Our Leadership

WakeMed and its leadership is committed to being the best in the health care business.  We continually offer new and improved medical services, build state-of-the-art, convenient facilities for our customers and hire the best and the brightest people to work in our organization - all in the name of providing a quality experience for the people we serve.

WakeMed Board of Directors

As a private, not-for-profit organization, WakeMed Health & Hospitals is governed by a 14-member volunteer Board of Directors who are representative of the communities we serve.  All inquiries for the Board should be directed to Roylyn Johnson, manager, Office of the Board and CEO at 919-350-8102 or RCJOHNSON@wakemed.org.

Executive Staff

	William K. Atkinson II, PhD, MPH, MPA President & Chief Executive Officer
	Michael D. DeVaughn, CPA, MBA Executive Vice President, Finance Chief Financial Officer
	Tom Gettinger, MHA Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
	Kathleen K. Gormley, MBA Executive Vice President, Operations & Ambulatory Development
	Pandora Holloway, MBA, CHC, CIA Chief Compliance Officer
	Vicki Block, MHA Senior Vice President & Raleigh Campus Administrator
	Cindy A. Boily, RN, MSN Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
	David C. Coulter, MHA Senior Vice President & Administrator, Cary Hospital
	Jeanene R. Martin, MPH, MEd Senior Vice President, Human Resources
	H. West Lawson, MD Chief Medical Officer
	Rebecca E. Andrews, MSCL Vice President, Health Information and Utilization Management
	Denton Arledge, MBA Vice President & Chief Information Officer
	Dale Armstrong, MBA Vice President of Regional Operations
	Kenneth Bryan, MPH Vice President, WakeMed & Senior Vice President, President & Chief Executive Officer, Harnett Health System
	Thomas G. Cavender Vice President, Facilities & Construction
	Christine Craig Vice President, Government Affairs
	Betsy Gaskins-McClaine, RN, BSN, MSN-C Vice President, Heart & Vascular Services
	Dudley Harrington, MBA Vice President, Revenue Cycle
	Carolyn Knaup, RN, MHA Vice President, Ambulatory Services
	Debra Z. Laughery, MBA Vice President, Public Relations
	Claire L. Moritz, JD Vice President, Legal Services/General Counsel
	West Paul, MD, PhD Vice President, Quality & Patient Safety
	John Perry, MD Vice President, Medical Education
	Georgia Sumiel, MSHA Vice President, Operations
	W. Stan Taylor, MBA Vice President, Corporate Planning

Medical Staff

Our physicians represent nearly every medical and surgical specialty, with 90+% being either Board certified or Board eligible.  Our physicians hold key leadership positions throughout the organization - current presidents of our Medical Staffs are as follows:

• Karen Bash, MD - WakeMed Raleigh Campus
• Chris Fleming, MD - WakeMed Cary Hospital