GASTONIA, NC: Rutledge named new CEO at CaroMonth Health

Valinda Rutledge of Greenville, SC, has been named president and CEO of CaroMont Health. She replaces Wayne F. Shovelin, who in February announced his plans to retire. The transition is anticipated in early fall. Since 2003, Rutledge has been CEO of Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, a two-hospital system based in Greenville, and part of the Bon Secours Health System in Marriottsville, MD. She has held that position since 2003. Before that, she was president of St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, administrator of Brandon Regional Medical Center in Brandon, FL, and vice president-operations for St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI.