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Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 financial decisions of 824-bed, $1-billion UNC Hospitals. Before joining UNC, he served as vice president for fiscal affairs and CFO of Appalachian Regional Healthcare, a 10-hospital system with locations across Kentucky and West Virginia. Mr. Ellington also held senior finance roles at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Ky., and three different major for-profit hospital operators. In 2010, the Triangle Business Journal named Mr. Ellington a "CFO of the Year." John Faulstich. CFO of UAB Health System (Birmingham, Ala.). Before joining UAB Health System in April 2009, Mr. Faulstich had a longstanding tenure as senior vice president of finance and CFO of Cleveland-based Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine Health System. From 1984 to 2008, he led that system — which included five wholly-owned and joint-ventured hospitals in Ohio and South Carolina — in financial governance, strategy, contracting, treasury and merger and acquisition activities. While at Sisters of Charity, he oversaw a 50-50 joint operating venture with Cleveland-based University Hospitals in 1999. Steve Filton. Senior Vice President and CFO of Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.). Mr. Filton has been with UHS, which has roughly two dozen acute-care hospitals and more than 170 behavioral health facilities, for more than 20 years, starting with his role as director of corporate accounting in 1985 and working his way up to vice president and controller in 1991. Since 2003, Mr. Filton has been senior vice president and CFO of UHS, which recorded roughly $6.96 billion in 2012 revenues. Kenneth Fisher. CFO of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City). Few hospital CFOs have longer current healthcare careers than Mr. Fisher. He has been CFO of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics since June 2007, but he has more than 40 total years of healthcare financial experience. Prior to joining UIHC, Mr. Fisher was a director for Navigant Consulting, where he worked with hospital and health system clients. He has also held executive financial positions at DMC Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit, Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee in Knoxville and three Charlotte, N.C.-based organizations: Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte Memorial Hospital and Carolinas HealthCare System. Michael Freed. Executive Vice President and CFO of Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids, Mich.). For the past 17-plus years, Mr. Freed has been an integral part of the Spectrum Health leadership team. In addition to serving as executive vice president and CFO of the nine-hospital system, Mr. Freed is president and CEO of Spectrum's Priority Health, one of the largest health plans in Michigan. Previous experience included positions with Central New England HealthAlliance in Leominster, Mass., Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and HealthAmerica, a Pittsburgh-based HMO owned by Coventry. John Gantner. Executive Vice President of Finance and CFO of Meridian Health (Neptune, N.J.). Mr. Gantner has been CFO of Meridian Health, one of the largest non-profit health systems in New Jersey, since February 2008. He has more than 35 years of healthcare financial and operational experience, having served as executive vice president of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Health System in New Brunswick, N.J., prior to his current position. Mr. Gantner also was a healthcare consulting partner at Ernst & Young. John Geppi. Executive Vice President and CFO of Covenant Health System (Knoxville, Tenn.). During his tenure at Covenant Health, Mr. Geppi has kick-started multiple projects. For example, he currently serves as CEO of Central Atlantic Health Network, a group purchasing organization that is part of VHA that has saved Covenant Health an estimated $1 million over two years. Before joining Covenant Health, Mr. Geppi served as CFO of several different hospitals and health systems, including Memorial Health System in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Northside Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Geppi's professional financial career started in Baltimore with Arthur Andersen. Steven Glass. CFO of Cleveland Clinic. Mr. Glass has been CFO of Cleveland Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic Health System since 2005, and he joined the organization in 2002 as the Cleveland Clinic's controller and chief accounting officer. Prior to Cleveland Clinic, Mr. Glass served as vice president and chief accounting 19 officer of MedStar Health in Columbia, Md. He also was an executive and community hospital CFO at MedStar when Helix Health and Medlantic Health merged in June 1997 to form the modern-day MedStar. Mike Gleason. Vice President and CFO of Shands Jacksonville (Fla.) Medical Center. Mr. Gleason was the controller at the 695-bed Shands Jacksonville before assuming his current title in 2009. Last year, the Jacksonville Business Journal named Mr. Gleason as a finalist for its "CFO of the Year" title for large non-profit organizations, saying his leadership helped the academic medical center garner a credit upgrade and allowed it to exceed patient cash collection targets. Prior to Shands Jacksonville, Mr. Gleason was a senior financial strategist, manager and CFO of Adexa, an integrated supply chain solutions company. Robert Glenning. Executive Vice President and CFO of Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center. Since 2007, Mr. Glenning has led the financial operations of HackensackUMC as executive vice president and CFO. Under his tenure, the 775-bed hospital generated almost $1.2 billion of net patient service revenue in 2011 with a 2.4 percent operating margin. Also in 2011, HackensackUMC received an "A-" credit rating from S&P, the first time it received a rating from S&P. Before HackensackUMC, Mr. Glenning was CFO of Kaleida Health in Buffalo, N.Y. Paul Goldstein. Vice President and CFO of Orlando (Fla.) Health. Mr. Goldstein has held his position of vice president and CFO of Orlando Health since June 2005. He has been CFO of Orlando Health, one of the largest health systems in Florida, since 1996. Mr. Goldstein One case of Legionnaires' disease is one too many. PROTECT YOUR PATIENTS. 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