Here are nine hospitals and health systems that have promoted CFOs to the chief executive role in 2024:
1. Ellensburg, Wash.-based Kittitas Valley Healthcare announced Oct. 2 that CFO Jason Adler will succeed CEO Julie Petersen, who is retiring at the end of 2024. Mr. Adler joined the system in 2014 as a financial analyst.
2. Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System named CFO Rick Wagner co-CEO of the health system on Sept. 24. He will share the role with chief physician executive Aaron Boyd, MD. Mr. Wagner has served as Norman Regional's CFO since February 2023.
3. Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, appointed Joe Wanner CEO, effective Sept. 29. Mr. Wanner has served as the hospital's CFO since November.
4. Scott Boyes became CEO of Wooster (Ohio) Community Hospital on June 27. He previously served as CFO and COO at Wooster. He had served as CFO since 1999.
5. Deb Mohesky was named CEO of CommonSpirit Health's Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital, effective July 15. She has served in the role on an interim basis since October. She took on that role after serving as a market CFO for four hospitals in CommonSpirit's Denver and Northern Colorado marketplace.
6. Stephen Kuhn was promoted on March 22 from CFO to CEO of River Park Hospital in Huntington, W.Va. He had served as interim CEO since November and was the hospital's CFO since 2009.
7. Nacogdoches (Texas) Memorial Hospital named Rhonda McCabe CEO after Lion Star, the group that runs the hospital, reached an agreement with the Nacogdoches County Hospital District to transition hospital operations to the district. Ms. McCabe previously served as CFO of Nacogdoches Memorial Health for more than four years.
8. Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kan., named Marley Koons CEO on Feb. 20. She served as the hospital's CFO since 2018.
9. Macon Community Hospital in Lafayette, Tenn., named Scott Tongate CEO, effective Jan. 8. He had served as the hospital's CFO since 2017.