The North Broward Hospital District Board of Directors has appointed Paul Echelard as Broward Health’s senior vice president/chief operating officer.

 

For the past two years Echelard has been a consultant providing nation-wide health care organizations with in-depth analysis of clinical service lines, business development strategies, regulatory reviews and more.  For over 20 years, Echelard served as the CEO for three different hospitals in South Florida.

 

At Kindred Hospital Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, he helped the hospital achieve JCAHO Accreditation and profitable status within nine months of opening. Most of his career was spent with Tenet Hospital Systems. As the CEO of Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, he led the 333-bed hospital to financial and clinical turnaround. During his tenure as the CEO of Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital in Delray Beach, Echelard developed a small rehabilitation hospital into the market leader in the state of Florida.

William Henneberry has been named to the Board of Directors of Baptist Hospital Foundation. He will also serve as a member of the Baptist Health Foundation Board.

 

Henneberry is the president of BH Marketing, a brand development consulting firm. During his more than 35 years of experience in marketing, he has founded and served as CEO for a number of firms including Communications Diversified. He also served as the marketing consultant for Major League Baseball. Most recently he helped found, develop and capitalize several startup firms, including VaporStream and Smartix.

Florida Governor Rick Scott has appointed Debbie Kohl to the North Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners. 

 

Kohl is the executive vice president/chief financial officer of Broward Bank of Commerce in Fort Lauderdale. She has more than 20 years of experience in banking, accounting and finance. Kohl was senior vice president and controller at the Union Bank of Florida in Plantation, FL and also served as vice president of accounting and finance at Fort Lauderdale’s Capital Business Credit and chief financial officer of First Choice Credit Union in West Palm Beach, FL.

 

Bethesda Healthcare System is proud to announce that John M. Landry, CFRE, has been appointed President of the Planned Giving Council of Palm Beach County.

 

Landry is the Director of Planned Giving and Major Gifts for the Bethesda Hospital Foundation. He was part of the team that successfully completed a $100 million goal capital campaign in 2008 to benefit Bethesda’s hospital programs and services.

 

A Certified Fund Raising Executive, Landry previously worked for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as Associate Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving, and as a Capital Campaign Consultant with Ketchum Inc. He has been appointed adjunct faculty at several area universities including Florida Atlantic University, Barry University and Palm Beach State College.

Sheridan Healthcare, Inc. has announced the appointment of Jennifer Swanson as vice president of accounting.

 

Swanson brings more than 20 years of experience to her new position. Prior to joining Sheridan Healthcare, she was vice president of accounting for Nipro Diagnostics, director of financial reporting for Republic Services, senior manager of finance for Sunglass Hut and an audit manager with Arthur Andersen LLP.

St. Mary’s Medical Center is proud to announce the appointment of Donna Small, R.N., M.S.N., as the hospital’s new chief nursing officer (CNO).

 

Before joining St. Mary’s Medical Center’s administrative team, Small served as CNO for over eight years at a 409-bed, level two trauma hospital in south Florida. Before this CNO position, Small served as the vice president/assistant director of nursing at a 407-bed facility in North Miami. Prior to that, Small was the director of nursing at West Boca Medical Center.

Sebastian River Medical Center is pleased to announce that Steven Salyer has joined the hospital as Chief Executive Officer.

 

Steven comes to SRMC from Shands Starke Regional Medical Center in Starke, FL, an affiliate Health Management facility, where he was the Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his role at Shands Starke, he served as the Chief Operating Officer at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, TN.

 

Prior to joining Health Management, Steven proudly served his country in a number of leadership roles with the U.S. Marine Corps, including a tour of duty in Iraq.

Leslee Gross, R.N., has been promoted to assistant vice president of Operations for Baptist Health South Florida.

 

Gross began her career as a staff nurse at Baptist Hospital in 1982, and held several nursing positions, including assistant nurse manager in the Emergency Department. Her most recent role was director of the Transfer Center.

 

Gross is a board-certified emergency nurse and certified healthcare manager. She is a member of the Emergency Nurses Association and the American Nursing Association.

Natalie Pita-Ortiz has been promoted to assistant vice president of Supply Chain Strategic Projects for Baptist Health South Florida.

 

Pita-Ortiz joined Baptist Health in 1997 as an inventory/service contract buyer. Her most recent role was corporate director of Supply Chain Strategic Projects. She has also served as chair of the surgical services products review committee for Baptist Health.

Cheryse Burgos Santos has been promoted to assistant vice president of Managed Care for Baptist Health South Florida.

 

Santos has been an employee since 2004, and her most recent role was director of Managed Care. Prior to joining Baptist Health, she worked as director of Physician Relations at Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, and in Managed Care at Continuum Health Partners as well as other healthcare companies in New York.