Anne Neeson has been named executive VP and CEO of Memorial Hermann Foundation, the fundraising division of Memorial Hermann Health System based in Houston. She succeeds Ileana Trevino, who retired in July.
Neeson most recently was VP of donor relations at the United Way of Greater Houston. She joined United Way 30 years ago as a campaign associate.
Perry
Amy Perry is stepping down as president of Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and executive VP of its parent system, LifeBridge Health, effective Jan. 30.
Perry, 50, is leaving to serve as CEO of the hospital division and senior VP of integrated care delivery at Atlantic Health System, based in Morristown, N.J. Dr. Jonathan Ringo, chief medical information officer and VP of clinical transformation at LifeBridge, will serve as interim CEO.
Before joining Sinai about four years ago, Perry was senior VP and COO of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla.
Jones
David Jones has been named chief human resources officer at Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, Calif., effective Jan. 3. He replaces Kety Duron, who left to serve as chief human resources officer at City of Hope, a research and cancer treatment center in Durate, Calif.
Most recently, Jones was VP of human resources at Kaiser Permanente's health information technology organization, which has more than 7,000 employees. He previously served as VP of organization and leadership effectiveness at Blue Shield of California and senior VP and chief human resources officer at Health Care Service Corp.
Larry Schulz will retire as CEO of Lake Region Healthcare based in Fergus Falls, Minn., effective in May.
Schulz, 61, was named CEO in December 2008. During his tenure, he led the opening of a cancer center and a walk-in clinic. He also served as chairman of the Minnesota Hospital Association and chairman of the American Hospital Association Section for Small or Rural Hospitals.
Before joining Lake Region, Schulz served for seven years as the senior VP of operations at Catholic Health Initiatives in Englewood, Colo.
Shafiq Rab has been named senior VP and CIO of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, effective Jan. 9. He replaces Lac Van Tran, who retired this summer after 14 years as CIO.
Rab is currently CIO and senior VP of information technology at Hackensack (N.J.) University Health Network. Before joining Hackensack in 2012, Rab was VP and CIO for four years at Greater Hudson Valley Health System in New York.
Jesse Gamez has been named COO of Tacoma, Wash.-based Northwest Physicians Network, an independent practice association with 970 providers in Washington state.
Before joining Northwest recently, Gamez held various executive leadership roles at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, including director of operations, director of regional clinical services and CEO of Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
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