47 recent hospital and health system executive moves

Hospitals and health systems started 2026 with a steady pace of leadership changes, and Becker’s said it has tracked more than 1,000 executive moves since Jan. 1. The live page was launched Jan. 2, 2026, and is updated regularly. The source provided here includes the July 3-10 section in full, followed by June 26-July 2 and the start of June 18-26. The June 18-26 section is incomplete in the supplied content, and additional details were not reported in the source.

From July 3-10, Curtis Koons, MD, was named chief physician quality officer of Pikeville Medical Center in Kentucky. Deonna Taylor, PhD, ACNP, RN, became vice president and chief nursing officer of adult ambulatory nursing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after serving in the role on an interim basis since February. Laura Sauber was named chief risk and compliance officer of Geisinger in Danville, Pa. Sandhya Henry, BSN, RN, was named vice president of quality for HCA Florida JFK North Hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla., and Jeff Daneff was named CFO of UCSF Health Network in San Francisco.

Other July appointments included Josh Orzel, BSN, RN, as chief nursing officer of Saline Health System in Benton, Ark.; Matthew Weiss, MD, as senior vice president and chair of the department of surgery for the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital; and Veronica Elders, MSN, RN, as CEO of Nashville General Hospital. Maurice Farwell was appointed assistant CEO of MountainView Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M., while Nicole Runyon became COO of TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital in Bowling Green, Ky. Timothy Donahue, MD, was named chair of the department of surgery for Weill Cornell Medicine, and Jesse Taylor, MD, was named surgeon-in-chief and chair of the department of surgery for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

The July list also included Adam Bacik as CEO of the Medical University of South Carolina’s planned $1.115 billion comprehensive cancer hospital in Charleston. Jeremy Gray was named president of Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Ala., and Red Bay Hospital, both part of Huntsville Hospital Health System. Lori Martin, BSN, was named COO and chief nursing officer of Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital in Shelbyville, Tenn., after serving in the inaugural interim role for four months. Wendi De Leon, RN, was appointed president of Northeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, and Edward “Eddie” Graebert, RN, was named COO and chief nursing officer of Meridian Medical Center in Idaho.

Additional July moves included Susan Carroll as chief of clinical enterprise operations at Inova Health System in Fairfax, Va.; Melissa Picone as associate CFO of Penn Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania Health System; Brian Kim, MD, as Northwell Health’s inaugural chief biotechnology officer; Bradley Tinnermon as senior vice president of revenue realization at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif.; and Amy Manion as CFO of Presbyterian Medical Group, part of Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, N.M. Jan Boswinkel, MD, was promoted to executive vice president and system COO at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Peter Grollman was promoted to executive vice president of external affairs there.

Kurt DeVaney was appointed president of Christus Health Mount Pleasant in Texas. Lori Merritt was appointed COO of HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital in Sanford, and Kristen Lindenboom was named COO of HCA Florida Aventura Hospital. Ken Lawrence was named senior vice president of government affairs for Highmark Health in Pittsburgh. Patrick Downes became president of BayCare Hospital Manatee in Palmetto, Fla., and Rachel Tignor was named vice president and chief managed care officer for WVU Health System in Morgantown, W.Va. Andrew Wilson was appointed CEO of Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas, and Janene John was named chief human resources officer of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Vermont.

Raquel Belforti, DO, was appointed regional executive dean of UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Campus in Springfield, Mass., and chief academic officer of Baystate Health in Springfield. Tabitha South, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing executive for Medical City Dallas. Tom Jensen, CEO of Harbor Regional Health in Aberdeen, Wash., said he plans to retire after 16 years with the organization, and CFO Niall Foley was selected as interim CEO. Morgan Blanton, DO, was named vice president and chief medical officer for Baptist Health Richmond in Kentucky. Saad Chaudhry stepped down as SSM Health’s inaugural chief digital and information officer, and Jason Muldrow was appointed interim chief digital and information officer. Joey Waddell was named CEO of Whitesburg ARH Hospital in Kentucky.

The July 3-10 list concluded with Steve Young as CEO of HCA Florida Brandon Hospital after leading HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton and HCA Florida Englewood Hospital; Brent Burish as CEO of HCA Florida Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg; Jarrod Johnson as president of Henry Ford Jackson Hospital in Michigan; Richard Sugarman, JD, as chief legal officer for Elliot Health System in Manchester, N.H.; Tremaine Gibson as COO of Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo.; Tyler Williams as interim CEO of North Walton Doctors Hospital in DeFuniak Springs, Fla.; Kyle Bridges as interim chief administrative officer of Freeman Neosho Hospital in Missouri; Jacque Schweighart as chief development officer and president of the OSF HealthCare Foundation in Peoria, Ill.; and Michelle Wimes, Children’s Mercy’s inaugural chief people officer, departing through the system’s voluntary early retirement program.

In the June 26-July 2 section, Kevin Banion was named CFO of Wilson Health in Sidney, Ohio. Sheldon Barr, MSN, was named president of VCU Health’s future Chesterfield hospital, effective July 1. CT Lin, MD, chief medical information officer of UCHealth, retired June 30. Jonathan Welch, MD, was named COO of Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, N.H., and Monica Lubeck was named CFO of The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City. Michael White, MD, was named president and CEO of Valleywise Health in Phoenix, effective Aug. 1. Boomie Harvey, DNP, RN, became chief nursing informatics officer of Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston.

That late-June section also included Christopher Sanders as vice president of revenue cycle at St. Joseph’s/Candler in Savannah, Ga.; Kimberlee Daniels as CEO of Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health in Washington, D.C.; Maria Menendez as CEO of Tenet Healthcare’s St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass.; Jamie Easterling as president of Memorial Hospital of South Bend, Ind.; Crystal Manning-Mitchell, MSN, RN, as CEO of River Oaks Hospital in Harahan, La.; Lacey Crabb, MSN, as hospital administrator of Ascension Calumet Hospital in Chilton, Wis.; Terry Scoggin as CEO of Huntsville Memorial Hospital in Texas; and Ricky Ramirez, MSN, RN, as COO of St. Mary’s Medical Center and Palm Beach Children’s Hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla.

David Ziolkowski was appointed president of Dignity Health’s Central Valley market, which includes seven hospitals across Central California. Robert Hart, MD, Ochsner Health’s chief physician executive and president of the Ochsner Clinic, will retire Dec. 31. David Cole, MD, will retire in June 2027 as president of the Medical University of South Carolina. Christopher O’Connor, CEO of Yale New Haven Health, is stepping down after 14 years with the system. Cheryl Wathen plans to retire as senior vice president and CFO of Deaconess Health System after more than 36 years with the system and 16 years as CFO, and Alice Rigdon was named senior vice president and CFO of Deaconess effective in fall 2026.

The June 26-July 2 list continued with Tyler Stapp as CEO of Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kan.; Angie Longing, BSN, RN, as president and CEO of Conway Regional Health System; J. Scott Smitherman, MD, as vice president and chief medical information officer of Providence; Tonya Aaron, BSN, RN, as chief nursing officer of Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, Mo.; Antonio Fonseca as interim vice president of revenue cycle at UCSF Health; Morgan Blanton, DO, as vice president and chief medical officer at Baptist Health Richmond, effective in September; and Mitchel Ferguson as COO of HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital in Panama City.

The supplied source then begins the June 18-26 list, naming Otto Angulo as chief marketing officer of Hudson Regional Health; Vivek K. Reddy, MD, as chief health informatics officer for University of Utah Health; Michael Shaw as chief strategy officer of Ascension St. Vincent in Indiana; and Michael Wagner, MD, as president and CEO of Care New England, with plans to step down and transition to chair of the system’s board of directors. The provided source cuts off at that point, so additional entries from that date range were not reported here.