SOMERS POINT, NJ: Shore Memorial Hospital COO Johnson to succeed Gutierrez

Shore Memorial Hospital COO Ron Johnson will succeed current President/CEO Albert L. Gutierrez at the end of 2011. The announcement caps an 11-month search for a successor. For the interim, Johnson has been promoted to executive vice president, and the two executives have worked through a detailed plan that will transfer roles and responsibilities from Gutierrez to Johnson. Gutierrez was appointed CEO at Shore Memorial in 2002.