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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 when he was named CFO of Brigham and Women's Hospital and B&W Faulkner Hospital, both in Boston, in May 2008. Mr. Reney began at Brigham and Women's Hospital as an accounting supervisor in 1990. He rose through the ranks as a senior manager and director within Partners over a 10-year stretch before coming back to Brigham and Women's as executive director/controller for the hospital's finances in 2000. Chuck Robb. COO and CFO of Saint Luke's Health System (Kansas City, Mo.). Since 1991, Chuck Robb has been with Saint Luke's Health System, based in Kansas City, Mo., and he has been CFO of the organization — one of the largest health systems in the Kansas City area — since 1999. When Mr. Robb joined Saint Luke's, he started out as CFO of Saint Luke's Hospital, the 382-bed flagship facility of the health system. Before joining Saint Luke's, Mr. Robb worked at Ernst & Young for roughly 13 years. Kevin Roberts. Senior Vice President and CFO of BJC Healthcare (St. Louis). In June 2008, Mr. Roberts become senior vice president and CFO of 13-hospital BJC Healthcare from University Hospitals in Cleveland, where he was senior vice president and CFO. During his tenure at University Hospitals, the system accomplished a multiyear financial turnaround that improved profitability by $250 million. Prior to joining University Hospitals in 2001, Mr. Roberts served as treasurer of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. His financial career started with accounting firm Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., now known as KPMG. Phillip Roe. Executive Vice President, Treasurer and CFO of Vanguard Health Systems (Nashville, Tenn.). Mr. Roe began serving as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer for Vanguard in November 2007. Before then, he served as Vanguard's controller and chief accounting officer since the company's founding in July 1997. Prior to joining Vanguard, Mr. Roe served as senior vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of OrNda HealthCorp, which would eventually merge with Tenet Healthcare. Steven Rose. CFO of Conway (Ark.) Regional Health System. For the past 23 years, Mr. Rose has worked at Conway Regional, which includes 154-bed Conway Regional Medical Center. Mr. Rose started as Conway Regional's director of business and fiscal services in 1990, eventually working up to his current position in December 1997. Before joining Conway Regional, he served as assistant administrator of finance for Decatur (Texas) Community Hospital, now known as Wise Regional Health System. Mr. Conway also currently serves as secretary, treasurer and national chair-elect of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Richard Rothberger. Corporate Executive Vice President and CFO of Scripps Health (San Diego). Mr. Rothberger has served as corporate executive vice president and CFO of Scripps Health since August 2001. He has 30-plus years of experience in the healthcare industry and has helped Scripps improve its financial operations through better contracting efforts and reducing days in accounts receivable by 30 percent. Before Scripps, Mr. Rothberger served as senior vice president and CFO of Mercy Healthcare Sacramento, a former division of Dignity Health, from 1997 to 2001. He also was Mercy Healthcare's director of finance and decision support and director of management engineering. C. Michael Rutherford. Senior Associate Vice President for Health Sciences and CFO of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus). Mr. Rutherford became senior associate vice president and CFO for health sciences at OSU Wexner Medical Center in January 2011. Before taking the reins as CFO of OSU Wexner Medical Center, Mr. Rutherford served as CFO of Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio, for 10 years. He also worked in financial and executive roles at Clevelandbased Sisters of Charity Health System for nine years, with some of those positions including CFO and CEO of the Cleveland market and CFO of 476-bed Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio. 23 Randy Safady. Executive Vice President and CFO of Christus Health (Irving, Texas). Mr. Safady joined Christus in June 2011 with more than 30 years of experience in finance, accounting and healthcare operations. Prior to his current position, he served as executive vice president and CFO of Centura Health, Colorado's largest health system and a joint venture between Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System. Mr. Safady also previously served as senior vice president and CFO of Adventist Midwest Health, a region of Adventist Health System. Fred Savelsbergh. CFO of Baylor Health Care System (Dallas). Since he graduated from North Texas State University in 1982 with a double major in accounting and economics, Mr. Savelsbergh has worked at Baylor Health Care System. He worked his way up from staff accountant to CFO, a position he has held since 2009. Mr. Savelsbergh oversees all financial functions of the health system, which recorded $5.2 billion in total assets in fiscal year 2011. Other positions he has held at Baylor include CFO and later interim president of Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine (Texas) and CFO of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Baylor's flagship facility. Robert Shapiro. Senior Vice President and CFO of North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health System (Great Neck, N.Y.). Mr. Shapiro has been CFO of North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, N.Y., since August 2000. Previously, he was vice president of financial operations and director of finance/assistant administrator for the system, previously known as North Shore Health System, in 1984. He was also the assistant director of finance at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Terry Shaw. Executive Vice President, CFO and COO of Adventist Health System (Altamonte Springs, Fla.). With more than $7.3 billion in revenue across 41 hospitals in 10 states, Mr. Shaw oversees the finances of one of the largest faith-based health systems in the South and in the country. Prior to his current positions, Mr. Shaw served as senior vice president and CFO of Adventist's Florida Division. He also was the vice president, assistant vice president and director of DRG management at Florida Hospital Orlando. Craig Sheagren. Vice President of Finance and CFO of Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System (Mattoon, Ill.). For the past six-plus years, Mr. Sheagren has steered the financial operations of Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System, which has roughly $200 million in net annual revenue and includes 128-bed Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. Mr. Sheagren, the lead of Sarah Bush Lincoln's audit, finance and investment committee, has helped the system secure an "A+" bond rating from S&P, one of the few health systems of its size to garner an "A+" rating. Jeff Sherman. Executive Vice President and CFO of LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.). Since 2009, Mr. Sherman has led the financial strategy of LifePoint Hospitals, one of the five largest for-profit hospital companies in the country. Prior to his current position, Mr. Sherman served as vice president and treasurer of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. He has worked in various capacities for Tenet and its predecessor company since 1990. Mr. Sherman has also served as CFO of several different acute-care hospitals in Philadelphia and throughout the Texas Gulf Coast region. Eddie Soler. Executive Vice President and CFO of Florida Hospital (Orlando). Mr. Soler is executive vice president and CFO of Florida Hospital, which has more than 2,100 beds across its seven hospitals and admits more patients annually than any other health system in the country. Prior to his current post, Mr. Soler was CIO of Florida Hospital, and he also served as senior vice president and CFO of Adventist Midwest Health in Hinsdale, Ill. Bernadette Spong. Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO of Rex Healthcare (Raleigh, N.C.). Ms. Spong has served as senior vice

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