Adventist Health, Roseville, Calif., announced the appointments of Rick Bockmann and Gwen Matthews as CEOs for two of its hospitals.
Bockmann, 55, will serve as president and CEO of Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits, Calif., while Gwen Matthews, 58, will fill the CEO post at Ukiah Valley (Calif.) Medical Center.
Bockmann replaces Kevin Erich, who in May moved over as CEO at Adventist's Feather River Hospital in Paradise, Calif. Matthews replaces Terry Burns, who left in June. Last month Burns was named president of Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia, Ohio, part of the Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Health Network.
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Bockmann had served as vice president for physician services at St. Helena (Calif.) Hospital Napa Valley and CEO of Adventist Health/California Medical Group since 2007. He earned an MBA from the University of Phoenix, and he will start his new job on Sept. 26.
Matthews held her former post—senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center—since 1999. She earned an MBA from La Sierra University in Riverside, Calif. She will start her new responsibilities on Oct. 3.
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