On the Move

The American College of Healthcare Executives highlights members who were recently promoted, changed positions or retired.


Christopher R. Bjornberg, FACHE, to interim CEO, The Imperial Valley Healthcare District, El Centro, Calif., from CEO, Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District, Brawley, Calif.

Chris Boukas, RN, FACHE, to COO, St. Catherine of Siena Hospital, Smithtown, N.Y., from senior director, Operations, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, N.Y.

Debasish (Debu) Dasgupta, MD, FACP, FACHE, to inpatient chief medical informatics officer, University Health System, San Antonio, Texas, from CMO, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital—Westover Hills, San Antonio.

Belinda Farmer to administrator, Mercy Hospital Carthage (Mo.) from operations director, McClinton Cancer Center, Baylor Scott & White, Waco, Texas.

Gordon B. Ferguson, FACHE, to retirement, effective end of June 2025, from president and CEO, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, Murfreesboro, Tenn. We thank Gordon for his many years of service to the healthcare profession.

Shane Hayes to chief administrative officer, Deaconess Gibson Hospital, Princeton, Ind., from CNO.  

Greg Kharabadze, FACHE, to senior associate dean and chief operations and finance officer, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, from executive director, Business Administration & Strategic Initiatives, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

Kelly Lindsay to CEO, HCA Florida Englewood Hospital, from COO, HCA Florida Brandon Hospital. 

Nicholas Manning, FACHE, to CEO, West Valley Medical Center, Caldwell, Idaho, from COO, HCA Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Idaho Falls.

Kevin Matson, FACHE, to vice president, Regional Hospitals, Southern Market, Northeast Georgia Health System, Gainesville, Ga., from vice president, Northeast Georgia Health System.

Maggy Perez-Dickens to president, Holy Cross Medical Group, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., from senior administrative officer, University of Miami, Department of Neurological Surgery and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Jason Willliams, FACHE, to chief strategy officer, Cigna Healthcare, Birmingham, Ala., from IFP market vice president.

Quyen Wong, DNP, RN, NE-BC, to associate executive director, patient care, and CNO, Northwell Northern Westchester Hospital, Mount Kisco, N.Y., from senior director, centralized nursing and clinical operations, NYU Langone Health.