Board of Trustees

Chair
Michael Waldrum, MD
CEO
Vidant Health | Greenville

Chair-Elect 
Donald Gintzig
President and CEO
WakeMed Health and Hospitals | Raleigh

Past Chair
Phyllis Wingate
Division President
Carolinas HealthCare System- Northeast | Concord

Secretary
Terry Akin
CEO 
Cone Health | Greensboro

Treasurer
John Gizdic
President
New Hanover Regional Medical Center | Wilmington

Member-at-large
Roxie Wells, MD
President 
Cape Fear Valley Bladen and Hoke | Elizabethtown and Raeford

Dick Brvenik
CEO
Carteret Health | Morehead City

Chris Ellington
President
UNC Health Care Network Hospitals | Chapel Hill

Katie Galbraith
President
Duke Regional Hospital | Durham

Carla Hollis
CEO
Triangle Springs Hospital | Raleigh

David Kilarski
CEO
FirstHealth of the Carolinas | Pinehurst

Ray Leggett III
President and CEO
CarolinaEast Health System | New Bern

Jeff Lindsay
Executive VP/COO
Novant Health | Winston-Salem

Chuck Mantooth
President and CEO
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System | Boone

Ed Rush
President and CEO
Iredell Health System | Statesville

Coleen Santa Ana
President
Sentara Albemarle Medical Center | Elizabeth City