On the Move

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


Ron Baker, FACHE, CMPE, to president, NueHealth, Leawood, Kan., from chief patient experience officer, St. Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, Mo.

Ivan Bartolome to president/CEO, HealthSearch Partners, Dallas, from CEO.

Chanda Chacon, FACHE, to president/CEO, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Omaha, Neb., from Arkansas Children’s, Little Rock.

Shaun Custard, FACHE, to vice president, ancillary and professional services, Methodist Fremont (Neb.) Health, from director, Criss Heart Center, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Omaha, Neb.

Kerin Da Cruz, RN, FACHE, to vice president, patient care services/CNO, L+M Healthcare, New London, Conn., from vice president, operations, Westerly (R.I.) Hospital.

Lauren M. Davis to COO, Valley Regional Medical Center, Brownsville, Texas, from associate administrator, Methodist and Methodist Children’s Hospitals, San Antonio. 

Kathy Donovan, RN, NE-BC, to CEO, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, from COO/CNO, SMM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, St. Louis.

Mark Doyle to president/CEO, Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from CEO, Memorial Hospital Pembroke, Pembroke Pines, Fla.

Bridgett Feagin to senior vice president/CFO, Connecticut Children’s, Hartford, from CFO, Detroit Receiving, Harper University and Hutzel Women’s Hospitals, Detroit.

Kevin M. Forrest, FACHE, to CEO/medical center director, Manchester (N.H.) VA Healthcare System, from COO/associate director.

John Fromhold, FACHE, to retirement from CEO, Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center, Montclair, N.J. We would like to thank John for his many years of service to the healthcare field.

Jared J. Giles, FACHE, to CEO, Southwest Healthcare System, Murrieta, Calif., from COO.

Megan Gillespie, RN, NE-BC, to chief nurse executive, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara (Calif.) Medical Center, from interim chief nurse executive.

Tommy Ibrahim, MD, FACHE, to president/CEO, Bassett Healthcare Network, Oneonta, N.Y., from executive vice president and chief physician executive, Integris Health, Oklahoma City.

Diane P. Kelly, DNP, RN, to president, Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital, from COO. 

Mark Kosak, FACHE, to COO, Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital, from senior vice president, operations.

Deborah Allwes Largoza, RN, to president, Amalgamated Medical Care Management, White Plains, N.Y., from vice president, clinical operations, Agilon Health, Long Beach, Calif.

Richard Leaver, FACHE, to CEO, Alliance Physical Therapy Partners, Grand Rapids, Mich., from COO.  

Kevin E. Lofton, FACHE, to retirement from CEO, CommonSpirit Health, Chicago. Lofton was also named CEO emeritus of the organization. We would like to thank Kevin for his many years of service to the healthcare field.

Ed Lovern, FACHE, to health system president/CEO, Ascension Saint Agnes, Baltimore, from COO, Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. 

Lewis W. Marshall Jr., MD, JD, FACHE, to CMO, New York City Health+Hospitals/Lincoln, from medical director, Student Health Services, New York University.

Maurice McCreary Jr., FACHE, to COO, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Austin, from interim CEO, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.

David McFadyen, FACHE, to president, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho, from vice president, population health, St. Luke’s Health System, also in Boise.

Corbi Milligan, MD, FACP, to CMO, Coliseum Health System, Macon, Ga., from vice president/CMO, Methodist South Hospital and Methodist North Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.

Tamara Mitchell, RN, to director, women and children’s services, North Oaks Health Systems, Hammond, La., from clinical nurse manager, children’s services.

Donald Mueller, FACHE, to CEO, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, West Reading, Pa., from CEO, Children’s Hospital at Erlanger, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Tim O’Brien, FACHE, to interim CEO, Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center, Montclair, N.J., from COO. 

Shannon Odell, RNC-OB, NE-BC, to CNO, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami, from executive director, nursing, women’s and children’s services, WakeMed Health and Hospital Systems, Raleigh, N.C.

Julie Pedretti, FACHE, to COVID-19 community relations director, Healthcare Network, Fort Myers, Fla., from community relations director, Southwest Florida, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Miami. 

Charles Seal-Villafranca, DHA, to executive director, Ridgecrest Healthcare, Phoenix, from executive director, Encanto Palms Assisted Living, Phoenix. 

John W. Sharpe, FACHE, to rehabilitation director, Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders, Central Virginia VA Health Care System, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Va., from Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense academic affiliations liaison, VA Central Office, Washington, D.C.

Col Gigi A. Simko, FACHE, to retirement from the U.S. Air Force following 31 years of service. We would like to thank Gigi for her many years of service to the healthcare field.

Alyshia Smith, DNP, to executive director, Phoenix VA Health Care System, from interim director. 

Joe Stuczynski to CEO, Memorial Hospital Pembroke, Pembroke Pines, Fla., from CFO, Memorial Regional Hospital South, Hollywood, Fla.

Venetta H. Symonds, FACHE, to retirement from CEO, Bermuda Hospitals Board, Hamilton. We would like to thank Venetta for her many years of service to the healthcare field.

Cara A. Veale, DHS, FACHE, to CEO, Indiana Rural Health Association, Terre Haute, from vice president, provider services, Daviess Community Hospital, Washington, Ind.

Barb Weber, RN, FACHE, to COO, UnityPoint Health–Trinity, part of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, from interim COO/interim operating room director. 

Mary Ann Witt, FACHE, to retirement from associate director, Albany (N.Y.) Stratton VA Medical Center. We would like to thank Mary for her many years of service to the healthcare field.

Kelly A. Wolgast, FACHE, FAAN, to director, COVID-19 Operations Control Center, Pennsylvania State University, from assistant dean for outreach and professional development and associate teaching professor in the College of Nursing.

James S. Zacharias, FACHE, CMPE, to physician network vice president, South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta, Ga., from CEO, Columbus (Ga.) Clinic, and executive director of MyHealth Network at Piedmont Columbus (Ga.) Regional. 

Want to submit?

Send your “On the Move” submission to he-editor@ache.org by Oct. 1 to be considered for the November/December issue.