Margaret M. Van Bree has been appointed CEO of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, and also will serve as senior vice president of St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, effective Oct. 5. Van Bree has served as senior vice president/COO at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison since 2007. She also held the same or similar roles since 1999 at the University of Virginia Health System and Fairview-University Medical Center in Minneapolis.
John T. Woodrich will become the president/COO of BryanLGH Medical Center on Dec. 1. He succeeds Craig Ames, who retired in June. Woodrich, a native of Omaha, has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare, beginning his career at Saint Joseph Hospital in Omaha. He currently is president/CEO of Mercy Health System of Kansas, serving as CEO of Mercy's medical centers in Independence and Fort Scott.
Gary W. Pulsipher has been named president/CEO of St. John's Regional Medical Center by Sisters of Mercy Health System in St. Louis. He will assume the role upon completion of the pending transfer of St. John's later this year to Sisters of Mercy Health System. St. John's currently is owned by Catholic Health Initiatives, of Denver, CO. Pulsipher will serve as a member of Mercy's transition team until the transfer is complete. Pulsipher will take over from George Caralis, who was named interim CEO in 2008. He succeeded Debbie Linnes, who recently accepted a position as president and CEO of the 266-bed Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
St. David's Medical Center has named Susan E. Griffin as CNO. Griffin, formerly CNO of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital—a part of the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston—has more than 15 years of experience in the CNO role and more than 31 years of experience in nursing.
Trinity Health has named Paul G. Neumann general counsel and senior vice president. Most recently, Neumann served as general counsel of Catholic Health Initiatives. With Neumann's arrival on Nov. 2, Daniel Hale, who has served as Trinity Health's legal counsel for the past 13 years, will transition to executive vice president of Trinity Health's Institute for Health and Community Benefit focusing on community programs and chronic health issues.
Annie Holt has been named president/CEO of Alaska Regional Hospital, effective Oct. 13. Holt has 30 years of hospital administration experience, most recently as the vice president of the Quality and Service Line Department for HCA Mountain Division, the parent company of Alaska Regional. Her previous positions include COO/CCO at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City, CEO at Indianapolis Women's Hospital, and CEO at Methodist Children's Hospital and Women's Services in San Antonio, TX. She succeeds Ed Lamb, who resigned last month after 10 years with Alaska Regional to become CEO of an HCA hospital in Corpus Christi, TX.