PRESIDENTS/CEOS
Derek Drake to president of Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, New York, effective in July. Mercy Hospital is part of Buffalo-based Catholic Health. Drake was CEO of Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, California.
Victoria Hanson to regional president and CEO of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital of Yankton, South Dakota. She was vice chair of administration for the Southwest Minnesota Region of Mayo Clinic Health System.
Gregory LaFrancois to senior vice president of Andover, Massachusetts-based Covenant Health and president of Covenant's St. Joseph Healthcare in Bangor, Maine. He was president of Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. He succeeds Mary Prybylo, who is retiring.
Pierre Monice to president and CEO of Trinity Health's Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was president of Loyola Medicine's MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois.
Lillian Montoya to senior vice president for the New Mexico region of CHRISTUS Health. Montoya will remain president and CEO of CHRISTUS St. Vincent Health System of Santa Fe.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGESSam Bajaj to chief operating officer of Providence Clinical Network, part of Providence St. Joseph Health.
Travis Francis to hospital administrator for Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital in Wichita, Kansas.