VITAS Healthcare proudly announces four major executive leadership changes:

• Bob Miller has retired after 35 years, most recently serving as executive vice president and chief compliance officer.
• Mary Hensley has been promoted to vice president and chief compliance officer.
• Reka Foldhazi has joined the company as senior vice president of finance.
• Sandhya Bhalla, M.D., has been promoted to regional medical director in California.

After three and a half decades of service, Bob Miller officially retired from VITAS following a year-plus, carefully coordinated transition plan. Beginning his career with VITAS in 1989 as a chaplain in Broward County, Florida, Miller held various leadership roles, including national director of education and training, senior vice president of hospice operations and compliance officer. In 2016, Miller was promoted to executive vice president and chief compliance officer, where he successfully led the organization’s compliance and ethics program.

As Miller steps down, VITAS is pleased to elevate Mary Hensley to vice president and chief compliance officer. Hensley joined VITAS in 2006 as a patient care administrator and has since demonstrated leadership and commitment in various roles, including general manager, national patient care administrator and senior regional director of compliance.

In addition to Hensley’s promotion, VITAS welcomes Reka Foldhazi as senior vice president of finance. Foldhazi brings more than 15 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate development and strategic finance, having held senior leadership positions at companies such as FIS, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Neuberger Berman. She holds multiple advanced degrees, including master’s degrees in business management and financial management from Harvard University and Boston University, respectively.

Dr. Sandhya Bhalla’s expertise spans more than two decades with the latter decade focused on hospice and palliative care. She joined VITAS in 2023 as a medical director in San Diego, CA. As regional medical director, Dr. Bhalla leads the medical direction for VITAS locations throughout California, from the Greater Sacramento Valley to San Diego.