Carolinas Health System

Executive Leadership

2006 Board of Commissioners and Board of Advisors

Executive Committee

James E.S. Hynes, Chairman
Malcolm E. Everett III, Vice Chairman
G. Kennedy Thompson, Secretary
Amy Woods Brinkley
Vicki S. Sutton
Bishop George E. Battle, Jr.

Board of Commissioners

Thomas M. Belk, Jr.
Edward J. Brown III
James W. Cannon
Gracie Coleman
Rush S. Dickson III
Willis Frank Dowd IV
Frank H. Dunn, Jr.
Gloria Pace King
Albert L. McAulay, Jr.
Thomas LaFontine Odom
Felix S. Sabates, Jr.
May Beverly Hemby
Velva W. Woollen
Ronald H. Wrenn

Board of Advisors

Thomas C. Nelson
Todd W. Mansfield
Laurence H. Polsky
Elizabeth G. Reigel
Bertram L. Scott
Donaldson G. Williams



Corporate Staff

Michael C. Tarwater, M.H.A., F.A.C.H.E.
President & Chief Executive Officer

Paul S. Franz, M.H.A.
Executive Vice President, Operations

Greg A. Gombar, C.P.A.
Executive Vice President, Administrative Services
& Chief Financial Officer

Joseph G. Piemont, J.D.
Executive Vice President, CHS Strategic Services
President, Carolinas Physicians Network

Suzanne H. Freeman, R.N., M.B.A.
President, Carolinas Medical Center

Russell C. Guerin, M.S., F.A.C.H.E.
President, Managed Health Resources

John J. Knox III, M.H.A.
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

James T. McDeavitt, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Medical Education & Research

Dennis J. Phillips, M.H.A.
President, Carolinas Medical Centers - Charlotte

F. Traylor Renfro, M.S.
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Keith A. Smith, J.D.
Senior Vice President & General Counsel

Harrison F. Trammell, C.P.A.
President, Regional Facilities

Robert H. Wiggins, Jr., C.P.A.
Senior Vice President, Financial Services

Zachary J. Zapack, M. Arch.
Senior Vice President, Corporate Services



Carolinas HealthCare System Facilities

Carolinas Medical Center

Suzanne H. Freeman, R.N., M.B.A.
President

Carolinas Medical Center – Mercy

Phyllis Wingate-Jones, M.H.A.
Senior Vice President & Administrator

Carolinas Medical Center – Pineville

Chris Hummer, M.H.A.
Vice President & Administrator

Carolinas Medical Center – University

W. Spencer Lilly, M.H.A.
Vice President & Administrator

Behavioral Health Science
Carolinas Medical Center–Randolph

Laura J. Thomas, M.H.A.
Group Vice President

Carolinas College of Health Sciences

Ellen Sheppard, B.S., M.Ed.
President

Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation

C. Curtis Copenhaver, M.H.A
Vice President, Carolinas Rehabilitation Services

James G. Cannon
Research Center

Herbert L. Bonkousky, M.D.
Vice President, Research

Huntersville Oaks

Beverly Cowdrick, M.P.P.M.
Assistant Vice President

Sardis Oaks

Renee Rizzuti, L.N.H.A.
Assistant Vice President

Anson Community Hospital

Fred G. Thompson, Ph. D.
President & Administrator

Blue Ridge HealthCare System
  • Grace Hospital
  • Valdese Hospital
  • Grace Ridge Retirement Community
  • Grace Heights Health & Rehab Center
  • College Pines Health & Rehab Center

Kenneth W. Wood, M.B.A.
President & Chief Executive Officer

Carolinas Medical Center – Lincoln

Peter W. Acker, M.H.A., C.H.E.
President & Chief Executive Officer

Carolinas Medical Center – Union
Smith Nursing Center

John W. Roberts, M.H.A.
President & Administrator

Cleveland County HealthCare System
  • Cleveland Regional Medical Center
  • Crawley Memorial Hospital
  • Kings Mountain Hospital
  • Cleveland Pines Nursing Center

John E. Young, M.B.A.
President & Chief Executive Officer

Roper St. Francis HealthCare
  • Roper Hospital
  • Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital
  • Roper St. Francis Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Roper Berkley Day Hospital

David L. Dunlap, F.A.C.H.E.
President & Chief Executive Officer

Union Hospital District
  • Ellen Sagar Nursing Home
  • Wallace Thomson Hospital

William H. Leonard, M.H.A.
Chief Executive Officer

Wilkes Regional Medical Center

Ted Chapin, M.P.H.
President & Chief Executive Officer

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