Earl Rogers promoted to president of Georgia Hospital Association, and other moves

The Georgia Hospital Association promoted Earl Rogers to president and CEO to replace longtime leader Joseph Parker. Parker, who has served as the GHA's president and CEO since 1986, announced his retirement last July. Rogers, 59, will step into the role July 1. He currently serves as the association's senior VP of government relations. Before joining the GHA in 2005, Rogers was senior VP of government affairs for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, which that year helped push through a controversial tort reform package.

Cone Health, Greensboro, N.C., named Jeffrey Jones CFO, effective Feb. 4. He replaces Ken Boggs, who retired at the end of last year. Jones, 52, joins the five-hospital system from the Cleveland Clinic, where he is senior VP of finance, overseeing eight regional hospitals. Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, N.C., took over management of Cone Health in October, but Cone remains independently owned. … James Burkhart will become president and CEO of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, replacing retiring President and CEO Ron Hytoff. Burkhart, 58, currently president and CEO of Shands Jacksonville (Fla.) Medical Center, will start March 4, according to a news release. Burkhart has held his current post at Shands Jacksonville since 2010 and joined the hospital as president and administrator in 2003. Hytoff, 67, announced his retirement in June. He has been CEO at Tampa General since February 2000. … Dr. William Conway was promoted to CEO of the 1,200-physician Henry Ford Medical Group and executive VP of Henry Ford Health System, the medical group's parent organization. Conway, 66, replaces Dr. Mark Kelley, who retired this month to return to Boston after 12 years as CEO of the medical group. Conway remains chief quality officer of the health system until a successor is named. He joined the medical group in 1977 as a senior staff physician in the division of pulmonary and critical-care medicine. … Charles Spicer Jr. was named president and CEO of the OU Medical System, Oklahoma City, effective Jan. 1. Spicer was CEO of the Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center and previously served as the COO of OU Medical Center. Spicer replaces Cole Eslyn, who retired.