CSuite Shuffle
Tracking Healthcare Executive Moves

🔄 This Week’s Moves

CEO Shuffle

✅ Gabe Bullaro 🔗 
Appointed CEO, HCA North Florida Hospital
Previous: CEO, HCA Florida West Hospital

📈 Tony Esposito
Stepping down as CEO, Crozier Health
Effective: April 18

✅ Greg Williams
Named interim CEO, Crozier Health
Previous: President, Prospect Medical Holdings

⛱️ Julie Freischlag, MD 🔗 
Retiring CEO, Atrium Heath Wake Forest Baptist
Effective: End 2025

🏖️ Gerald (Jerry) Cayer 🔗
Retiring CEO, Lewis County Health System (NY)
Effective: August 3, 2026

🔀 Kerry Ashment 🔗
Appointed CEO, Memorial Hospital (WY)
Previous: CEO, Landmark Hospitals 

🚶 Brett Kinman 🔗
Resigning CEO, Magnolia Regional Medical Center (AR)
Effective: July 9

🚶 Hatch Smith🔗
Resigning CEO, Llano Regional Hospital (TX)
Effective: April 15

📈 Misty Jones 🔗
Named CEO, Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Previous: COO, SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital

❌ Robert Parker
Exiting CEO, St. Francis- Emory Healthcare after 1 month
Replace by Bill Little 🔗, formerly CEO, Scion Health Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center

🏥 Brian Canfield🔗
Stepping down CEO, Blessing Health Systems (IL)
Tim Tranor 🔗, current CNO, appointed interim CEO

CFO Shuffle

🔀 Mairilise Pothin-Owen
New Role: CFO, Advent Health (FL): DeLand, Fish Memorial, Waterman
Previous: CFO, Advent Health Shawnee Mission (KS)

🔀 Charles Brinkley
New Role: CFO, AdventHealth Littleton
Previous: CFO, Howard University Hospital

CNO Shuffle

📈 Nicole Whims 🔗
Promoted CNO, Dignity Health St. Bernadine Medical Center (CA)
Previous: Interim CNO; Director M/S Tele St. Bernadine Medical Center

COO Shuffle

👍️ Elva Sipin 🔗
Named COO Peace Health St. John Medical Center (WA)
Previous: interim COO Peace Health Southwest Medical Center

🆕 Christopher Wyatt🔗
Named COO Conemaugh Health System (PA)

📈 Hank Grinold
Named COO HCA Florida Blake Hospital
Previous: VP Operations Alaska Regional

CMO Shuffle

🏥 Timothy Benton MD 🔗
Named CMO, Medical Center Health System (TX)
Previous: Dept of Family & Community Medicine Texas Tech University Health System (TX)

🔀 Chris Ward, MD 🔗
Named CMO, St. Mary’s Health Care System (GA)
Previous: CMO Methodist Healthcare System (TX)

🥇 Cassey Batten, MD
Named CMO, 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Current Role: Sports Medicine, Cedars-Sinai & head physician, LA Rams

Joseph MacDonald, DO
Named CMO, Penn State Health 
Previous: Chair Department of Medicine, UPMC Harrisburg

Other Shuffles

🤖 Micky Tripathi 🔗
Named Chief AI Implementation Officer, Mayo Clinic
Previous: National Coordinator for Health IT at US Dept HHS

🏥 Mark Esser🔗
Named inaugural Chief Scientific Officer, University of Virginia
Previous: VP of vaccines and immune therapies at AstraZeneca

☮️ Julie Eastman🔗
Named CIO, Peace Heath
Previous: CIO UCI Health- Irvine

📊 Last Week’s Moves

Trey Wick  ➡️ CFO, Baylor Scott & White Heart Hospital
Kim Needham ➡️CEO, Vista Health Hospital
Kimberly Russo ➡️CEO, OSF Healthcare Central Region
Richard Allen ➡️CFO, Warren General Hospital (PA) 
Mitch Leckelt ➡️CEO, UP Health System - Bell (MI)
Charles Briscoe ➡️CEO, Houston Healthcare
Kent LaCroix ➡️CEO, Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital (MI)
Doug Shirley ➡️ CFO, Scion Health
Joe Perry ➡️CFO, AdventHealth Littleton
Amy Chatterton ➡️CFO, Aiken Regional Medical Centers (UHS)
Melanie Wetmore ➡️ CNO, HCA Mission Health
DeeAnn Bullock, MD ➡️ CMO, Nashville General Hosptial

📊 Trends to Watch

CNO shifts are trending higher this quarter in academic medical centers. A potential sign of succession planning or organizational restructuring?

📌 Noteworthy Moves (Past 30 Days)

·  Marissa Kiefer → CCO, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s

· Michael Herron → CFO, Methodist Hospital