Category: Hospital Executive Moves

Hernando Ruiz-Jimenez has been named chief marketing and communications officer of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare has added two leaders to its executive team.

Mike Richards, MD, has been appointed CEO of Albuquerque, N.M.-based UNM Health System, effective immediately. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has appointed Wendy Watson as president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals of the Northwest, effective Feb. 16.

The following healthcare president and CEO retirements have been shared with or reported by Becker’s in 2025:

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System named Marc Hallee vice president of total rewards on Jan. 6.

Matthew Wolden was named COO of MaineHealth’s Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Tucson, Ariz.-based Carondelet Health Network has named Austin Frazier CFO of its Tucson-based St. Mary’s Hospital and Nogales, Ariz.-based Holy Cross Hospital, according to a Jan. 20 LinkedIn post.

Teri Lash-Ritter, MD, has been named president of Cleveland Clinic’s south submarket in northeast Ohio, effective Feb. 1.

Horizon Health in Paris, Ill., has named Darren Brucken, MD, chief medical officer.