CSuite Shuffle
Tracking Healthcare Executive Moves

👋 Welcome back to the Shuffle!
Hope everyone had a great week not getting promoted — because these folks did.

From COOs hopping states like it's a travel nurse contract to CFOs stacking new titles like LinkedIn endorsements, we’ve got another jam-packed shuffle of who’s in, who’s out, and who’s quietly leveling up.

Grab your coffee, your curiosity, and maybe your résumé — let’s dive in. ⬇️

🧑‍💼 CEO Moves

Patrick Swindle
Named CEO, Longview Regional Medical Center (TX)
Previously: CEO, Seton Medical Center Harker Heights and UT Health East Texas hospitals

Katie Galbraith
Named Rosenberg Family President, New England Baptist Hospital (MA)
Previously: President, Lankenau Medical Center

Patrick Rafferty
Named CEO, Centerpoint Medical Center (MO)
Previously: COO, Overland Park Regional Medical Center

Megan Gillespie, DNP, RN
Named CEO, Sutter Medical Center (CA)
Previously: CEO, Sutter Santa Rosa and Lutheran General Hospital at Advocate Health

Jeff Sperring, MD, CEO
Announced Retirement as CEO, Seattle Children’s (Retiring in 2026)
Previously: CEO, Seattle Children’s since 2015

‍💰 CFO Moves

Angela Hinnegan
Named CFO, Central Peninsula Hospital (AK)
Previously: CFO and COO, South Peninsula Hospital

Baylor Breckenridge
Named CFO, TriStar NorthCrest Medical Center (TN)
Previously: CFO, HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital

Samuel Rossmann
Named Interim CFO, Lubbock Heart and Surgical Hospital (TX)
Previously: Interim CEO, same organization

Pamela Serbin-Olson
Named Interim CFO, Estes Park Health (CO)
Previously: Controller, same organization

⚕️ CMO Moves

Dean Kindler, MD
Named Chief Clinical Officer, Ascension St. John Medical Center (OK)
Previously: Regional President/CEO Ascension Michigan, Borgess Health System

Tamara Holzer, DO
Named CMO, Knox Community Hospital (OH)
Previously: General Surgeon for 14 years

Sherrie Somers, DO
Named CMO, Las Vegas Sunrise Hospital (NV) 
Previously: CMO, HCA Florida North Florida Hospital

Kavitha Subramanian, MD
Named VP and CMO, Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital (OH) 
Previously: Division Chief Hospital Medicine & Systems Medical Director at Sound Physicians & Medical Director for Union, Akron General and Mercy Hospitals

👩‍⚕️ CNOs & Nursing Leaders

Loretta Schmidt, MSN, RN
Named CNO, Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital (IN)
Previously: President, Plymouth Medical Center

Jennifer Pugh, DNP, APRN
Named Nurse Executive, Texas Children’s North Austin Campus
Previously: Assoc. CNO and Ex. Dir. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Paulette Woodard, DNP
Named CNO, Medical City North Hills (TX) 
Previously: Associate CNO, Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant (HCA)

🧑‍💼 Presidents & COOs

Matt Brown
Named President, CommonSpirit Health South Region
Previously: SVP Operations and CTO, CommonSpirit

Charlie Therrien
Stepping Down as President, Northern Light Mercy Hospital (ME) 
Effective Oct. 5

Marie Vienneau
Named President, Northern Light Mercy Hospital (ME)
Previously: President, CA Dean and Mayo Hospitals

Randy Clark
Expanded Role as COO, CA Dean and Mayo Hospitals
Previously: COO, Northern Light Health

Scott Turner
Named COO, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Previously: COO, Children’s Wisconsin

Cindy Russo, BSN
Named COO, Knox Community Hospital (OH)
Previously: President, Trumbull Regional Medical Center

Katrina Vargas Mesa
Named COO, AdventHealth Altamonte Springs (FL)
Previously: VP of Nursing, AdventHealth Orlando

Ryan LaMura
Named COO, HCA Florida Capital Hospital (FL)
Previously: VO Operations, HCA Florida Ocala Hospital

📈 Other Notable Moves

Terri Couts, RN
Named Chief Digital Information Officer, Sharp HealthCare (CA)
Previously: CDIO, Guthrie Health

Wendy Wilcox, MD
Named Chief of OB-GYN, NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull
Previously: Chief Women’s Health Officer, NYC H+H

Jeff Krawcek, MD
Named EVP and CEO, KP Medical Foundation (Kaiser Permanente)
Previously: President & Executive Medical Director Colorado Permanente Medical Group

Cynthia Faulkner
Named President, Northern Light Health Foundation
Previously: VP Philanthropy Services, Northern Light

Christy Maraone
Named VP of Marketing and Communications, Owensboro Health (KY)
Previously: VP of Marketing, HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division

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