The following hospital and health system CEO retirements have been shared with or reported by Becker's in the second half of 2024:
Editor's note: This live webpage was created July 18 and last updated Oct. 23.
October
1. Gordon Ferguson will retire by the end of June 2025 as president and CEO of Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
2. John Chessare, MD, will retire as president and CEO of Townson, Md.-based Greater Baltimore Medical Center HealthCare on June 30.
3. J. Michael Marsh, president and CEO of Bellevue, Wash.-based Overlake Medical Center & Clinics, will retire next year. The health system's board selected Jon Duarte, chief strategy officer, as Mr. Marsh's successor.
4. Julie Petersen, CEO of Ellensburg, Wash.-based Kittitas Valley Healthcare, will retire at the end of 2024. CFO Jason Adler will succeed Ms. Petersen.
5. Larry Meese, CEO of Zachary, La.-based Lane Regional Medical Center, will retire at the end of October.
6. Nancy Agee, MSN, retired as CEO of Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic on Sept. 30. Steve Arner, who was promoted to president of the clinic in May 2023, succeeded her as CEO on Oct. 1.
7. Thomas Priselac retired Sept. 30 as president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles. Peter Slavin, MD, succeeded Mr. Priselac on Oct. 1.
August and September
1. Jack Lynch will retire as president and CEO of Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health next June.
2. Mark Wallace retired as CEO of Houston-based Texas Children's on Oct. 4. Debra Sukin, PhD, took over as president and CEO on Oct. 5. Dr. Sukin became president in January.
3. Robert Kenagy, MD, will retire as president and CEO of Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kan., in May 2025.
4. Kathy Kuepers, RN, will retire as CEO of Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County in Darlington, Wis., in 2025.
5. John Harris, CEO of Las Cruces, N.M.-based Memorial Medical Center, retired in August. Dennis Knox was selected as interim CEO.
6. David Clay, CEO of Key West, Fla.-based Lower Keys Medical Center, retired at the end of September. Sal Perla, DrPH, was named interim CEO.
7. Guy Medaglia, president and CEO of Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago, will retire on Jan. 10.
8. Jerry Penner, president and CEO of Murray-Calloway County Hospital in Murray, Ky., is retiring next year.
9. Bob Anderson will retire as CEO of OSF HealthCare's central region, effective Jan. 3.
July
1. Dan DeGroot, president and CEO of Stoughton (Wis.) Health, will retire at the end of the year.
2. Ron Werft will retire as president and CEO of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health in 2025.
3. Jim Bickel will retire next year as CEO of Columbus (Ind.) Regional Health.
4. Kirk Tice, president and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway (N.J.), will retire at the end of the year.
5. Steve Massini, who has served as CEO of Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health since 2019, will retire in October.
6. Marschall Runge, MD, PhD, will retire as executive vice president of medical affairs and CEO of Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Michigan Medicine and dean of University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. He will retire from these roles following the conclusion of his contract June 30, 2025.
7. Chuck Mantooth will retire as president and CEO of Boone, N.C.-based UNC Health Appalachian, effective Jan. 1. Mr. Mantooth has helmed the organization since 2017.