On the Move

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


 

Christopher R. Bjornberg, FACHE, to CEO, Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District, Brawley, Calif., from CEO, Mayers Memorial Healthcare District, Fall River Mills, Calif.

Edison Bond Jr. to chief patient experience officer, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, N.Y., from director of patient relations, Baystate Health, Springfield, Mass.

Al Faulk, FACHE, to applications officer, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Miss., from senior director, Information Technology.

Allyson Hollis to business manager, Department of Neurosurgery. University of Florida Health Jacksonville (Fla.), from performance improvement specialist, Quality Department.

Michael Labrador to COO, Heart Hospital of Austin (Texas), from vice president, Operations and Ethics, and compliance officer, HCA Florida Englewood (Fla.) Hospital.

Carla LaFever to president, Aurora Medical Center–Grafton (Wis.), from vice president, Operations.

Elizabeth J. Mahon, FACHE, to healthcare advisor, Kassouf, Birmingham, Ala., from program director, Kindred Healthcare, also in Birmingham.

Christina Mathis to CEO, Medical City Frisco, a campus of Medical City Plano (Texas), from COO.

Thomas McKinney, FACHE, to CEO, Baptist Medical Center, San Antonio, from market president, Christus Santa Rosa Hospital, San Marcos, Texas.

Tom Nasby, FACHE, to retirement from vice president, North Florida Market, Aetna, Hartford, Conn. We would like to thank Tom for his years of service, both to the healthcare field and as senior executive adviser to the North Florida Chapter.

Jacquelynn Y. Orr, DrPH, FACHE, to senior program officer, Health, The Kresge Foundation, Troy, Mich., from program officer, Research Evaluation Learning, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J.

Joseph Sayegh to chief administrative officer/vice-chair for administration, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, from director, Business Operations.

Kevin W. Stevenson, DHA, FACHE, to COO, Ascension Providence, Waco, Texas, from director, Strategic Operations.

Rachel Thompson, MD, to CMO, Core Clinical Partners, Atlanta, from CMO, Snoqualmie (Wash.) Valley Hospital, and immediate past president, Society of Hospital Medicine, Philadelphia.

Cody R. Traffanstedt to director, Specialty Clinics, East Alabama Health, Opelika, Ala., from practice manager, East Alabama Rheumatology Center and East Alabama Infectious Disease, also in Opelika.

Felicia Turnley, FACHE, to CEO, Memorial Hospital Pembroke, from COO, Memorial Hospital West, both located in Pembroke Pines, Fla. 

Paul G. VerValin, FACHE, FACMPE, to president, Guthrie Corning (N.Y.) Hospital. He will continue to serve as executive vice president and COO.