East Jefferson General Hospital

Metairie, LA

Sean O’Grady

President

Acute and Ambulatory Operations for Endeavor Health

Evanston, IL

Sharon Toups

Senior Vice President and COO

St. Tammany Health System

Covington, LA

Sheila Antrum

Senior Vice President and COO

UCSF Health

San Francisco, CA

Stephen Baldwin

COO

Touro

New Orleans, LA

Steve Randall

Former COO of Ochsner LSU Health (Shreveport, La.)

Shreveport, LA

Steve Smoot

COO

SSM Health

St. Louis, MO

Susan Cornejo

COO

Ascension Florida

Jacksonville, FL and Pensacola, FL

Susan Jarvis

COO

Sanford Health Fargo

Fargo, ND

Teresa Ash, PharmD

COO

Mercy Health–Anderson

Cincinnati, OH

Terri Hanlon-Bremer, MSN, RN

Executive Vice President and System COO

TriHealth

Cincinnati, OH

Thomas Crawford, PhD

System COO of MUSC Health (Charleston, S.C.)

Charleston, SC

Tim Johnsen

Senior Vice President and COO

Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Albuquerque, NM

Todd Hofheins

COO

Adventist Health

Roseville, CA

Tom Patrias

CEO

University Medical Center New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Toni R. Ardabell, MSN, RN

Chief

Clinical Enterprise Operations at Inova

Falls Church, VA

Tracey Lewis Taylor

COO

El Camino Health

Mountain View, CA

William C. Hahn, MD, PhD

Executive Vice President and COO

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

William M. Peacock, III

Chief

Operations for Cleveland Clinic

Winjie Miao

Senior Executive Vice President and COO

Texas Health Resources (Arlington)

Arlington, TX