Boards

Chair

Chris Peek
President & CEO
CaroMont Health, Gastonia

Past Chair

Chuck Mantooth
President & CEO
UNC Health Appalachian, Boone

Chair Elect

Frank Emory Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Novant Health, Charlotte

Secretary

Brian Floyd
President & COO
ECU Health, Greenville

Treasurer

Ken D. Haynes
President
Advocate Health, Southeast Region

Member at Large

Penney Burlingame Deal
Chief Executive Officer
Onslow Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville

Members

Kathy Bailey
President & CEO
UNC Health Blue Ridge, Morganton

Bert Beard
CEO
Maria Parham Health, a Duke LifePoint Hospital, Henderson

Ernie Bovio
President
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington

Saad Ehtisham
President
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center & Novant Health Greater Charlotte Market

Mickey Foster
Chief Executive Officer
FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Pinehurst

Mark Gordon
President
Cone Health Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington

Tom Gough
Executive Vice President & COO
WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh

John Green
President & CEO
Iredell Health, Statesville

Paul Hammes
CEO
Hugh Chatham Health, Elkin

Greg Lowe
President
HCA Healthcare, North Carolina Division, Mission Health, Asheville

Thomas Owens, MD
Executive Vice President & COO
Duke University Health System, Durham

Lynda Stanley
President & CEO
Dosher Memorial Hospital, Southport

Mike Waid
Senior Vice President, Health System Operations & Integration
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem